MMA to boycott NSC meeting
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) decided on Wednesday that Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, and NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani would not attend the National Security Council's inaugural meeting on Thursday.
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Rashid terms Fazl's decision disappointing
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said it is disappointing that the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has decided not to attend Thursday's meeting of the National Security Council.
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Demands for grants approved by NA
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The National Assembly continued voting on demands for grant as the house rejected all the opposition cut motions by voice vote in its morning and afternoon sessions on Wednesday and approved demands for grants in respect of education
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Musharraf calls for sincerity in talks
ISLAMABAD, June 23: President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said the dialogue process between Pakistan and India must be pursued sincerely and earnestly to resolve all issues, including Kashmir, to achieve results.
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Jamali sees progress on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday he was hopeful that the Kashmir dispute would be resolved soon as both Pakistan and India were showing commitment to settle all contentious issues between them.
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Nuclear CBM talks termed positive
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Foreign Office has described the two-day nuclear experts' talks, held in New Delhi last weekend, as "very positive". The engagement represented the first step in pursuance of the dialogue
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Pakistan, India agree to reopen consulates
NEW DELHI, June 23: India and Pakistan have agreed "in principle" to reopen their consulates in Karachi and Mumbai a decade after they were closed, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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'Track-2 diplomacy on Kashmir under way'
ISLAMABAD, June 23: India and Pakistan have asked the group of their ex-bureaucrats, former army generals and intellectuals to find out an acceptable solution of the Kashmir issue at their meeting to be held in New Delhi on Aug 27.
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'Foreign funding to terrorists stopped'
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government has severed the monetary supply line for terrorist networks in the country from other states, Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told Dawn on Wednesday.
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Rs42.73bn Balochistan budget unveiled
QUETTA, June 23: Balochistan Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah presented on Wednesday a Rs42.73 billion budget for the year 2004-05, envisaging a Rs28.45 billion revenue expenditure and a development outlay of Rs14.28 billion.
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IMF, WB approve $340m
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a $250 million tranche under its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for Pakistan on 'very concessional terms', official sources said.
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US report on support to Al Qaeda rejected
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the report of a US investigation into the 2001 attacks in the United States which said Islamabad helped the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to shelter the Al Qaeda.
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Ambassador rejects Al Qaeda support allegation
WASHINGTON, June 23: Pakistan has reminded the United States that Pakistani soldiers are sacrificing their lives and President Pervez Musharraf has risked his personal safety in the fight against Al Qaeda.
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High-voltage tower destroyed
DADU, June 23: One tower of the 500Kv main extra high voltage transmission line was destroyed and another was partially damaged by massive blasts
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Villages hit by canal breach
MIRPURKHAS, June 23: Hundreds of acres of cultivated land and several villages were inundated when a 40-foot-wide breach developed in the Mithrao canal near Arif Bhurgari village in taluka Samaro on Wednesday.
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5 Mujahideen shot dead in Valley: 23 injured in grenade attack
SRINAGAR, June 23: Indian troops shot dead five freedom fighters in occupied Kashmir, three of them near the Line of Control, while 23 people were injured in a grenade attack, police said on Wednesday.
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Polls to be held on schedule, says Karzai
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has once again reaffirmed his pledge that the elections will be held in September despite the unrest which has increased during the last few weeks.
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UK soldiers' release delayed
TEHRAN, June 23: The release of eight British Royal Navy personnel detained by Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards Corps has been delayed until at least Thursday for further negotiations on the modalities of the handover, a British diplomat said.
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