Aziz reiterates support for Kashmir cause
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Pakistan will continue to provide moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmir cause and help the Kashmiri people achieve the right to self-determination, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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MMA offers review of all amendments
QUETTA, Sept 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is ready to review all constitutional amendments made since the Bhutto era so that opposition parties can launch a combined struggle against President Pervez Musharraf, says Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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NA condemns fanatics' bid to torch Al Aqsa
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The National Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning an attempt by fanatic Jews to set ablaze Al Aqsa mosque in Al Quds.
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Hackneyed positions on Kashmir be left aside: Musharraf
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: President Pervez Musharraf has urged India to make a fresh start on the 56-year-old Kashmir dispute, leaving aside 'hackneyed positions'.
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Pakistan, India to make fresh start on Kashmir: A good omen for future: Musharraf Historic day, a new beginning: Singh
NEW YORK, Sept 24: After a historic, hour-long meeting in New York on Friday, Indian and Pakistani leaders issued a joint statement that recognized Kashmir as an issue and agreed to explore all possible options for a peaceful settlement.
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Musharraf's uniform a complex issue: Powell
NEW YORK, Sept 24: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that the question of President Pervez Musharraf's stepping down as military chief was 'complex', although Washington wanted the country to move towards full democracy. Mr Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup in October 1999, is under pressure to keep his promise he made last December to leave the army as part of a deal with opposition lawmakers that would allow him to remain president through 2007....
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S. Arabia deports 104 Pakistanis
LAHORE, Sept 24: More than 100 Pakistanis were deported from Jeddah on Friday for overstaying in Saudi Arabia.
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Project to explore new energy sources
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The government has decided to launch a project to explore future sources of energy. This will be the first project of its kind in Pakistan.
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PTCL officials set up camp office in hotel
QUETTA, Sept 24: A group of PTCL officials, including the corporation's provincial general manager, have been forced to shift their offices to a local hotel....
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Hafsa Aman gets citizenship
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The government on Friday awarded citizenship to Indian woman Hafsa Aman to enable her to live with her Pakistani husband, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told Dawn....
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SC bench suspends order sealing Karachi park
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the sealing order of an amusement park in Karachi and served fresh notices on Karachi City Nazim Naimatullah and the owner of the park on a petition....
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Mirwaiz, Qayyum meet in Jeddah
RIYADH, Sept 24: Two important Kashmiri leaders, from the two sides of the Line of Control, are in Jeddah these days for, what political observers here believe exchanging views against the backdrop of Pakistan-India talks on Kashmir....
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Eight telecom employees kidnapped in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 24: Eight telecom employees became the latest victims of Iraq's kidnapping epidemic, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted on Friday that the country remained on target for January polls despite US warnings that violence could continue....
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Three US soldiers charged with prisoner abuse
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Three more members of an elite US Navy unit have been charged with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, bringing to seven the total facing charges in connection with the deaths of two detainees, the Pentagon said on Friday....
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Rumsfeld hints at troop pullback
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The United States could begin to withdraw troops from Iraq before the country is at peace, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested on Friday after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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Israeli barrier goal is to seize land: UN expert
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: Israel is building its barrier on West Bank land not to keep out suicide bombers but to confiscate the land and put pressure on Palestinians to move away, a UN human rights investigator said on Friday.
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Policeman disrupts concert in Jeddah
RIYADH, Sept 24: An officer of the Saudi religious police (Mutawwa) barged into a hall in Jeddah, where the Junoon Group from Pakistan was performing on Friday night, grabbed by collar one amateur performer playing the guitar
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Ukraine's PM hospitalized after attack
KIEV, Sept 24: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, a leading candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, was taken to hospital on Friday after a protester threw an egg at him in nationalist western Ukraine, reporters said.
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