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Govt is in contact with PPP: Rashid- Seat adjustment hinted at
ISLAMABAD Feb 10: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday confirmed that the government was in constant touch with the PPP of Benazir Bhutto, saying there was every possibility that the PML "contests the coming elections in collaboration with the PPP".
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Benazir, Nawaz call for fair, free polls
RIYADH, Feb 10: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, accompanied by Senator Farooq Naik, visited ex-premier Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Jeddah on Thursday morning.
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Balochistan issue resolution in two weeks, says Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League and chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Balochistan, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Thursday expressed the confidence that he would be able to resolve the issue of Balochistan in two weeks.
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Six suspects arrested, claims IGP
QUETTA, Feb 10: Six suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in targeting railway tracks, power transmission towers and other installations in different areas of Balochistan.
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Rice lauds Pakistan role to end terror
BRUSSELS, Feb 10: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday said she was impressed by Pakistan's transformation in recent years, saying Islamabad was on track to overcome extremism.
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US may sell F-16s to India, Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 10: The United States may sell F-16 aircraft to both India and Pakistan to avoid creating a strategic imbalance in the subcontinent, diplomatic observers told Dawn.
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Tripartite body meets on 22nd
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The Pak-Afghan-US Tripartite Commission will meet here on Feb 22 to take up pressing operational and border security issues, including recent skirmishes along the Pak-Afghan border, it is learnt.
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Water releases to provinces cut
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) reduced water releases to provinces on Thursday by about 50 per cent owing to improvement in river flows and reduced irrigation demand as a result of continuing spell of rains.
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Record snowfall, rains kill 42 across country
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The heaviest rains and snowfalls in more than a decade killed at least 42 people across the country and 10 others are reported missing since last week
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Marooned people await relief: Record snowfall, rain cause food shortage
PESHAWAR, Feb 10: With casualty figures mounting and hundreds of families rendered homeless by unprecedented week-long rains and snowfall, the Relief Commission said it had virtually nothing to provide solace to the marooned people.
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Heavy rains break dam in Balochistan
QUETTA, Feb 10: Heavy rains washed away Shadi Kor dam in the coastal area of Makran and vast area of Pasni sub-division. The water could also hit Pasni township. Many people are feared dead.
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Kashmiri teacher recovering
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: Kashmiri teacher Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani, shot at by unidentified assailants on Tuesday night, was recovering well on Wednesday.
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Insurgents kill six policemen in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 10: American helicopters fired missiles at a police station near Baghdad to dislodge guerillas who killed six policemen after besieging it on Thursday.
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Saudis cast votes in first polls as women barred
RIYADH, Feb 10: Saudis voted on Thursday in the first phase of municipal polls to elect half the members of municipal council seats in Riyadh and its suburbs.
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Invaders to find burning hell in Iran: Khatami
TEHRAN, Feb 10: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami warned on Thursday that any invader would be met by a "burning hell" as tens of thousands of people braved snow blizzards to join rallies for the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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N.Korea says it has nuclear arms, spurns 6-way talks
SEOUL, Feb 10: North Korea declared on Thursday for the first time it possessed nuclear weapons and pulled out indefinitely from six-party talks on its atomic ambitions, saying it needed a defence against a hostile United States.
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Syria to host meeting
DAMASCUS, Feb 10: Syria is to host a five-way meeting of all Israel's neighbours following this week's peace summit in Egypt to which it was not invited, Foreign Minister Faruq al Shara said on Thursday.
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Charles to marry Camilla on April 8
LONDON, Feb 10: British heir to the throne Prince Charles announced on Thursday he will marry long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman blamed for destroying his "fairytale" marriage to the late Princess Diana.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
RIYADH, Feb 10: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, accompanied by Senator Farooq Naik, visited ex-premier Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Jeddah on Thursday morning.
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