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N-assets are in safe hands: president
QUETTA, Dec 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan wants to resolve all disputes, including that of Kashmir, with India peacefully and the process of dialogue between the two countries at different levels is in progress.
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Nuclear talks end without agreement: Deal on Sir Creek survey
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Indo-Pakistan talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures (CBMs) ended here on Tuesday without any tangible outcome despite exhaustive negotiations on formalizing an agreement
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Fazl gets govt's message
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 15: Federal Minister Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind held a meeting with the leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, at his residence here on Wednesday.
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MMA retains Malakand NA seat
BATKHELA, Dec 15: Jamaat-i-Islami was poised to retain the Malakand NA-35 seat where its candidate was far ahead of its closest rivals the candidates of the ruling PML and the People's Party Parliamentarians.
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Call to widen Saarc scope
ISLAMABAD Dec 15: Senate chairman Muhammedmian Soomro on Wednesday stressed the need for broadening the terms of reference of Saarc by including political disputes in order to achieve a sense of security and develop mutual trust for all-round cooperation. He was delivering the inaugural speech at the fourth Saarc information ministers' conference which began at a hotel.
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Bush soon to sign vital bill on ties with Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: US President George W. Bush is expected to sign a bill in the next few days, officially binding Washington to engage Pakistan into a long-term economic and political partnership.
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Petrol, diesel prices raised
KARACHI, Dec 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) in its fortnightly review meeting here on Wednesday increased ex-depot prices of petroleum products, effective from Dec 16.
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FAO cautions Pakistan against locust attack in March
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has cautioned Pakistan about a possible locust attack during March and April next year, it is learnt.
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Police change stand on abducted girl
LAHORE, Dec 15: Police claimed the credit on Wednesday to have arrested criminals who had kidnapped a girl for ransom. The police had earlier said the captors had a money dispute with the family of the kidnapped girl.
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Baglihar no violation of Indus treaty: India
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: Indian officials have told Pakistan that the Baglihar hydro-electric dam project on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir did not violate the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, the Press Trust of India said on Wednesday.
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UK move on Mirpur consul irks India
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: India has protested to Britain over the appointment of an honorary consul in Mirpur, pointing out to London that its office was being located in what India calls Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)
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India's UNSC entry without veto: China
BEIJING, Dec 15: China in principle supports the expansion of the United Nations Security Council and even India's inclusion in it if the new entrants are not given the right of veto.
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Saddam's aide to stand trial
BAGHDAD, Dec 15: Iraq announced on Wednesday that a feared aide to Saddam Hussein nicknamed "Chemical Ali" will be the first of the toppled dictator's henchmen to be tried.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
BEIJING, Dec 15: Pakistan and China on Wednesday signed seven agreements in trade, communications and energy sectors and drew up a framework for greater economic cooperation.
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