Fresh initiatives on many fronts: Determination in joint communique to settle Kashmir issue
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Pakistan and India announced their determination on Wednesday to resolve the Kashmir issue according to the letter and spirit of the Shimla Agreement
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MMA files motions on size of cabinet
ISLAMABAD Sept 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday submitted two adjournment motions in the National Assembly Secretariat, seeking debate on the formation of largest federal cabinet in country's history and extra-judicial killings in police custody.
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Islamabad rebuts IAEA's allegation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Pakistan on Wednesday categorically denied shifting of some nuclear equipment abroad. Speaking to Iran's IRNA news agency here on a recent report of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Pakistan to sell 5 planes to S. African firm
KARACHI, Sept 8: Pakistan is to sell five Super Mashak aircraft to a private company of South Africa and the signing ceremony in this regard will be one of the salient features of the Ideas 2004 defence equipment exhibition opening here on Sept 13.
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Eight killed in Wana firing
WANA, Sept 8: Eight people were killed and 13 wounded when troops opened fire after a landmine hit military vehicles in the Wana bazaar on Wednesday.
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US supports Pakistan's efforts to capture Osama
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The United States has said it will fully back any action that President Gen Pervez Musharraf takes to capture Osama bin Laden.
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Jam briefs Musharraf on uplift plans
RAWALPINDI, Sept 8: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and briefed him about the law and order situation and pace of development projects in the province.
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No referendum planned on dams, says Jatoi
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The government has no intention of holding a referendum on the question of Kalabagh dam, but will take everybody on board to achieve a consensus on development of new reservoirs, said Water and Power Minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi.
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Govt approves Rs1.1 billion for Thar road network: Coal development project
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The federal government has approved the Rs1.1 billion Thar coal infrastructure development project that envisages rehabilitation of 219km of roads and construction of additional 51.6km roads to connect the area with other roads of the country.
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Navy gets control of Karachi Shipyard
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The ministry of defence has decided to hand over the control of Karachi Shipyard to Pakistan Navy to steer it out of financial crisis and directed the Pakistan International Airlines to revive flight operation from Turbat and Gwadar to the United Arab Emirates.
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HC meets Pakistani prisoners in Lanka
COLOMBO, Sept 8: Pakistan's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has assured Pakistani prisoners here that Pakistan is actively working on an agreement with Sri Lanka regarding exchange of prisoners between the two countries.
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India serious on gas pipeline project: FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Pakistan said on Wednesday that India "appeared serious" on the proposed laying of gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan. Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told Iran's IRNA news agency
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Talks divide Kashmiris
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: While much of the world, led by the United States, was pleased about Wednesday's decision by India and Pakistan to continue their complex dialogue, Kashmiri leaders were divided over its outcome.
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Peace environment in S. Asia better: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that the environment for positive discussions between India and Pakistan has greatly improved and that the two countries are also tackling the 'very difficult issue' of Kashmir.
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2 Kashmiris killed
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: Suspected Islamic rebels shot dead two Muslims in Indian-held Kashmir in continuing separatist violence, police said on Wednesday.
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US death toll in Iraq crosses 1,000 mark
BAGHDAD, Sept 8: The Pentagon death toll in Iraq reached at least 1,002 on Wednesday nearly 18 months after the US-led invasion, as the brazen abduction of two Italian women aid workers in central Baghdad sparked a new hostage crisis.
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Russia threatens to strike 'terrorists' worldwide
MOSCOW, Sept 8: Russia warned Wednesday it could launch preemptive strikes on terror bases anywhere in the world and put a bounty on two top Chechen rebels after the broadcast of a chilling video of the school hostage siege.
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Student's killers indicted
NEW YORK, Sept 8: Three American teenagers accused in the murder of a Pakistani student will be arraigned in a New Jersey court on Tuesday, almost one year after the incident.
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US threatens sanctions on Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 8: The United States is circulating a new UN draft resolution that threatens oil sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop abuses in Darfur and accept an expanded African Union monitoring force with more powers.
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Solar capsule returning after three-year probe crashes
PASADENA, Sept 8: A space capsule returning solar particles to Earth after a three-year mission that probed the origins of the solar system crashed in the Utah desert before it could be captured in a mid-air recovery, officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Wednesday.
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