Govt moves NSC bill amid protest
ISLAMABAD, April 2: Amid opposition protests, the government moved a bill in the National Assembly on Friday to establish the National Security Council as a harsh speech by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali seemed to heighten a row
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Opposition groups join hands
ISLAMABAD April 2: The opposition parliamentary groups on Friday joined hands against the draft National Security Council bill introduced in the National Assembly
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MQM wants NSC bill amended
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has submitted an amendment to the bill introduced for the establishment of the National Security Council (NSC) in the National Assembly
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NA panel approves bill in 35 minutes
ISLAMABAD April 2: The National Assembly's standing committee on law and parliamentary affairs on Friday unanimously approved the proposed draft National Security Council (NSC) bill which had been referred to it by the lower house in the morning.
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By-polls for NA, PA seats on May 5
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The election commission has announced schedule for by-elections for six vacant seats of the National Assembly and two seats of the Sindh Assembly and fixed May 5 as polling day.
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'Movement of fresh troops towards Wana'
ISLAMABAD, April 2: A 'fresh operation' is likely to be conducted in Wana to net foreign militants, a senior official in the interior ministry told Dawn on Friday.
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Pakistan is doing more than others, says Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, April 2: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday that Pakistan was doing more than anybody else in combating terrorism and nobody was in a position to ask it to do more.
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FO firms up strategy for bus service negotiations
ISLAMABAD, April 2: An inter-ministerial meeting at the Foreign Office on Friday finalized Pakistan's strategy for the first round of talks with India on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service next week, knowledgeable sources told Dawn.
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Indian HC eases visa process for businessmen
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The Indian High Commission has initiated steps aimed at facilitating the process for issuing visas to bona fide business travellers.
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Pakistani boy treated at India's cardiac hospital
NEW DELHI, April 2: Four-year-old Parvez Iqbal, another beneficiary of the thaw in Pakistan-India relations, became the first Pakistani child to be treated here for cardiac complications.
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GST rate may be cut to 12pc
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The government is likely to reduce the General Sales Tax (GST) rate from the existing 15 per cent to 12 per cent in the 2004-05 budget in order to widen the tax base.
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Women chamber of commerce launched
KARACHI, April 2: Pakistan's first women's chamber of commerce and industry was launched here on Friday to promote economic empowerment of women.
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Vajpayee stresses peaceful means
NEW DELHI, April 2: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said on Friday there was no way to resolve problems other than through peaceful means in the age of atom bombs.
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Two Indian jets crash
SRINAGAR, April 2: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in occupied Kashmir on Friday, police said. A senior police official said the two Jaguars were on a routine sortie when they hit bad weather in Kashmir's mountainous Sonamarg area.
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Sharon threatens to assassinate Arafat: US says it's against 'exile or assassination'
TEL AVIV, April 2: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon turned up the heat on President Yasser Arafat on Friday, warning that the Palestinian leader was "not immune" from assassination, a comment that earned a strong rebuff from Washington.
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20 injured as Israelis raid Al Aqsa mosque
JERUSALEM, April 2: At least 20 Palestinians were wounded and a dozen more arrested after clashing with Israeli police at the Al Aqsa mosque compound after Friday prayers.
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Anti-terror fight tops Nato's agenda: Alliance celebrates expansion
BRUSSELS, April 2: Nato members celebrated their alliance's biggest ever expansion on Friday at a colourful and emotional ceremony marking the entry of seven ex-Soviet bloc nations into the once fiercely anti-communist military organization.
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Bomb found on railway line in Spain
MADRID, April 2: Spanish authorities announced on Friday the discovery of a bomb on a high-speed railway line between Madrid and Seville and said the device was similar to ones used just three weeks ago in the country's worst terror attack.
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