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Shahbaz for reconciliation
NEW YORK, Feb 23: Declaring himself 'fighting fit', the president of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Mr Shahbaz Sharif, called for reconciliation among all political parties and the army, in the spirit of 'give and take'.
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PM's representative launches corruption allegation probe
KARACHI, Feb 23: Maj-Gen Farooq Khan of the Prime Minister's Inspection Team arrived here from Islamabad on Wednesday and started investigations into charges of corruption levelled by sacked provincial minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh
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Patriot sale to India will fuel arms race: FO - Concern conveyed to US
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed concern over reports of Indian bid to purchase the Patriot anti-missile system from the US and warned the move would trigger an arms race in the region and threaten the ongoing peace process.
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Little progress made on Kashmir: FM
TOKYO, Feb 23: Pakistan and India have made little "substantive" progress on Kashmir despite the breakthrough agreement to start a bus connecting the divided region, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said on Wednesday.
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Natwar due in April for ACD meeting
NEW DELHI, Feb 23: Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are expected to meet in Islamabad in April on the margins of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), during which Iran is due to be inducted to further expand the 23-nation group
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'Talks on pipeline project in March'
TEHRAN, Feb 23: Petroleum Minister Amanullah Jadoon said here on Wednesday that Pakistan, Iran and India would hold talks on the proposed gas pipeline project on the sidelines of the Saarc energy dialogue in Islamabad next month.
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Three trade accords signed with Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 23: Officials of Pakistan and Iran signed here on Wednesday three agreements and a memorandum of understanding to promote trade and commerce
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Group to devise plan for urea import
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: The Ministry of Industries and Production has set up a working group in order to formulate a mechanism for the import of 500,000 tons of urea following considerable reduction in its production
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KSE crosses 8,000 mark
KARACHI, Feb 23: The Karachi Stock Exchange broke all previous records on Wednesday when dividend-driven buying euphoria was further intensified amid unprecedented price flare-up.
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Shopkeeper killed, 11 injured in Lahore fire
LAHORE, Feb 23: One shopkeeper died and 11 others suffered burn injuries when two shopping plazas and an adjacent building caught fire in a congested commercial locality of Ichhra on Wednesday, reducing around 100 shops to ashes.
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Heavy snow disrupts traffic in Europe
PARIS, Feb 23: Heavy winter snow on Wednesday created hazardous travel conditions across much of Europe, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights and bringing traffic to a standstill on main roads.
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BD bans two extremist groups
DHAKA, Feb 23: Bangladesh on Wednesday banned two extremist groups for alleged links to a wave of bombings of non-governmental groups, holy shrines and other targets and said it had arrested one of their leaders.
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