Pakistan test-fires Hatf V missile
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Pakistan on Saturday test-fired its nuclear-capable Hatf V Ghauri missile. The Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile test came in continuation of a series of tests that have been carried out by Pakistan from time to time to confirm improvement in the qualitative parameters of its vast range of ballistic missiles inventory
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Islamabad to continue efforts for peace: Jamali, Singh speak on phone
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday called his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh and reiterated Pakistan's resolve to continue efforts to bring about durable peace between the two countries.
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Sonia may visit Pakistan: Natwar
NEW DELHI, May 29: Indian politician Sonia Gandhi may visit Pakistan, accepting an invitation by President Pervez Musharraf, Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Saturday.
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HC misses Saarc envoys' meeting
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmed Khan has missed a meeting convened for all Saarc ambassadors by the new Indian External Affairs minister, Natwar Singh, in New Delhi on Friday, it is reliably learnt.
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Dozens of tribesmen arrested
WANA, May 29: Political authorities in the remote South Waziristan tribal region on Saturday rounded up dozens of Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen as part of a strategy to pressure them into turning over foreign militants for registration.
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US won't support change of govt in Pakistan: Powell
WASHINGTON, May 29: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that the United States will not support a change of government in Pakistan except through a constitutional process.
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National budget now on June 12: NFC meeting next week
ISLAMABAD, May 29: President Pervez Musharraf will chair a meeting next week to forge a consensus on the 6th National Finance Commission (NFC) award due to which the budget for 2004-05 will now be announced on June 12.
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Relief for salaried class likely: Exemption in income tax
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The government is considering a relief package for the salaried class which envisages raising the income tax exemption limit, reducing the number of income tax slabs and giving exemption on perquisites to higher paid people.
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Three key sectors to receive Rs120bn
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The federal government has identified three major sectors, including infrastructure development, which will get a massive amount of Rs120 billion in the coming budget.
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Mansha group takes over AIC
KARACHI, May 29: The Mansha group on Saturday managed to wrest control of Adamjee Insurance Company Limited, marking the first successful 'hostile takeover' bid in the country's corporate history.
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Kuwait seizes 50kg heroin from Pakistani container
KUWAIT CITY, May 29: Kuwait customs authorities at Shuwaikh port have foiled an attempt by some individuals to smuggle 50 kg of heroin into the country.
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Grenade hurled at Mirwaiz's house
SRINAGAR, May 29: A grenade hurled at the residence of a top Kashmiri leader on Saturday after shooting and critically wounding one of his relatives earlier in the day, police said.
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RAW agent defects to US
NEW DELHI, May 29: A senior sleuth of India's external intelligence agency RAW has turned out to be a double agent and has defected to the United States, news reports said on Saturday.
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US aircraft bomb southern Afghanistan
KABUL, May 29: American aircraft bombed southern Afghanistan for the second time this week after two US soldiers were injured in a clash near the border with Pakistan, the US military said on Saturday.
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Washington calls arrest of N-agent breakthrough
WASHINGTON, May 29: The United States hailed on Friday Malaysia's arrest of a black market nuclear agent, saying it could be a breakthrough in global efforts to dismantle global illicit nuclear network.
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Talks in progress for Iraqi govt
BAGHDAD, May 29: Leading Iraqi politicians said on Saturday they had all but agreed the composition of a new interim government to take power next month but others cautioned that negotiations were not yet completed.
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18 killed in militants' attacks in Saudi city: Over 40 held hostage
AL-KHOBAR (Saudi Arabia), May 29: Eighteen people, including seven foreigners, were killed when militants launched a series of attacks in this coastal city on Saturday.
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12 killed in BD accident
DHAKA, May 29: At least 12 people were killed and 30 others injured on Saturday in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck near the Bangladesh capital, police officials said. Seven people, including the bus driver, were killed instantaneously in Joydevpur near Dhaka
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