Need for progress in talks stressed: No change in Kashmir policy, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD Oct 31: Pakistan wants to take the process of composite dialogue with India forward and the two countries need to synchronise their moves in all affairs, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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NEC, Ecnec reconstituted
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday reconstituted the National Economic Council (NEC) and The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) with immediate effect under article 156 of the constitution.
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Family to miss Mian Sharif's burial
LAHORE, Oct 31: No member of the Sharif family will accompany the body of Mian Sharif from Jeddah to Lahore, Punjab PML-N president Sirdar Zulfikar Khosa said at a press conference here on Sunday.
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Abdullah claims reponsibility for blast
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Abdullah Mehsud, an Al Qaeda-linked commander, on Sunday claimed responsibility for the Friday explosion at an Islamabad hotel.
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16 federal secretaries transferred
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reshuffled top bureaucracy, official sources told Dawn on late Sunday night. The sources said that the prime minister had transferred 16 federal secretaries
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Petrol prices unchanged
KARACHI, Oct 31: Prices of petrol, HOBC, kerosene oil and light diesel will remain unchanged for the fortnight. According to an announcement by a sub-committee of Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) here on Sunday
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Most US troops leave Jacobabad
SUKKUR, Oct 31: Most US troops stationed at the Shahbaz Airbase in Jacobabad left for home on Saturday night. The airbase has been in the use of the US forces since the beginning of the Afghanistan war.
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'Pakistanis held in Spain funded Al Qaeda'
MADRID, Oct 31: Ten Pakistanis arrested in mid-September in Barcelona were allegedly funding the Al Qaeda network by transferring ill-gotten money to Pakistan from Spain, a newspaper report claimed on Sunday.
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Pakistan's support important: Kerry - ME stability vital to US security
NEW YORK, Oct 31: Senator John Kerry has said bilateral engagement between India and Pakistan is important for resolving the dispute in Kashmir, and to combating terrorism.
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Options first revealed to Mirwaiz: report
SRINAGAR, Oct 31: New ideas floated by President Pervez Musharraf on resolving the dispute over Kashmir were first revealed to a top Kashmiri leader before he went public with them last week, a report said Sunday.
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Communal division of Kashmir opposed
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Indian communist parties are opposed to any division of Jammu and Kashmir along communal lines, the head of the main communist party in Jammu and Kashmir said on Sunday.
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Wednesday deadline for UN hostages
KABUL, Oct 31: A breakaway Taliban group renewed threat to execute three UN hostages by midday Wednesday unless foreign troops and the United Nations leave Afghanistan and the US releases all Taliban prisoners.
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Fallujah faces massive assault
BAGHDAD, Oct 31: Iraq was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah on Sunday as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.
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Arafat improving
PARIS, Oct 31: Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's condition is stable and curable, officials said on Sunday as French doctors ran further tests to determine whether he is fit to stay on as Palestinian Authority president.
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US poll race too close to call
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31: With only one day to go, the US presidential race is still so close that both President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John F. Kerry have decided to stay on the campaign trail till the proverbial last minute.
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Iran MPs support uranium enrichment
TEHRAN, Oct 31: Iran's parliament passed a bill on Sunday backing the resumption of uranium enrichment, as the government left the door open for further negotiations with Europe over the controversial practice.
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