New steps soon to curb terror: Fazl, Durrani skip NSC meeting
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The second meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) held here on Thursday decided to take new measures to deal with terrorists, extremists and elements fanning sectarianism in the country....
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Generals must work with people: Asif
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari has said the generals must either work with people or their institution will be endangered. He said this in a Dawn Dialogue interview on Wednesday....
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Al Qaeda suspect killed in Lahore
LAHORE, Nov 25: A suspected Al Qaeda operative was killed and his two accomplices were captured in an operation at the Bhatti Colony in Kot Lakhpat on Thursday. One suspect is reported to have escaped....
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Bases of terrorists along border busted: Safdar
PESHAWAR, Nov 25: Claiming to have busted terrorist bases along the country's western borders, a top military commander on Thursday said that Pakistan had done its bit and it was now for Afghanistan to do more....
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3 foreign detainees presented to press
PESHAWAR, Nov 25: Security forces on Thursday presented before media the three foreign militants who were captured recently, including a 12-year-old Afghan Tajik....
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Pakistan likely to get F-16s
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Pakistan hopes to finalize purchase of 18 to 25 F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft from the United States during the first half of next year, a leading defence weekly reported on Thursday....
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WB told to appoint neutral expert: Baglihar dam dispute
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Pakistan has formally asked the World Bank to appoint a neutral expert to resolve the dispute arising out of the construction of Baglihar hydropower project by India on Chenab river...
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Joint defence exercise with Riyadh next month
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Pakistan army and Royal Saudi land forces will conduct a six-day joint military exercise in the first week of December, an official statement said on Thursday....
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Accession clause to be abolished: Sikandar
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 25: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat said on Thursday his ruling All-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) party would amend the territory's constitution...
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Kashmiris' role in talks stressed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Kashmiri leaders must also be included in the talks process, says Maulana Abbas Ansari, head of the APHC (Ansari group)....
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BJP terms Aziz visit a failure
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: India's main opposition Bharartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Mr Shaukat Aziz, saying they had failed to produce any result....
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Khokhrapar link to open in 2005: India: 'Patient' talks on Kashmir suggested
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: India on Thursday suggested to Pakistan that they follow the Sino-India model of 'patient' negotiations, a day after the two countries failed to make any breakthrough in bilateral talks....
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Five killed; explosives seized in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 25: Indian troops killed three suspected militants and seized a huge cache of explosives, while Kashmiri fighters killed two policemen in an ambush, officials said on Thursday....
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US trying to 'get rid' of Saddam: lawyers
AMMAN, Nov 25: Saddam Hussein's defence lawyers on Thursday charged that leaked medical reports about the ill health of the Iraqi dictator were proof that US forces and Iraq's interim government may try to "get rid" of the prisoner....
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Three Hamas fighters killed
AL KHALIL, Nov 25: Three Hamas fighters were killed on Thursday by Israeli troops in separate incidents in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, sources on both sides said....
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Thai PM warns of Asean walkout
BANGKOK, Nov 25: Thailand's prime minister said on Thursday he would walk out of this month's Asean summit if leaders raised the violent deaths of 87 Muslim protesters in the kingdom's south....
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