Minister asks Benazir, Nawaz to face courts
OKARA, Dec 18: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal said on Saturday President Gen Pervez Musharraf wanted to improve political conditions in the country, which could only be possible by giving relief to Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
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PPP, PML-N criticize Musharraf's remarks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The People's Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have taken exception to President Gen Pervez Musharraf's remarks that former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif cannot return to the country.
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Strike call given on passport issue
ISLAMABAD Dec 18: The All Parties Khatm-i-Nabuwat Conference held under the aegis of the Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam (Fazl) on Saturday gave a call for countrywide agitation on Dec 24 to protest against the deletion of the column of religion from machine-readable passport.
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China will install reactor at Chashma
KARACHI, Dec 18: China will install a nuclear reactor at the Chashma-II nuclear power plant early next year, officials accompanying Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during his visit to China told Dawn on Saturday.
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Air defence to be modernized: president
KARACHI, Dec 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Army Air Defence would be further equipped with the latest weaponry to meet challenges of modern era.
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Pakistanis not to be major job losers in S. Arabia: minister
RIYADH, Dec 18: Saudi Arabia has assured Pakistan that there will be no large scale retrenchment of Pakistanis working in the kingdom as part of the ongoing Saudiisation campaign.
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UN urged to address root cause of terror
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18: Pakistan on Friday asked the international community to adopt a direct approach towards addressing the root cause of terrorism, including ways to address the larger, systemic and structural issues.
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Bomb blast at Quetta secretariat
QUETTA, Dec 18: A powerful bomb exploded at the second floor of the ministerial block of the Balochistan Civil Secretariat on Saturday afternoon. The secretariat is heavily guarded.
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India may accept non-veto seat
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: India is considering the possibility of accepting permanent membership of an enlarged UN Security Council without veto powers, as New Delhi feels it could still push to get veto rights after getting a toehold in the big league
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Indian officer faces rape trial
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: An army major, accused of the rape of a mother and daughter in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir that sparked protests, will be tried by a military court, an army spokesman said on Saturday.
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Militants blow up major oil pipeline in Iraq: Election offices attacked
BAGHDAD, Dec 18: Saboteurs blew up Iraq's northern export pipeline for the second week in a row on Saturday, halting oil flows to Turkey's Ceyhan port, oil officials said.
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Palestinians' death toll climbs to 11: Israeli incursions into Gaza Strip
GAZA, Dec 18: Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian militants on Saturday on the second day of a raid in the southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said.
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Mubarak warns US against attack on Iran
HAMBURG, Dec 18: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned the United States against attacking Iran, saying such a move would be a 'catastrophic mistake', after US President George W. Bush cautioned Tehran and Syria against 'meddling' in Iraq.
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New US law to help protect civil rights
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: The newly-enacted intelligence reform bill includes provisions that can help citizens and non-citizens living in America protect their civil rights and civil liberties.
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Syria pulls back more troops from Lebanon
BEIRUT, Dec 18: The Syrian army announced on Saturday another limited pullback of troops in Lebanon, amid mounting international pressure on Damascus to pull out all of its forces and end interference in its smaller neighbour.
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Bosnian FM quits
SARAJEVO, Dec 18: Bosnia's Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic, a Serb, stepped down on Saturday after international sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs for their alleged lack of cooperation in solving war crimes, an official said.
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