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Opposition asked to exercise restraint: Nuclear issue
LAHORE, March 13: Former president Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari says whatever Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on the issue of transfer of centrifuges to Iran "does not amount to divulging any secret
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US helping secure Pakistan's N-plan: report
WASHINGTON, March 13: The latest congressional report on nuclear threat reduction measures for India and Pakistan suggests that the United States may have been assisting Pakistan to help protect its nuclear sites since October 2001.
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Benazir, Shahbaz meet in London
LONDON, March 13: Former Prime Minsiter Benazir Bhutto and president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahbaz Sharif have agreed to meet formally to assess the political situation in Pakistan and chart out a joint future course of action.
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NA committee on Balochistan faces tough task
ISLAMABAD, March 13: The 38-member parliamentary committee on Balochistan is likely to meet on March 16 or 17 to try to reach consensus and finalize its report on a constitutional amendment package
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PPP, MQM oppose mega dams
ISLAMABAD, March 13: Representatives of the People's Party Parliamentarians, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and a group of NGOs on Sunday opposed construction of mega dams in the country
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Investment climate conducive: Saudi prince
ISLAMABAD, March 13: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who arrived here on a two-day visit on Sunday, termed political atmosphere in Pakistan conducive for foreign investment
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10 held in raid for militants
MIRAMSHAH, March 13: Hundreds of army and paramilitary troops backed by helicopter gun ships raided suspected residential compounds in the Shawal area of North Waziristan in pursuit of militants, sources said.
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Rice may offer to sell F-16s to Pakistan, India
WASHINGTON, March 13: Condoleezza Rice, who begins her first South Asian tour as US secretary of state on Tuesday, may offer to sell weapons, including F-16 jet fighters, to India and Pakistan, diplomatic sources in the US capital told Dawn.
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Agra summit could have been saved, says Advani
NEW DELHI, March 13: Indian opposition leader Lal Kishan Advani has rejected suggestions, including a recent charge by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, that the hard line Hindutva leader was chiefly responsible for the failure of the Agra summit
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Iran pipeline deal 'unwise', says US
NEW DELHI, March 13: The United States denied on Sunday it was exerting any 'pressure' as such on India to abandon the multi-billion dollar India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project
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Talks on Iraq govt collapse
BAGHDAD, March 13: Talks between Iraq's leading parties on forming a new government have collapsed, crushing hopes it would be in place before parliament, elected despite relentless violence, meets for the first time this week.
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'Israel ready to strike Iran N-plant'
LONDON, March 13: Israel has drawn up plans for a combined air and ground attack on Iranian nuclear installations should diplomatic efforts fail to halt Tehran's nuclear programme, a report in the Sunday Times said.
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Suspect killed in S. Arabia
RIYADH, March 13: Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected militant and captured two of his accomplices during an early morning clash in the Rabwa neighbourhood of Jeddah on Sunday
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Run-off held in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, March 13: The mountainous Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan held run-off parliamentary polls on Sunday amid a wave of protests against the country's post-Soviet leadership and allegations of widespread vote rigging.
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S. African court to try German 'N-smuggler'
BERLIN, March 13: A German businessman suspected of taking part in an international smuggling ring to supply nuclear know-how will face trial in South Africa, the German weekly Der Spiegel reports in its Monday issue.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
LONDON, March 13: Former Prime Minsiter Benazir Bhutto and president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahbaz Sharif have agreed to meet formally to assess the political situation in Pakistan and chart out a joint future course of action.
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