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Aziz urges new steps to resolve disputes
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday expressed the confidence that after reaching an agreement on the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service, Pakistan and India would take more positive steps towards resolution of all outstanding issues.
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Efforts for Kashmir solution to continue, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said on Friday that Pakistan would continue pursuing India for a durable solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of Kashmiri people.
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Arbab, Imtiaz trade charges
KARACHI, Feb 18: Thursday night's raids and arrest of some PML supporters of former provincial minister Imtiaz Shaikh, prior to his dramatic late-night sacking by Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim
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Nation wide security tightened for Muharram
RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: The federal government has directed provincial governments and the Islamabad capital city administration to step up security for Ashura, an official source told Dawn on Friday.
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Technical committee likely to back Skardu dam
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Senate's technical committee on water resources is reported to have observed in its report that the Skardu-Katzara dam is the only viable option owing to lack of consensus on other big dams, like Kalabagh and Bhasha, it is learnt.
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Four agreements to be signed with Iran
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Pakistan and Iran will sign four important agreements, including the Additional Protocol to the existing Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), during Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's visit to Tehran next week
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Two 'suicide bombers' killed in Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 18: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a house after a heavy exchange of fire with police on the Ghalzai Street at around Thursday mid-night.
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Ads for Osama information gave leads: US
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Television, radio and newspaper advertisements run by the United States in Pakistan asking for leads to Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda kingpins have yielded useful information, a US official said on Friday.
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Congress approval for Pakistan aid sought
WASHINGTON, Feb 18: The Bush administration is seeking Congress's approval for financial assistance to Pakistan both in the 2005-6 budget proposals and 2004-5 supplementary budget request.
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AJK govt asked to speed up repair of bus route
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 18: The AJK government has been asked by Islamabad to speed up repair work on a road which connects the two parts of Kashmir, a minister said on Friday.
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Kasuri-Natwar accords get mixed reaction in India
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: India on Friday gave a mixed reaction to Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh's agreements with his counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, with the Bharatiya Janata Party saying they run the risk of compromising the country's national security.
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'Bus service to be a symbol of peace'
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: When the first bus rolls across the fortified frontier dividing Kashmir in April it will be 'more than just a ticket to ride' for separated families. It will also be a potent symbol for peace between India and Pakistan, analysts say.
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'1,000 children feared dead in Afghan cold snap' KABUL, Feb 18: Aid workers and officials sounded alarm bells over a looming humanitarian crisis in western Afghanistan on Friday saying they feared up to 1,000 children may have died during severe winter weather.
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40 killed as violence rages in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 18: At least 40 people were killed in violence in Iraq on Friday and Thursday night. Twenty of the dead were victims of suicide bombings at two mosques.
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Restraint urged in small arms export
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18: Declaring its primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday appealed to the arms-exporting countries "to exercise the highest responsibility
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Saudi taxi drivers stage protest
RIYADH, Feb 18: About 1,200 Saudi taxi drivers have staged a rare public protest in the capital Riyadh after the government postponed enforcement of a decision for 100 per cent Saudisation of taxis in the kingdom.
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