President summons NA session
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called the National Assembly to meet on Friday for a key session that is likely to, after the August 18 by-elections in Attock and Tharparkar, induct a new prime minister and say goodbye to transitional incumbent Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
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Japan wants Pakistan to stop producing missiles: FM pledges to examine loan resumption
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Japan on Wednesday announced plans to examine resumption of multi-million yen loans to Pakistan and asked Islamabad to stop production of ballistic missiles and sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
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Severing ties with Pakistan Army was a mistake: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 11: The United States made a major mistake when it severed its ties with the Pakistani military in early 1990s, says US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
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Arab, two others arrested
GHALLANAI, Aug 11: Law-enforcement personnel arrested three people, including an Arab national, in the Mohmand Agency when they were trying to cross into Afghanistan, officials said.
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Osama calls for attacks; 2 Turks held in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Osama bin Laden has called for attacks on targets in the United States and Britain, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Wednesday, but it was not clear if his appeal was accompanied by more detailed orders.
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Man admits to have met Al Qaeda operatives
NEW YORK, Aug 11: A Pakistani man living in New York admitted to meeting Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan where he also set up a training camp for extremists and worked to aid a plot to blow up pubs, train stations and restaurants in Britain
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MFN status for India linked to sustained talks: Pakistan seeks level-playing ground
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan was ready to consider the most-favoured nation (MFN) status for India if a sustainable political dialogue process between the two countries got underway to resolve all outstanding issues.
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Islamabad, Delhi to continue talks: Terrorim & drug trafficking
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The two-day talks between Pakistan and India on the issue of terrorism and drug smuggling ended here on a positive note but without reaching an agreement.
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Singh to visit Kashmir before summit
NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make his maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir this month and his observations there are expected to influence two important meetings with Pakistan next month, official sources said on Wednesday.
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Rumsfeld in Kabul for poll talks
KABUL, Aug 11: US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday met US troops in Afghanistan at the start of a visit for talks with the Afghan government, just two months before its first democratic presidential election.
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US preparing 'final' assault on Najaf: Militia threatens to blow up pipelines
NAJAF, Aug 11: US marines said on Wednesday they were preparing a final assault on Shia militia in Najaf, after radical leader Moqtada Sadr ordered his men to keep fighting even if he was killed.
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Iran tests ballistic missile, vows to continue nuclear plan
TEHRAN, Aug 11: Iran on Wednesday tested an upgraded version of its ballistic missile (Shahab-3), two weeks after Israel tested its Arrow II anti-missile missile, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Militant killed in Makkah
RIYADH, Aug 11: Saudi security forces shot dead a wanted militant in Makkah on Wednesday after he threw a grenade at them, the interior ministry said. A policeman was lightly wounded in the clash, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
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Joblessness among Asian youth rising: ILO
BANGKOK, Aug 11: Southeast Asia has experienced the world's greatest surge in youth unemployment over the past decade with developing nations in the region set for even worse times ahead, according to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) warning.
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