Musharraf not bound to quit army, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government told the National Assembly on Tuesday that President Pervez Musharraf was not bound to give up his army post by Dec 31.
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NA passes bill to tighten N-controls: Bid to meet UN requirement
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government on Tuesday rushed through the National Assembly a bill designed to curb nuclear proliferation amid objections by the opposition.
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Pakistan may get some F-16s, says PAF chief
KARACHI, Sept 14: Pakistan may expect some F-16s from the US while delivery of two of the six C-130s is expected in December. This was stated by the air force chief Air Marshall Kaleem Sadat in a briefing at the Ideas 2004 exhibition of military hardware here on Tuesday.
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PM seeks action on Eco pacts
DUSHANBE, Sept 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday spelt out a five-point strategy to realize Economic Cooperation Organization's (Eco) goals of economic integration.
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Fighting intensifies in S. Waziristan
WANA/MIRAMSHAH, Sept 14: Fighting between army troops and militants in several parts of the South Waziristan region intensified on Tuesday and there are reports of massive casualties on both sides.
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Amnesty offer to militants renewed
PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The government has renewed its amnesty offer to all foreign terror suspects hiding in some areas of the South Waziristan region.
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'Equating Islam with terror unfair'
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14: Pakistan on Monday decried that the attempts to "identify terrorism with Islam are unfair and counter-productive," noting that "unwittingly, they accord terrorists an ideological respectability they do not deserve."
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'Omar called Washington to seek evidence against Osama'
PESHAWAR, Sept 14: Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban's supreme leader, had initiated a phone call to Washington - his only known direct contact with US officials - two days after President Clinton sent cruise missiles to destroy Osama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan in 1998
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Punjab rejects Irsa formula
LAHORE, Sept 14: Punjab rejected on Tuesday the water distribution plan of the Indus River System Authority for September, calling it "unilateral and harmful."
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Two blasts rock Gwadar
QUETTA, Sept 14: Gwadar town was rocked by two powerful explosions taking place within a span of hours on Tuesday, police said. One blast occurred near the fish harbour early in the morning, causing panic in the locality.
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Tariq Aziz and Dixit met in third country
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are expected to hold "substantive discussions" on bilateral issues, including a forward-looking exchange of ideas on the Kashmir dispute
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RSS supports talks
NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, due to meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf for their first talks this month, was handed unusual support on Tuesday by rightwing Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for recent talks with Islamabad.
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6 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Indian troops shot dead four freedom fighters in occupied Kashmir while Mujahideen killed a soldier and a civilian in separate shootings, police said on Tuesday.
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Ashraf Qazi calls for increase in UN Iraq force
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14: UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Iraq Ashraf Jehangir Qazi called for increase in UN protection force so that his team could carry out the mandate given UN mission in Iraq by the Security Council.
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Car bomb, ambush kill 73 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 14: At least 73 people were killed on Tuesday in a Baghdad car bombing and in an ambush on police in Baquba, claimed by Al Qaeda-linked militants, as fighting flared between US troops and militants in Ramadi.
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Monsoon deluge in Dhaka
DHAKA, Sept 14: Life in the Bangladeshi capital came to a halt on Tuesday amid floods caused by the heaviest rains in half a century. At least 18 people have died since Saturday in three days of monsoon downpours across the country's central and southern regions.
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