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Modernized Pakistan is the goal: Musharraf
LAHORE, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan wants to become a modern state, and not a Westernized state, which is another shade of extremism. He said that Pakistan rejected extremism and called for correcting a wrong perception about Pakistan being an extremist state, projecting its moderate culture through electronic and print media.
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'Black day' protests will be peaceful: Fazl
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Leader of the Opposition Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Friday declared that the ARD and MMA would jointly observe a peaceful 'black day' on Saturday to express resentment against General Musharraf for breaking the promise he had made to the nation and tearing up the agreement the ruling party had concluded with the MMA on the issue of uniform.
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Rivals poised for confrontation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government and opposition are poised to begin a new phase of political confrontation between them on the new year day after President Pervez Musharraf announced his decision to remain army chief
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Rashid warns opposition of tough action
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday warned the opposition that the government would deal with an 'iron hand' if it tried to create a law and order situation.
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US endorses Musharraf's policies
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has not only endorsed President Pervez Musharraf's decision to retain his uniform (briefly reported in Dawn's Friday issue) but has also backed his policies
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Team leaves on Monday for Baglihar talks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: A nine-member Pakistani delegation headed by the water and power secretary will leave for New Delhi on Jan 3 for the final round of talks on the contentious Baglihar hydropower project, it is learnt.
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Banknotes' design approved
ISLAMABAD Dec 31: A cabinet committee on Friday approved the designs of Rs20 and Rs5,000 denomination currency notes. The cabinet committee on design of currency notes met here with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the chair.
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Pakistan sends more aid for victims
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government is sending army medics and engineers to Indonesia and has ordered two naval ships to join relief efforts in Sri Lanka where devastation caused by tsunamis has created a humanitarian crisis
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POL prices raised
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Oil Companies' Advisory Committee (OCAC) has increased the ex-depot sales price of petrol by 89 paisa per litre to Rs40.39 from Rs39.50 per litre.
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31 killed as bus hits stationary tanker
HYDERABAD, Dec 31: At least 31 people were killed and 12 injured when a Karachi-bound bus rammed into a stationary oil-tanker and caught fire at the New Saeedabad toll plaza, about 45km from here, on Friday morning.
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Rain, snowfall trigger cold wave across country
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Most parts of the country received heavy to light rain, accompanied by chilly winds which brought temperature considerably down. Some parts of the country also received heavy to normal snowfall.
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10 die in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Dec 31: Ten people were killed in the latest outbreak of violence in Indian Kashmir, where authorities called off a rare New Year party out of respect for tsunami victims, officials said on Friday.
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Suicide car bomber kills seven in Iraq
BAIJI, Dec 31: A suicide car bomber killed seven people, five of them Iraqi National Guards, near the northern town of Baiji on Friday, as the insurgent campaign to wreck the Jan 30 election gave no sign of a New Year lull.
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Iraq election un-Islamic: Al Qaeda
DUBAI, Dec 31: Radical Islamist groups in Iraq, including Al-Qaeda linked Ansar Al-Sunna, warned in an statement on Thursday they considered democracy "farcial and un-Islamic" and warned of strikes against anyone taking part in next month's election.
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Tsunami aid soars to $500m
BANDA ACEH, Dec 31: The world pumped aid into south Asia's tsunami zone on Friday in a frantic race to save millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and stop a terrifying death count climbing further.
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175 die in Argentina club fire
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 31: A fire tore through a night club packed with young revellers celebrating New Year holidays, killing at least 175 people as a stampeding crowd was trapped by locked exit doors, officials said on Friday.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
LAHORE, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan wants to become a modern state, and not a Westernized state, which is another shade of extremism. He said that Pakistan rejected extremism and called for correcting a wrong perception about Pakistan being an extremist state, projecting its moderate culture through electronic and print media.
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