Musharraf urged to retain uniform: Patriots' team meets president
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Pakistan People's Party Patriots, a partner in the ruling coalition, has formally appealed to President General Pervez Musharraf not to quit the post of the chief of army staff in the larger national interests.
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Hashmi sentenced to 23 years
ISLAMABAD, April 12: District and Sessions Court Islamabad on Monday sentenced ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi to 23 years in prison and fined him Rs42,000 for inciting mutiny in the army. Mr Hashmi was sentenced on seven counts, with a maximum of seven years on one count.
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Court verdict to be challenged: PML-N - Javed Hashmi's sentencing criticized
LAHORE, April 12: The PML-N would challenge the conviction of its acting president Javed Hashmi before the Lahore High Court and launch a 10-day protest from Tuesday in all major cities against the court verdict
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Opposition senators call it cruel and vindictive
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Opposition parties in the Senate on Monday condemned ARD acting president Javed Hashmi's conviction in a sedition case after a jail trial that they called cruel and vindictive, and staged a walkout.
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Procurement of military equipment discussed
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The defence committee of the Cabinet on Monday met and discussed "important" matters related to the defence. Official sources told Dawn that the meeting presided over by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
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Defence budget likely to be increased
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The country's defence budget is expected to increase 'substantially' in the fiscal year 2004-05 to meet pressing requirements, particularly of the air force and the navy, Dawn has learnt.
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President, PM meet
ISLAMABAD, April 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf met on Monday evening Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Prime Minister's House. An announcement said the two leaders exchanged views on important national, regional and international issues.
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Jirga holds talks with wanted tribesmen
PESHAWAR, April 12: Elders in the South Waziristan tribal region on Monday remained locked in negotiations to seek surrender of the wanted militants to the government.
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US renews request for Pakistani troops
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The US government has made a renewed request to Pakistan for sending its troops to Iraq as part of a multinational UN force that may be dispatched there after the transfer of power in June, Dawn learnt on Monday.
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Kashmir bus talks soon, says Menon
PESHAWAR, April 12: The Indian high commissioner to Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, has said that technical-level talks on the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service will be held soon and denied that the parleys were delayed because of the forthcoming Indian elections.
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21 die in Lucknow stampede
LUCKNOW, April 12: At least 21 people were killed on Monday in a stampede for free clothes during a function organised to mark a local politician's birthday here, an official said.
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Al Sadr wanted dead or alive, says US
BAGHDAD, April 12: The commander of US ground forces in Iraq said on Monday the occupation forces wanted Shia radical leader Moqtada al Sadr dead or alive, dismissing notions that his militia's control of Najaf was a widespread uprising by the Shias.
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US to send two more brigades to Iraq
WASHINGTON, April 12: The United States will be sending two more combat brigades to Iraq to help coalition forces deal with a rapidly stiffening resistance, US military officials said on Monday.
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UN wants release of aid workers'
UNITED NATIONS, April 12: The United Nations on Monday asked kidnappers to release aid workers taken hostage in Iraq, where a bloody uprising against the US occupation is adding to the nation's humanitarian woes.
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11 Russians kidnapped in Baghdad: Al-Jazeera
DOHA, April 12: Eleven Russian employees of a Russian energy services firm have been kidnapped in Baghdad, the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite channel said late on Monday, quoting an official at the firm in Moscow.
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Hasina sticks to April 30 deadline
DHAKA, April 12: Bangladesh's main opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, said on Monday she would not back down on her April 30 deadline for the government to go.
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