ARD opposes MMA move on NSC bill
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Opposition parties raised divided voices on Monday against the National Security Council (NSC) bill as the National Assembly began debating the move designed to give the military a permanent legal role in the country's governance.
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Musharraf reiterates stand on N-rollback
RAWALPINDI, April 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that a comprehensive programme had been chalked out to equip Pakistan armed forces with the state-of-the art weapons' systems in order to maintain minimum deterrence level both in conventional and unconventional fields.
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Dates for N-talks proposed: India to respond soon
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Pakistan on Monday proposed to host expert-level talks with India on May 25-26 to discuss nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs). The foreign ministry announced that the talks were proposed "in pursuance of the roadmap worked out between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India on Feb 18, 2004
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Tribesmen given new deadline: Elders convene jirga today
PESHAWAR, April 5: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has given 15 days to tribesmen of the North and South Waziristan regions to present to the government a formula for peacefully resolving the issue of foreign militants in their areas.
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Troops close in on new 'Osama hideout'
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Pakistani forces are closing in on a remote corner of rugged mountains and forest-clad gorges on the Afghan frontier where some people believe Osama bin Laden could be hiding.
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Pakistan to get six C-130 planes this year
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Pakistan is set to receive six C-130 military transport aircraft from the United States before the end of this year, officials said on Monday.
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ECC expects 2.5pc cut in wheat price
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday expressed optimism about a reduction in wheat price by 2.5 per cent as a result of an expected bumper wheat crop in the country.
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Kasuri leaves for China today
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri is leaving on Tuesday on a four-day visit to China to hold formal talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing on all matters of bilateral interest
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Six killed in Okara accident
OKARA, April 5: Six people, including two women and a child, were killed in a head-on collision between a wagon and a truck here on Monday evening.
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Big India-France naval exercise begins today
NEW DELHI, April 5: India and France are to begin their biggest ever aero-naval exercise in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, it was officially announced on Monday.
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US uses copters against Shia targets in Iraq: Arrest warrant for Sadr issued
BAGHDAD, April 5: American helicopters blasted targets in Baghdad on Monday in an intensifying showdown with Shia radicals resisting US plans for Iraq.
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Non-NATO ally exempt from curbs, says US
WASHINGTON, April 5: A major non-NATO ally is exempted from suspension of US military assistance, says the State Department while explaining the benefits of joining this group of Washington's close allies.
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Polls forecast gains for Suharto's party
JAKARTA, April 5: Vote counting was in full swing in Indonesia on Monday after the world's most populous Muslim nation held elections expected to see the former political party of ousted strongman Suharto win most votes
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Muslim thinker Dr Tash passes away
JEDDAH, April 5: Eminent Islamic scholar and thinker Dr Abdul Qader Tash passed away at the age of 53. He was one of the leading media persons, who called for a strong media to defend Islamic and Muslim causes.
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