Musharraf says people want him in uniform: 'No idea where Osama is'
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has claimed that "a vast majority of the Pakistani people want me in uniform". In an interview with the Washington Post, appearing in the internet edition of the daily on Thursday
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Minister withdraws resolution on uniform
QUETTA, Sept 18: The Balochistan Home Minister, Mir Mohammad Shoaib Nausherwani, has withdrawn a resolution he had submitted to the provincial assembly secretariat requesting President Pervez Musharraf to retain the office of the chief of army staff.
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ISI recruitment bill criticized
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: A government bill designed to let the country's top intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, recruit its own civilian officers came under fire on Friday as it was taken up in the National Assembly.
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'Defence imbalance in S. Asia to end soon'
KARACHI, Sept 17: Pakistan will soon end the defence imbalance in South Asia, according to Vice-Chief of Army Staff Gen Muhammad Yousaf Khan. "Our defence is already impregnable and we are already fully capable of safeguarding the territorial integrity
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Balochistan policy censured in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Some fiery speeches were made on the issue of Balochistan in the upper house of parliament on Friday with opposition senators accusing the army and other security forces of 'dangerously mishandling' the problem.
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Five injured in Waziristan attacks
WANA, Sept 17: Militants attacked security forces and paramilitary convoys in different parts of South Waziristan on Friday, leaving five civilians wounded, reports said.
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Only foreign militants were killed in camp attack: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: The operation in the Wana area is only targeted against terrorists and extremist elements, says Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan.
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Arms seized as troops launch search drive
MAKIN, Sept 17: Army and paramilitary forces on Friday launched a search operation in the Makin bazaar after taking control of the troubled area, eyewitnesses said.
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Irsa accuses Punjab of violating decision
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has protested against the Punjab government accusing it of violating the authority's decisions on distribution of water among the provinces.
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Indian major faces court martial
NEW DELHI, Sept 17: An Indian army major accused of staging fake encounters against make-believe Pakistani soldiers on the Siachen Glacier is to face court martial, reports said on Friday.
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New Delhi to repeal dreaded terror law
NEW DELHI, Sept 17: The cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed at a meeting on Friday to repeal the country's controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota).
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Indian police kill two in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: Two Mujahideen have been killed in a flare-up of violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday, as the police bomb squad beefed up its armoury with a bomb detection vehicle.
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US to send more troops to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: The United States will send 1,100 troops from its elite 82nd Airborne Division to Afghanistan to beef up security for the Oct 9 presidential elections, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Airstrikes, car bombs leave 52 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 17: At least eight people were killed on Friday when two suicide car bombs exploded in Baghdad as gun battles raged in a known hotspot here and 44 people died in US air strikes near Fallujah.
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Invasion of Iraq not illegal, says Powell
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday expressed disapproval of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's description of the US-led war in Iraq as illegal
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Poll finds Bush lead surging
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: President George Bush has surged to a 13-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry among likely voters, according to a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll released on Friday.
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