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Govt ready to implement committees' proposals: Balochistan issue
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday advised Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti to help create conditions conducive for a dialogue, and said that the government was ready to implement some of the recommendations
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Opposition walks out over Rashid's remarks
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday faced a tough time in the National Assembly for his remarks that Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Bugti was a "warlord and not a politician".
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Sharifs 'packing up to leave' Saudi Arabia
LAHORE, March 21: The Sharif family has started disposing of its assets in Saudi Arabia as arrangements for its departure from the kingdom 'enter final stages after a green signal from Riyadh', it is learnt.
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LG bye-polls in Punjab, NWFP, Sindh postponed
ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Chief Election Commissioner, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, has postponed the Local Government bye-elections scheduled to be held in Punjab, Sindh and the NWFP on April 7
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Karzai's visit to take ties to a new level, says Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's two-day visit to Pakistan, starting on Tuesday, will take relations between the two countries to a new level, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said here on Monday.
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Defence needs under US consideration: FO
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pakistan on Monday said that the proposed expansion in United Nations Security Council should be made in the non-permanent member category with no veto power.
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FC files case against Nawab Bugti
QUETTA, March 21: A case has been registered against Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, his grandson Sardar Bramdagh Bugti and 150 other. Bugti tribesmen at the Dera Bugti police station.
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Balochistan declared calamity-hit
QUETTA, March 21: Entire Balochistan province has been declared calamity-hit owing to the devastation caused by recent heavy rains, floods and snowfall.
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Electric pylon blown up in Nushki
QUETTA, March 21: A powerful explosion occurred in Nushki on Monday night and unknown saboteurs blew up a big pylon of 132kv Kirdegab transmission line there.
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Indian visa at Attari for elderly from April
ISLAMABAD, March 21: India will start issuing visas at the Attari checkpoint to Pakistanis aged above 65 years and below 12 from April 1. A press release issued here on Monday by the Indian High Commission said
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Singh hosts lunch for Musharraf's mother
NEW DELHI, March 21: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday hosted a lunch for President Pervez Musharraf's mother at his official residence in New Delhi, an official said.
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Kashmiris seek daily bus service
SRINAGAR, March 21: The political opposition in held Kashmir called on Monday for the trans-Kashmir bus service set to start next month to run every day instead of every fortnight.
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Annan asks leaders to back his UN reforms
UNITED NATIONS, March 21: Secretary General Kofi Annan asked member states on Monday that his proposals to expand the UN Security Council and his plan for reform
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Tornado kills 34 in BD
DHAKA, March 21: At least 34 people were killed and more than 500 injured by a tornado that flattened more than 3,000 houses in 15 villages in northern Bangladesh, police said on Monday.
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