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PML chief to visit Dera Bugti
ISLAMABAD, March 20: President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and chairman of the parliamentary committee on Balochistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will soon visit Dera Bugti for a meeting with Baloch leader
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PM stresses political settlement
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz discussed Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday the situation in Balochistan against the backdrop of the latter's contacts with Baloch leaders.
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MQM with people of Balochistan, says Altaf
KARACHI, March 20: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, expressing solidarity with the people of Balochistan, has assured Nawab Akbar Bugti that his party would not leave Baloch people alone in this hour of trial and tribulation.
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'Million march': MMA gives April 2 strike call
KARACHI, March 20: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal reiterated on Sunday its call for a countrywide strike on April 2 in protest against soaring prices and to highlight various demands of the alliance.
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ARD won't be part of million march
PESHAWAR, March 20: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), which informally met here on Saturday, decided to stay away from the million-man marches launched by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal
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JWP chief seeks agenda for talks
QUETTA, March 20: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Bugti has confirmed that special envoy of the federal government Tariq Aziz and PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have made telephonic contacts with him.
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Musharraf hopeful of increase in investment
KARACHI, March 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that he saw a very bright future for textile industry in Pakistan. "I look forward to expansion of the textile industry," he said
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Shrine blast toll rises to 40
QUETTA, March 20: The death toll from the Fatehpur shrine explosion soared to 40 on Sunday as 15 people seriously injured in the blast died in different hospitals.
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'17 bodies recovered from debris'
SUKKUR, March 20: Seventeen bodies have so far been recovered from the debris of a temple in Dera Bugti which collapsed after it was hit during March 17 shellings.
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4 accords to be signed with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Pakistan and Afghanistan are likely to sign four agreements, including a protocol on political consultations, during President Hamid Karzai's two-day visit to the country, starting on Tuesday.
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Experts not to visit N-facilities
WASHINGTON, March 20: A team of international nuclear experts scheduled to visit Pakistan early next month will not inspect facilities used for making weapons, diplomatic sources told Dawn.
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Afghan polls on Sept 18
KABUL, March 20: Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, delayed by widespread security problems and logistics in conducting a complex vote - will be held in September, nearly a year after originally scheduled.
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US soldier killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 20: A US soldier was killed and three others wounded when a roadside bomb hit their patrol on Sunday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, the US military said.
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Israel settlement expansion plan
JERUSALEM, March 20: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has given the green light for the construction of more than 3,500 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, public radio said on Sunday.
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'US has no plan to attack North Korea'
SEOUL, March 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday Washington had no intention of attacking North Korea while urging the communist state to drop its nuclear weapons ambitions.
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ISLAMABAD, March 20: President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and chairman of the parliamentary committee on Balochistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will soon visit Dera Bugti for a meeting with Baloch leader
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