Concrete initiative urged on Kashmir: Musharraf meets Natwar
ISLAMABAD, July 23: President General Pervez Musharraf told Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh during a meeting on Friday that tangible engagement was essential for resolving the Kashmir dispute.
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Dialogue can't be rushed: Natwar
NEW DELHI, July 23: India's External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh said on Friday that India and Pakistan were committed to discussing and settling all bilateral issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
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Opposition asks govt to clarify position: Pakistani troops for Iraq
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The opposition senators on Friday criticized the government for 'political victimization' in the country and asked it to clarify its position on the issue of sending troops to Iraq.
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Muttahida candidates declared successful
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Election Commission on Friday declared Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidates Mohammad Abid Ali Khan Umang and Nisar Ahmed Panhwar successful on two National Assembly seats, and Yousif Munir Shaikh on a Sindh Assembly seat.
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Ashraf to 'help in political transition'
UNITED NATIONS, July 23: UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Iraq, Mr Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, said on Thursday that he would work as closely as possible with the Iraqi interim government
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Nawaz was not aware of plan when he met Vajpayee: Book on Kargil operation
WASHINGTON, July 23: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not aware of the Kargil Operation when he received his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lahore on Feb 20, 1999, says a new book.
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Call for UN steps to dismantle Gaza fence
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The National Assembly on Friday adopted a unanimous resolution praising the International Court of Justice's verdict that declared Israel's move to erect a fence around Gaza areas illegal
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Rs588 million spent on referendum, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Official figures for the referendum of President Gen Pervez Musharraf placed before the Senate on Friday showed that Rs588 million had been spent on the exercise during 2002.
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PM in Jeddah
JEDDAH, July 23: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain arrived here on Friday. He was received at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport by Jeddah Deputy Governor Amir Mashaal bin Majid bin Abdul Aziz.
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'Pakistan had no hint of 9/11 attacks'
WASHINGTON, July 23: Pakistan on Friday denied a report claiming that its intelligence officers knew in advance of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
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9/11 commission for long-term commitment to Islamabad
WASHINGTON, July 23: The American commission that inquired into 9/11 has urged the Bush administration to make "difficult long-term commitments to the future of Pakistan"...
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Karzai likely to announce release of 400 Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, during his three-day visit to Pakistan starting from July 26, will announce the repatriation of 400 Pakistanis languishing in Afghan jails, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Friday.
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PTCL's new tariff comes into effect
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Friday announced to implement recent decision of reducing the charges of new telephone connections from July 20, instead of August 14.
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Rs29.5bn irregularities in Wapda detected
LAHORE, July 23: The Auditor-General of Pakistan has pointed out 501 cases of irregularities amounting to over Rs29.5 billion in Wapda during 2001-02 and referred them to the accounts consolidation department under member, finance.
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24 workers faint after gas leak in factory
MULTAN, July 23: Twenty-four workers of the Pak-Arab Fertilizer Factory fell unconscious reportedly because of ammonia leak at the plant on Friday night.
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Suspected Al Qaeda hideout bombed
FALLUJAH, July 23: US warplanes hit a suspected hideout of alleged Al Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al Zarqawi in Fallujah on Friday as the country's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed there would be no dialogue with terrorists.
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Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad
DUBAI, July 23: An Egyptian diplomat was kidnapped in Baghdad on Friday by a group calling upon Cairo not to cooperate with US forces in Iraq.
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China willing to cooperate with Saarc
BEIJING, July 23: China is willing to associate itself with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to promote regional peace and development.
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