Plane carrying Shahbaz will be asked to land at old airport
LAHORE, May 6: If and when exiled PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif returns home, the aircraft carrying him will be asked to land at the old airport and not at the new Lahore airport, according to a senior interior ministry official.
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Little progress in talks for alien registration
WANA, May 6: There was no headway in talks on the registration of foreign militants in the volatile South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday as tribal militants and military officials remained stuck to their old-stated positions, officials told Dawn.
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Western missions take strict security steps
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Key Western and allied diplomatic missions in Islamabad have adopted strict security measures in the wake of foreign intelligence agencies' warning of possible terror attacks in Pakistan.
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Chinese resume work in Gwadar
GWADAR, May 6: Hundreds of Chinese and Pakistani workers resumed work on the Gwadar deep-sea port project on Thursday amid tight security after a deadly bombing that killed three Chinese technicians.
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Protest lodged over LoC fencing, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with India over fencing of the Working Boundary and the Line of Control and also apprised the UN about the matter.
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Gas supply to industries will be ensured: President
RAWALPIDNI, May 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the government would ensure long-term gas supply to the industrial sector for country's sustained economic development.
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Jamali asks for feasibility of Khojak Tunnel
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed that a committee comprising representatives of NHA, government of Balochistan and ministry of railways be constituted to determine the feasibility of the Khojak Tunnel in Balochistan
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ADB releases $100m tranche for Sindh
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday released the first tranche of $100 million for the Sindh Devolved Social Services Programme (DSSP), said bank officials.
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Heatwave to continue for three days
KARACHI, May 6: The current heatwave in the city will continue for the next three days as it is caused by the suspension of humid winds from the Arabian Sea.
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Medical team from China
ISLAMABAD, May 6: China is sending a medical team to Pakistan to help treat Chinese engineers injured in a car bomb attack in Gwadar. The medical team will continue its work with the working group from the China-Khyber Engineering Company.
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Indian troops kill top Hizb commander
SRINAGAR, May 6: Indian police said on Thursday they had killed the chief commander of Kashmir's top rebel group Hizbul Mujahideen, the group's third military chief to be gunned down since October.
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Relations can take a sudden dip: Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, May 6: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, facing a tough election in his bid for another term, warned on Thursday that ties with Pakistan could dip as dramatically as they had improved since April last year.
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US forces enter Najaf, destroy Sadr's offices: 41 Mehdi militiamen die in fighting
NAJAF, May 6: US forces battled Shia militia loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr near the holy city of Najaf on Thursday, seizing the governor's mansion and killing 41 militia fighters in a lightning operation.
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New photos spur call for Rumsfeld's resignation: Abuse of Iraqi prisoners
WASHINGTON, May 6: Lynnadie England, a 21-year-old American soldier, drags a naked Iraqi prisoner with a leash tied around his neck while the man attempts to keep his head above the floor.
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President Bush apologizes
WASHINGTON, May 6: US President George W. Bush on Thursday told Jordan's King Abdullah at Rose Garden that he was sorry for the humiliation suffered by Iraqi prisoners and their families because of abusive American jailers.
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Iran moving in right direction: IAEA
PARIS, May 6: Iran is making progress towards full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Thursday, but warned that the world would not wait forever for results.
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