Opposition cries foul as NSC bill is passed
ISLAMABAD, April 14: The government rushed its key National Security Council (NSC) bill through the Senate on Wednesday to get it passed in just three and a half minutes after an opposition walkout, fuelling tensions between the two sides.
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Petition filed against 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Maulvi Iqbal Haider, head of the Awami Himayat Tehrik, on Wednesday filed a constitutional petition challenging the 17th Amendment and requesting the court to suspend the operation of the article which requires the president to shed his military uniform on or before Dec 31, 2004.
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'External interference won't be tolerated': Adjournment motion on Dr Khan's pardon
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday informed the Senate that Pakistan being a sovereign state always guarded its independence and would never tolerate foreign interference in its internal affairs.
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Benazir says she sanctioned Korean missile purchase
WASHINGTON, April 14: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that in 1994 she had sanctioned the purchase of ballistic missile technology from North Korea. But she said during her second term - 1994 to 1996 - she also declined to approve another budget proposal to locally develop a long-range missile technology.
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Indian poll outcome won't affect talks: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has expressed the hope that public, media and business opinion in both India and Pakistan will help the dialogue process move forward irrespective of the outcome of the forthcoming Indian general elections.
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Peace process moving ahead, says FO
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Pakistan brushed aside any doubts about progress on the composite dialogue between Pakistan and India on contentious issues, including Kashmir.
Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told reporters at his weekly press briefing here on Wednesday
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Breakthrough expected on NFC
ISLAMABAD, April 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday directed the federal and provincial governments to immediately finalize the sixth National Finance Commission award with mutual understanding.
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US regrets Hashmi's conviction
WASHINGTON, April 14: The United States has issued a rare warning to its key ally in Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf, for the sentencing of opposition politician. Javed Hashmi who was convicted on a sedition charge.
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EU-Pakistan pact endorsed
BRUSSELS, April 14: The European Parliament's influential foreign affairs committee on Wednesday approved a new European Union agreement with Pakistan after what parliamentary sources described as a heated and often acrimonious debate
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Powell calls Musharraf
WASHINGTON, April 14: US Secretary of State Colin Powell called President Pervez Musharraf and discussed the regional situation with him, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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PM advised 3-day rest
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has developed a backache and doctors have advised him complete rest for three days.
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'No change in policy on troops for Iraq'
ISLAMABAD, April 14: Pakistan on Wednesday said it had not made any commitment to send troops to Iraq for the protection of a proposed United Nations mission there. He said there was no change in Pakistan's stated position on the issue.
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Cricket balls better than cannon shells, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, April 14: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday said he was happy that cricket balls had replaced cannon shells as the dominant symbol of bilateral ties with Pakistan and hoped that peace between the two would now be permanent.
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Bush claims credit for busting N-network
WASHINGTON, April 14: President George W. Bush has credited his administration with unravelling a dangerous network of nuclear proliferators headed by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Sadr drops conditions for negotiations with US
NAJAF, April 14: Shia leader Moqtada Sadr has agreed to drop all his conditions for negotiations with the US-led coalition, a close aide said on Wednesday.
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US: Israel may keep 'some' of Arab land
WASHINGTON, April 14: President George Bush broke with decades of US Middle East policy on Wednesday by saying that Israel might keep 'some' of the Arab land it captured in the 1967 war.
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