MMA trying to divide ARD, alleges Fahim
LAHORE, July 2: ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Friday ruled out the possibility of cooperation between his alliance and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, saying that the religious bloc was an ally of the government and working to disintegrate the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy.
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Attempt to defuse tension over NSC: Durrani calls on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD July 2: NWFP Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani held an important meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday in what was described as an attempt to lower tension between the centre and the province over issue of National Security Council (NSC).
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Ministers' portfolios notified
ISLAMABAD, July 2: The cabinet division on Friday formally notified names and portfolios of the 27 ministers. Muhammad Ajmal Khan and Dr Syiad Ghazi Ghulab Jamal, the two newly inducted ministers from Fata, have been given the ministries of local government and rural development and Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas respectively.
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'Uprooting terror in national interest': Musharraf, US senators discuss package
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Pakistan is trying to dismantle the country's terrorist network for the sake of its own "national interest", President Pervez Musharraf told two visiting US senators on Friday, officials said.
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Two top militants surrender in Wana
WANA, 2: Two of the 10 most wanted tribal militants gave themselves up to political authorities in the South Waziristan region on Friday. Officials and elders of the area told Dawn that Dawar Khan and Eda Khan surrendered
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Pakistan joins ARF 'to lessen tension': India ready for co-operation
JAKARTA, July 2: Pakistan was formally accepted on Friday as the 24th member of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) in a move that could lessen tensions in the region and with fellow nuclear power India.
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Kasuri to visit New Delhi next month: 'Level of trust' developed
JAKARTA, July 2: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India emerged optimistic from talks here on Friday.
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2,000 visas issued, says Indian HC
ISLAMABAD, July 2: The Indian High Commission has said that over 2,000 passports of Pakistani nationals with valid visas are ready for collection.
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Pakistani hostage in Iraq released
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Amjad Hafeez, a Pakistani captured by militants in Iraq last week and threatened with execution, has been released by his captors, his family in Rawalpindi said.
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'Missing' doctors arrested by police
KARACHI, July 2: Police claimed on Friday that two physician brothers, who have been missing since June 17, were now in their custody.
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Private bunkers, posts of tribal chiefs removed
QUETTA, July 2: Police on Friday night removed all bunkers and private checkpoints from residences of tribal chieftains. Personnel of Balochistan Reserve Police (BRP) posted at their houses were also withdrawn with immediate effect, official sources said.
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7 policemen among 22 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 2: At least 22 people, including seven policemen and three children, were killed in fresh violence in occupied Kashmir where unrest has continued despite peace moves by India and Pakistan, police said on Friday.
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US lauds Pakistan's anti-terror steps
WASHINGTON, July 2: The White House has said that Pakistan and America's other allies are making "great progress" in the fight against terrorism.
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Two US marines killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 2: Two US marines died in Iraq, the US military said on Friday, reporting that one was killed in action and the other died from wounds received the previous day near the restive city of Fallujah.
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Earthquake kills 18 in Turkey
TUNCELI, July 2: Eighteen people were killed and 27 injured when an earthquake hit remote villages in the eastern Turkish province of Agri on Friday, devastating the local stone and earth houses.
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Screen legend Marlon Brando dead
LOS ANGELES, July 2: Marlon Brando, one of the most influential actors of his generation, died on Thursday in a Los Angeles-area hospital after being taken there the previous day. The cause of death was not immediately known. He was 80.
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