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'Pakistan on path of democracy'
RAWALPINDI, Jan 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is moving forward on the path of sustainable democracy as firm foundations have been laid for real and participatory democracy.
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President warns tribesmen of tough action
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has issued a stern warning to tribes to stop attacks on gas fields. In an interview with a TV channel aired on Tuesday
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Tribunal to probe into assault on doctor
QUETTA, Jan 11: The provincial government has established a judicial tribunal to investigate the assault on lady doctor Shazia Khalid on the night of Jan 2 and 3 in Sui area of of the Dera Bugti district.
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Deadline for wanted militants' surrender extended
PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The military authorities have extended the deadline for two wanted militants in South Waziristan to surrender to local authorities to Jan 26.
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Judicial probe ordered into Gilgit incident
ISLAMABAD/GILGIT, Jan 11: The government on Tuesday ordered a judicial inquiry into the "violence" that erupted in Gilgit to investigate the negligence of the local administration in controlling the situation
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Musharraf wants US to help reach solution: Kashmir dispute
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday stressed the need for the United States to help resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute which is the root cause of tension in South Asia.
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20 ambassadors briefed on Baglihar issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Some 20 envoys from key European and Western missions were given a detailed briefing on the dispute with India over the Baglihar dam at the Foreign Office here on Tuesday
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Delhi seeks bilateral solution to Baglihar
NEW DELHI, Jan 11: India urged Pakistan on Tuesday to have more technical discussions over Islamabad's objections on the Baglihar hydro-power project, asserting that the two countries were fully capable of bilaterally resolving their differences on the issue.
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Tariq's Delhi visit creates new speculations
NEW DELHI, Jan 11: Pakistan's national security adviser Tariq Aziz visited New Delhi quietly on Monday ostensibly to pay homage to his Indian counterpart Jyotindra Nath Dixit who passed away on Jan 3
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Water body begins three-day meeting
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR) constituted by President Gen Pervez Musharraf has started final round of presentations on construction of new dams
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Zilhaj moon sighted
QUETTA, Jan 11: Zilhaj moon was sighted here on Tuesday evening and Eid-ul-Azha will fall on Friday, Jan 21. This was announced by Ruet-i-Hilal Committee. -APP
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KSE index sets record
KARACHI, Jan 11: The Karachi bourse on Tuesday crossed three consecutive psychological barriers and settled firmly at 6,710.00.
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19 Pakistanis held in Ukraine
LVIV, Jan 11: Ukraine has intercepted 40 people from China, India, Pakistan and other Asian countries for illegally entering the country, border guards said on Tuesday.
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18 fall victim to Iraq violence
TIKRIT, Jan 11: A suicide car bomber killed seven policemen in Saddam Hussein's home town and gunmen shot dead eight people in a minibus south of Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest attacks to threaten Iraq's Jan 30 election.
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Tsunami death toll rises to 157,000
JAKARTA, Jan 11: The number of people killed when an earthquake and tsunamis devastated Indian Ocean coastlines on Dec 26 rose to 157,576 Tuesday as Indonesia added another 1,200 to its death toll.
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