Pakistan tests its longest-range missile
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Pakistan on Tuesday test-fired its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile in a move to try out a key strategic weapon and to practically declare that its vow to maintain a credible deterrence has remained unshaken by a recent nuclear proliferation scandal.
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Opposition keeps up protest in NA: PPP MNA resigns
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Opposition in the National Assembly kept up its protest against recent incidents of violence in the country and over half of its members walked out of the assembly session on Tuesday before the government agreed to have a comprehensive debate on law and order.
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Cabinet takes up N-issue
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The defence committee of the cabinet discussed on Tuesday the nuclear proliferation activities carried out by some Pakistani scientists and the ongoing operation against Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in the tribal areas.
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Powell denies deal over Khan issue
WASHINGTON, March 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell described Dr A.Q. Khan on Tuesday as "the biggest nuclear proliferator ever" but rejected allegation that the United States let him off the hook to please Pakistan.
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Al Qaeda militants to face full force: Operation in S. Waziristan
PESHAWAR, March 9: The government on Tuesday decided to use force to flush out Al Qaeda militants in remote South Waziristan tribal region. "There would now be less talk and more action," said a senior government official.
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POF to manufacture consumer goods: Budgetary constraints
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) plans to manufacture items of commercial use to diversify its activities to achieve capacity utilization to offset budgetary constraints for defence requirement.
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Beijing to help build Chashma-II N-plant
BEIJING, March 9: China and Pakistan are finalising an agreement to build a second nuclear power plant for producing electricity, a spokesman of China's Foreign Office, Mr Liu Jianchao, announced on Tuesday.
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Riyadh gifts special cars to Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Saudi Arabia has gifted Pakistan three exceptionally expensive, made-to-order Mercedes Benz cars fitted with high-tech gadgets and electronics equipment which fully secure them even against high intensity explosives.
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Consensus on Kalabagh dam unlikely in near future
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Consensus on Kalabagh Dam seems unlikely in the near future since only Punjab is interested in getting immediate approval of the project while other provinces are pursuing other priorities with regard to the future irrigation water needs of the country.
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Punjab, Sindh water share cut by 22pc
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Indus River System Authority slashed on Tuesday water share of Punjab and Sindh by 22 per cent for the remaining period of Rabi season i.e. March 11-31.
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Wheat purchase refusal angers Australia
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Pakistan's High Commissioner to Australia was summoned by the Australian government on Tuesday morning and handed down a strongly-worded criticism over Pakistan's decision to reject an Australian wheat consignment worth $30 million
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Khokhrapar bus talks make progress
ISLAMABAD, March 9: At the end of the first day of the two-day talks between Pakistan and India to re-open Khokhrapar (Pakistan)-Munabao (India) bus service, Alok Rawat, joint secretary
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Peace hopes high, says Sinha
URI, March 9: Prospects for peace between India and Pakistan are at a half-century high amid a border truce and renewed talks between the nuclear-armed neighbours, the Indian government's representative in disputed Kashmir said.
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Headscarf row shuts French school
STRASBOURG: Teachers shut a state school in eastern France on Tuesday in protest against a Muslim schoolgirl who insisted on wearing a headscarf to class.
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