NA to hold debate on Wana operation today
ISLAMABAD, March 17: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Wednesday promised to allow a mini-debate on Thursday on the latest clashes between troops and suspected militants in South Waziristan tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.
His promise came on Wednesday after several members belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas sought to discuss Tuesday's fighting.
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MMA slates action against tribesmen
ISLAMABAD Mar 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders on Wednesday blasted Gen Pervez Musharraf for what they described as "complete capitulation" to the American dictates and the massacre of tribesmen by pitting the Pakistan army personnel against its own people in Wana
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PML-N plans protests against Fata operation
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) announced on Wednesday to hold protest demonstrations throughout the Punjab province on Friday to condemn the ongoing military operation in South Waziristan agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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No military personnel killed in operation, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said here on Wednesday that no military personnel was among those who died in the 'fresh' operation in Wana.
The operation was conducted by paramilitary troops and only Frontier Corps personnel and a number of foreign militants were killed.
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Reinforcement sent to Wana for decisive action
PESHAWAR, March 17: The government has ordered regular troops and paramilitary forces to move immediately to the South Waziristan tribal region as suspected militants fired rockets into a scouts fort, officials said.
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Pakistan to push for co-ordinated approach: War on terrorism
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Pakistan is likely to emphasise the need for a more co-ordinated and collective approach to making achievable the common objectives of war against terrorism
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SC invites comments on Shahbaz's plea: Permission to return home
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Federation of Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government and the immigration director general to submit separate comments within 15 days on a constitutional petition of former chief minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif
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PM seeks help for mega-project: PDF meeting begins
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday sought cooperation and assistance from donors to undertake mega-infrastructure projects, saying the process of a composite dialogue with India had created a conducive environment for investment and accelerated economic activities in the region.
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Call for power sector reforms
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The country's bilateral and multilateral donors have expressed concern over the loss of billions of rupees caused to the national exchequer due to the government's failure in effectively implementing power sector reforms.
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Loan for Kabul converted into grant
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri told the National Assembly on Wednesday that a $100 million loan announced by Pakistan for the reconstruction of Afghanistan earlier had been converted into a grant.
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Protest lodged with Iran, NA told
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri told the National Assembly on Wednesday that Pakistan has lodged a protest with Iran on the killing of 28 Pakistani nationals by Iranian police last year.
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Afghan parties
ISLAMABAD, Mar 17: The Afghan law ministry has allowed five parties to carry out political activities in the country, head of the Jamiate Islami Mr Pareed, told the Voice of America. -APP
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US has come to stay, Powell tells Afghans: South Waziristan operation praised
KABUL, March 17: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was here on Wednesday for a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, promised a 'long haul' and assured his Afghan hosts that "we will be here".
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28 die as car bomb destroys Iraq hotel
BAGHDAD, March 17: A car bomb exploded at a Baghdad hotel on Wednesday night, killing at least 28 people and injuring 41 others, the US military said. Colonel Ralph Baker of the 1st Armoured Division said rescuers were searching for victims in the Jabal Lebanon Hotel late into the night.
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Libya volunteered to disarm, says US
WASHINGTON, March 17: The US State Department said on Wednesday that the Bush administration didn't intend to embarrass Libya by displaying nuclear components it received from the Arab country.
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Sanctions against Syria soon, says Armitage
WASHINGTON, March 17: The United States will soon announce new sanctions against Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Wednesday.
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IAEA has doubts about Iran's N-weapons
WASHINGTON, March 17: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Wednesday he could not rule out the possibility that Iran had an atomic weapons programme.
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Zapatero rejects Bush's appeal
MADRID, March 17: Spain's prime minister-elect on Wednesday rejected an appeal by US President George Bush to keep Spanish troops in Iraq, and Madrid boosted security in the wake of last week's railway bombings.
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