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Forces to remain in Sui to protect assets: Sherpao
QUETTA, Jan 31: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Monday declared that security forces would remain in Sui and Dera Bugti to protect national assets and counter terrorists who posed threats to gas plants
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Mehsuds draw up peace accord
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Tribal negotiators have handed the government the draft of a six-point peace agreement that seeks to stamp out foreign militants from the restive South Waziristan tribal region, sources said.
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New dams essential for Sindh: Musharraf
JAMSHORO, Jan 31: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday stressed the need for building Kalabagh and Bhasha dams to overcome the water shortage and meet the agricultural needs of the country, particularly that of Sindh.
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US team due for security talks
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Pakistan-US Defence Consultative Group (DCG) will take up vital security issues, including the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, when it meets here later this week.
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Pakistan seeks soft-term loans from World Bank
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan has sought additional soft-term loan facility from the World Bank for its infrastructure development and poverty alleviation efforts through a long-term development partnership
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Saudi Arabia to host anti-terror meeting
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Saudi Arabia is organizing a four-day 'International Conference on Countering Terrorism' in Riyadh from February 5, said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, Ali Asseri.
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Blast damages rail tracks
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 31: Rail traffic on the Dera Jacobabad section remained suspended for more than four hours on Monday after a powerful explosion damaged portion of track near the Darwaish Lashari railway station, some 25km from here.
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Need for dialogue at high level: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan attaches significance to an expected meeting in Dhaka, on the sidelines of the 13th Saarc summit on February 6, between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India on the future course
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'PM to propose project deals with India'
LONDON, Jan 31: Pakistan will propose a series of confidence-boosting joint projects with India, which it hopes will pave the way to progress in ending difficulties such as the dispute over Kashmir, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Infiltration down to a trickle, says India
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: India's outgoing army chief Gen N.C Vij said on Monday that infiltration across the Line of Control in Kashmir had reduced to a trickle and expressed the hope that India and Pakistan could resolve their remaining differences peacefully.
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New Indian army chief takes over
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: A top commander who played a key role during the 1999 Kargil conflict, Joginder Jaswant Singh, took over as the head of the Indian army on Monday.
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11 die in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Jan 31: Eleven people, including seven civilians, were killed in fresh violence a day ahead of municipal polls in occupied Kashmir, officials said on Monday.
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Snowfall claims 16 lives
KABUL, Jan 31: At least 16 people, six of them Afghan army soldiers, were killed and hundreds stranded as heavy snow caused accidents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan officials and the US military said on Monday.
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Tehran says enrichment freeze short-lived
TEHRAN, Jan 31: Iran said on Monday its current freeze on uranium enrichment would be short-lived but insisted that its nuclear activities posed no risk to the region, as claimed by the United States.
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