Govt wants to initiate talks only with MMA: Repeal of bill on uniform ruled out
ISLAMABAD Oct 24: The government has rejected the combined opposition's demand for the repeal of the bill passed by the National Assembly last week allowing President Gen Pervez Musharraf to hold two offices at the same time.
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Govt to contact US on Osama report
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are not known to anyone, Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said on Sunday while reacting to a reported claim of a US-constituted 9/11 commission member that Al Qaeda chief was hiding in South Waziristan.
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Over 250 terrorists killed: ISPR DG
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan said on Sunday that over 250 terrorists had been killed in the ongoing operation in the tribal areas.
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Waziristan blast kills one
WANA, Oct 24: One person was killed and five others, four of them paramilitary soldiers, were injured in two explosions in the South Waziristan area on Saturday, sources and residents said.
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Nepra objects to power policy guidelines
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has raised objections to the power sector policy guidelines recently issued by the federal government and has warned of a high power tariff crisis similar to the one that resulted from the 1994 power policy.
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Irsa-Wapda tussle leads to water waste
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Sindh government has asked the Indus River System Authority not to calculate 102,000 cusecs of water in its share because that has been wasted owing to a tussle between the Irsa and the Water and Power Development Authority.
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Aziz plans three-nation S. Asian tour from Nov
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will embark on a three-nation South Asia tour on Nov 1 during which he will visit Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
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Defence team from Sweden due this week
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: A 12-member delegation of the Swedish Defence Commission will arrive here this week to look at Pakistan's national security and defence policy to get a long-term view of it.
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Kasuri says time ripe for progress on Kashmir
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24: Pakistan said on Sunday that the time was ripe for progress on Kashmir, cause of two wars with neighbour India, and hoped for quick agreement on starting a bus link between the two halves of the disputed territory.
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No flexibility in Indian stance: AJK president
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 24: AJK President Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan on Sunday said the initiation of talks between India and Pakistan on Kashmir was a good thing, but regretted that there were no sign of flexibility in India's attitude.
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Omar Abdullah escapes attack
SRINAGAR, Oct 24: The head of held Kashmir's main opposition party, Omar Abdullah, escaped assassination on Sunday for the second time in a month when Muslim rebels tried to blow up his vehicle, police said.
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India, Israel schedule bilateral talks
NEW DELHI, Oct 24: India and Israel have proposed to hold bilateral talks on counter-terrorism next month, significantly playing down a controversial idea floated by New Delhi that sought a strategic triad involving the United States as their third partner
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Karzai wins, Qanooni concedes defeat
KABUL, Oct 24: Hamid Karzai has won outright victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election according to preliminary results, the interim leader's supporters and chief rival said Sunday.
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49 army recruits executed in Iraq: Mortar kills US diplomat
BAQUBA, Oct 24: Rebels killed 49 unarmed army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on Iraq's nascent security forces and, in a separate attack on Sunday, killed a US diplomat in a mortar strike near Baghdad airport.
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CIA transfers detainees out of Iraq, says report
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: The US Justice Department authorized the CIA to transfer detainees out of Iraq for interrogation - a practice that contravenes the Geneva Conventions, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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Tehran rejects European nuclear proposal
TEHRAN, Oct 24: Iran on Sunday rejected a European Union proposal that it scrap uranium enrichment in return for nuclear technology, increasing the likelihood it will be reported to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Women barred from contesting presidential polls in Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 24: Iranian women have been barred from standing in next year's presidential polls after a powerful conservative body stood by its literal interpretation of a single but ambiguous word in the constitution.
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Japanese spend second night in the open: Death toll now 21
OJIYA, Oct 24: Thousands of weary and frightened residents in northern Japan spent a second night in shelters, cars or in the open on Sunday after Japan's deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 21 people.
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