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Pakistan to foil hegemonic designs: Aziz
KARACHI, March 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that Pakistan would not allow domination of the Indian Ocean by any country.
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ARD, MMA agree to launch joint movement
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Monday reached an accord for launching a joint struggle to force Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit the presidency and the army chief's offices.
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Durrani may attend NSC meetings: Fazl indicates to Shujaat
LAHORE, March 7: In what may be described as a major policy shift, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has indicated to ruling Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain that NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani may be allowed to attend the future meetings of the National Security Council.
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Aziz directs Rahim, Imtiaz to cease fire
KARACHI, March 7: In a bid to resolve differences between Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and sacked revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a meeting with the latter for an hour at the Governor's House on Monday night.
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Balochistan report to be ready by 16th or 17th, NA told
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The government told the National Assembly on Monday that the parliamentary committee seeking a political solution of problems of Balochistan would finalize its report by March 16 or 17.
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EU, Iran urged to continue dialogue: Nuclear issue
ISLAMABAD, March 7: Pakistan said on Monday that talks between the European Union and Iran on the latter's nuclear programme should continue in order to resolve the issue through negotiations.
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Musharraf arrives in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, March 7: Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev received President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday at the airport when he arrived on an official visit to Kyrgyzstan.
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SC cancels Faisal's bail in loan default case
ISLAMABAD, March 7: The Supreme Court cancelled on Monday the bail it had granted to federal minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in July 2000.
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Former woman MNA held
KARACHI, March 7: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sindh, on Monday arrested Begum Salma Ahmed, ex-MNA and chairperson of the Pakistan Association of Women Enterprises (PAWE), on charges of corruption
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Family wants soldier's burial in Karachi
NEW YORK, March 7: The family of a Pakistani-American soldier killed while serving the American army in Iraq has complained that the US army officials are not responding to their appeal to send his body to Karachi for burial
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WB receives New Delhi's response on Baglihar
WASHINGTON, March 7: India has submitted its response to the World Bank to Pakistan's objections to the construction of a dam over the Chenab River in occupied Kashmir, bank sources told Dawn.
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Kashmiris queue up for cross-border bus visit
SRINAGAR, March 7: Kashmiris began queuing-up on Monday for travel permits and the first bus ride in almost six decades to the Pakistani side of the divided region
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Bush picks Bolton for UN job
WASHINGTON, March 7: President George Bush has picked US under secretary of state for arms control, John Bolton, a sharp critic of North Korea and other hard line governments
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Syria to pull back troops this month
DAMASCUS, March 7: Syrian forces, under growing US pressure to quit Lebanon, will pull back to eastern areas this month and Damascus and Beirut will then decide how long the troops stay, the leaders of the two countries agreed on Monday.
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