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Balochistan job share report submitted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A report on Balochistan's share in federal government jobs since 1972 and measures needed to be taken to enhance it was presented to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday
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Kazakhstan diplomat wounded in attack
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A senior diplomat of the Kazakhstan embassy was critically wounded under mysterious circumstances after receiving a gun shot in the head from a very close range at his house.
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Fund utilization termed low
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A number of ministries and divisions have failed to utilize their development funds during the first two quarters of 2004-05, forcing the authorities to cancel funding for projects
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PM wants talks with India at faster pace
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Prime minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that Pakistan was engaged in composite dialogue with India in the larger interest of peace in the region
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WB denies being treaty guarantor: Baglihar dam issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The World Bank on Wednesday confirmed receiving Pakistan's request for appointment of a neutral expert under the Indus Waters Treaty to resolve its differences with India over the construction of Baglihar dam on the river Chenab.
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LoC firing claims discussed
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Top military officials of India and Pakistan on Wednesday talked over the phone on the incident of firing from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, defence officials said.
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Gas pipeline plans a test of diplomatic skills: India
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Three gas pipeline projects, two of them proposed through Pakistan, to India are proving to be a key test of New Delhi's diplomatic skills, Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh admitted on Wednesday.
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Lambah named special envoy
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Former Indian Foreign Service officer S K Lambah has been appointed special envoy to Pakistan, Indian TV channel, NDTV has reported.
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India tests Trishul missile
NEW DELHI, Jan 19; India test-fired on Wednesday a short-range surface-to-air missile that can target aircraft and intercept sea-skimming missiles, the PTI said.
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Campaigns against Islam denounced: Haj sermon
PLAIN ARAFAT, Jan 19: Saudi Arabia's top religious official in his Haj sermon from the Nimra Mosque on Wednesday denounced 'hostile' campaigns against Islam and rejected any link between religion and terrorism.
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26 killed in Iraq bomb attacks
BAGHDAD, Jan 19: Guerillas detonated a suicide truck bomb outside Australia's embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday and hit Iraqi security targets with at least three car bombs, killing 26 people less than two weeks before the Jan 30 elections.
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US senate committee confirms Rice
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday confirmed Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after two days of hearings in which she faced strenuous questions on the Bush administration's handling of Iraq.
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