Plot to hit GHQ, parliament uncovered: Five suspects arrested
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The law-enforcement agencies have arrested five members of a 'terrorist' group, including foreigners, who had planned to attack main official buildings and embassies in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
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Militants' positions bombed
WANA, Aug 21: Fighter planes and helicopter gunships carried out strikes on militants' positions in South Waziristan on Saturday. Officials said that troops renewed their assault in the volatile region in response to continued night time attacks by militants
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PM denies allegations of cross-border infiltration: PML's website launched
ISLAMABAD Aug 21: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday spurned allegations of cross-border infiltration levelled by some Indian ministers.
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Musharraf stresses farm sector uplift
THATTA, Aug 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that without streamlining the agricultural sector and boosting its output, eradication of poverty is next to impossible.
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Sindh seeks president's help to fund projects
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Sindh government has sought the intervention of President Gen Pervez Musharraf to overcome the province's increasing financial difficulties.
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Balochistan schemes to be given priority, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The mega development projects in Balochistan will be completed on a priority basis to accelerate the development process in the province, says Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
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Benazir not involved in Surrey Palace: PPP
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Pakistan People's Party has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto or Asif Ali Zardari were not party to the purchase of Rockwood Estate (Surrey Palace) and the property not registered either's names.
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Islamabad has no role in Afghan polls: FM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Saturday Pakistan was sincerely trying to help bring and maintain peace in Afghanistan but had no role to play in the upcoming presidential elections there in October.
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'Pakistanis to be freed from Guantanamo'
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The United States is expected to release soon the remaining Pakistani prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, official sources told Dawn.
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Pakistan spin India to defeat
AMSTELVEEN, Aug 21: Pakistan spinners Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik took seven wickets between them to bowl their side to a 66-run win over India in the opening match of the triangular event here on Saturday.
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Spain beat Pakistan 4-0
ATHENS, Aug 21: Spain, masterminded by a hat trick from Eduardo Tubau, knocked Pakistan out of the gold medal contention of the Athens Olympics Hockey comeptition with a 4-0 victory.
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Talks to end siege of Najaf shrine hit snags
NAJAF, Aug 21: Fighters loyal to Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr clashed with US troops in Najaf on Saturday after talks with religious authorities to end a siege at the city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.
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3 US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 21: Three US soldiers were killed and five wounded in separate attacks in and near Baghdad in the last 24 hours, the US military said on Saturday.
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Explosions in Dhaka rally leave 14 dead
DHAKA, Aug 21: Fourteen people were killed and more than 200 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks on a rally of the Awami League here on Saturday afternoon.
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