Five militants pardoned for peaceful life: Aliens asked to surrender by 30th
SHAKAI, April 24: The government pardoned the five most wanted tribal militants on Saturday in return for their pledge to live peacefully and not use Pakistani soil against any other country.
The Corps Commander of Peshawar, Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain, however, gave foreign militants until April 30
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Parliament should complete its term: Qazi
KARACHI, April 24: Acting President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that parliament should complete its term and as such 2004 cannot be the year of elections. Qazi Hussain, who was on his way to Hyderabad from Lahore, was talking to a group of journalists at Quaid-i-Azam International Airport on Saturday.
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Opposition to raise Kargil issue in Senate
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The opposition Democratic Alliance has decided to take up the issues of Kargil war and Hamoodur Rehman Commission report in the Senate for an open debate, sources told Dawn here on Saturday.
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Hashmi challenges conviction in LHC
ISLAMABAD, April 24: ARD President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Saturday challenged his conviction in the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court and requested the bench to set aside his 23-year sentence awarded by a session court.
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Sajid Naqvi indicted in murder case
RAWALPINDI, April 24: Allama Sajid Naqvi, central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), and former MNA Amanullah Sial were indicted in the murder case of Maulana Azam Tariq, here on Saturday.
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SHC bans all trials under Jirga system
SUKKUR April 24: A single bench of the Sindh High Court here has banned all trials conducted under the Jirga system throughout Sindh and ordered that those found violating the SHC orders
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Jamali, Hu pledge to boost trade ties
BOAO, April 24: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and President Hu Jintao on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to boost trade and economic ties between the two countries. The two leaders met here on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia 2004
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US plans new setup for Iraq rule: Current governing council to be sidelined
WASHINGTON, April 24: The United States has decided to keep the members of the current ruling council out of the new interim government it is trying to set up in Iraq, US officials told Dawn.
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46 die in Iraq attacks: 7 US soldiers among dead
BAGHDAD, April 24: Forty-six people, seven US soldiers and 39 Iraqis were killed on Saturday and 70 people wounded in a spate of explosions and fierce clashes between guerillas and soldiers
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2 die as suicide boats hit Basra oil terminal
BASRA, April 24: Two crew of the occupation forces were killed on Saturday when suicide bombers launched three boat attacks on Iraq's crucial Basra offshore oil terminal.
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Arafat defiant on threat
RAMALLAH, April 24: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat responded defiantly on Saturday to new threats against his life by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, telling a crowd of supporters he would embrace "martyrdom".
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Greek Cypriots kill UN move
NICOSIA, April 24: Greek Cypriots defied international pressure on Saturday, voting overwhelmingly to kill a UN-backed plan that would have ended 30 years of partition and ushered a united Cyprus into the European Union.
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35 killed in landslide
JAKARTA, April 24: Thirty-eight people died when a landslide poured trees, rocks and mud onto a passenger bus in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, police said. "One died in hospital," Police said.
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2 Americans die in Nigeria ambush
LAGOS, April 24: At least two American oil workers were killed in an armed ambush on their boat in Nigeria's southern delta, the US embassy in Nigeria said on Saturday.
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