Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper.
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT).
N-assets a guarantee for peace, says PM
ISLAMABAD, March 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Thursday peace could only be achieved through strength and the country's nuclear programme was a guarantee for peace in the region.
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President, PM discuss situation
ISLAMABAD, March 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf visited the Prime Minister's Secretariat here on Thursday and had an hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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MQM seeks changes in constitution: Provincial autonomy
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Thursday proposed a number of amendments to the constitution to give maximum autonomy to provinces, leaving only three subjects - defence, foreign affairs and currency - for the centre.
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Musharraf accepts Indian invitation
ISLAMABAD, March 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has in principle accepted Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's invitation to visit India to watch one of the Pakistan-India cricket matches, informed sources told Dawn on Thursday.
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Baglihar: Pakistan has received no offer for experts' visit
LAHORE, March 10: Pakistan has not received any 'formal' offer from India in recent days to send technical experts to visit the Baglihar dam site in recent days, officials of the Ministry of Water and Power and the Pakistan Indus Commission said
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6 killed, 95 hurt in fire on board navy ship
KARACHI, March 10: At least six people were killed and 95 others suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out on a naval ship at the PN Dockyard here on Thursday.
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Govt to release sugar into market to check price rise
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The government on Thursday decided to release sugar from 376,000 tons of official stocks and sell it through the Utility Stores Corporation at Rs23 per kg to keep prices under control in the open market.
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Heavy weapons in Fata banned: Tribesmen to sell arms to govt
PESHAWAR, March 10: The government has banned possession, sale and use of heavy and 'nuclear weapons of all types' in all the tribal regions, says a notification issued by the Governor's Secretariat (Fata).
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Bomb blasts rock Quetta and Kalat
QUETTA, March 10: Two powerful bomb blasts rocked Quetta and Kalat towns causing panic among people, on Thursday night. However, no causality or damage to property damage was reported in any of the explosions, police said.
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Rice will highlight Pakistan's role in war on terror
WASHINGTON, March 10: The United States has said that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will highlight Washington's long-standing engagement with Pakistan when she arrives there as part of a six-nation tour beginning next week.
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Cross-border movement drops: India
NEW DELHI, March 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that cross-border movement of Muslim guerillas from Azad Kashmir to the occupied valley had dropped by 60 per cent last year.
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30 killed as suicide bomber hits mosque in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 10: A suicide bomber struck a Shia mosque during a funeral in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, killing up to 30 people and wounding more than 100 in a fresh attack against Iraq's newly-empowered majority.
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