Hashmi's trial: US criticism rejected
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Mind your own business. This was the loud and clear message Pakistan conveyed to the United States on Friday when it strongly rejected the US State Department's statement and a subsequent demarche by the US Embassy on the trial of opposition leader Javed Hashmi, calling it an unwarranted interference in the country's internal affairs.
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Navy to join US-led coalition plan: Admiral Shahid
ORMARA, March 16: The Pakistan Navy will join the US-led Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan (CMCP) next week in line with Pakistan's general policy of participating in international peacekeeping/peace enforcing efforts.
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Fazl favourite for opposition leader
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman has suddenly become a hot favourite for the coveted office of the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.
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Militants refuse to lay down arms: Fresh operation feared in South Waziristan
WANA, April 16: People in the Azam Warsak area in South Waziristan began moving to safe locations on Friday as the five most wanted militants turned down an offer to lay down arms and surrender to the government.
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China, Japan briefed on N-probe findings
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan has shared relevant information on the illicit nuclear proliferation with its concerned Asian allies including China, Japan and South Korea, it is learnt.
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JF-17 to be equipped with modern missiles
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The air force on Friday announced plans to integrate the Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles into the JF-17 Thunder aircraft.
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PM to visit China
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali will leave on a nine-day visit to Far East countries on April 21.
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Provinces firm on 50 per cent
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Amid Sindh's demand for an independent National Finance Commission (NFC), the federal government on Friday offered to increase the provinces' share in the divisible pool to 47 per cent
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2 alleged terrorists arrested
LAHORE, April 16: The Punjab police claimed on Friday to have arrested two alleged terrorists, one of them wanted by the Sindh police in the US reporter Daniel Pearl murder case.
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US likely to launch fresh offensive in Afghanistan
KABUL, April 16: US marines are poised to launch a fresh campaign against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a US military official said on Friday, as top general Richard Myers visited Kabul for talks on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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Bush, Blair vow not to 'waver' on Iraq
WASHINGTON, April 16: Standing shoulder to shoulder, US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday all but endorsed a UN envoy's plan for returning Iraq to self-rule by their June 30 deadline.
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Militiamen ambush US convoy in Kufa
KUFA, April 16: Blasts shook the town of Kufa on Friday after militiamen loyal to anti-US leader Moqtada Sadr said they had ambushed a convoy of vehicles from an American force that is building up nearby.
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Sharon plan an opportunity for Palestinians, say US, UK
WASHINGTON, April 16: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush called on the Palestinians and their supporters on Friday to use Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's West Bank plan as an opportunity for creating a Palestinian state.
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150,000 leave home in China after explosions
BEIJING, April 16: About 150,000 people in a southwestern Chinese town were forced to evacuate their homes on Friday after a chemical plant spewed toxic chlorine gas into the air.
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