Nawaz asked us to pray for Kargil success: PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has disputed a claim made by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that he had been kept in the dark by Gen Pervez Musharraf on the Kargil conflict.
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Al Qaeda planned attacks on airports
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Al Qaeda planned suicide attacks on Karachi airport and an airbase used by President Pervez Musharraf while a cell in Britain planned an attack on London's Heathrow airport
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'No hurry to hand over foreigners'
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday said no foreign terror suspects would be handed over to any other country unless domestic law-enforcement agencies completed their investigations.
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No Taliban camps in Pakistan, says US
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: The United States has rejected the possibility of the existence of Taliban training camps inside Pakistan, pointing out that Islamabad has undertaken "extensive operations" against terrorists "sometimes at the loss of life".
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Ambush and clashes in Shakai leave 11 dead
WANA/PESHAWAR, Aug 5: Seven people died and three others suffered injuries in a heavy exchange of fire between security forces and militants following an ambush on a convoy in the Shakai area of South Waziristan on Wednesday night in which four troops were killed
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13 killed as army copter crashes
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Three officers and 10 soldiers were killed when an MI-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashed in the tribal region of the Frontier province on Thursday, said the Inter-Services Public Relations.
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PAF Mirage crashes near Pishin
QUETTA, Aug 5: A Mirage jet fighter of the Pakistan Air Force crashed in a village near Pishin on Thursday afternoon, official sources said.
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Pakistan, India 'close to accords': Cease fire along LoC, Siachen
NEW DELHI, Aug 5: Senior defence officials of India and Pakistan discussed a range of issues on Thursday concerning their military stand off over Kashmir.
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Navy hopeful of getting US maritime aircraft
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan Navy is hopeful of getting P-3C Orions long-range maritime surveillance aircraft and spares for other units from the US, said Naval chief Admiral Shahid Karimullah on return from his visit to the States.
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Body on water resource development constituted
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The federal government has constituted a 27-member working group on water resource development for inclusion of water and irrigation-related projects in the five- year plan 2005-10.
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Irsa urges premier to revive CCI
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has approached the prime minister for the reconstitution of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) under article 153 of the Constitution to resolve issues concerning water distribution, Dawn has learnt.
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Threat to Sukkur Barrage averted: expert
KARACHI, Aug 5: A serious threat to the Sukkur Barrage has been averted despite two years' delay in repairing a cavity which had developed in the span of its two gates, a British expert told Dawn on Thursday.
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Two held for plotting to kill ambassador
NEW YORK, Aug 5: US authorities arrested two men in a mosque in Albany (New York) who were allegedly plotting to buy a shoulder-fired missile to assassinate the Pakistani ambassador, according to court papers filed on Thursday.
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Nine policemen killed in raid on Kashmir camp
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Nine policemen were killed and eight injured in a raid by militants on their camp in the heart of Srinagar, police said on Thursday.
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Terror alert at US embassy in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Aug 5: The US embassy shut down its consular facilities and other departments in New Delhi involving public engagements on Thursday, citing security concerns.
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Najaf fighting claims 16 lives
NAJAF, Aug 5: At least 16 people were killed on Thursday and a US helicopter was shot down in Najaf in the fiercest fighting between multinational troops and Shia militiamen in Iraq since a truce was brokered in June.
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