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Bugti invites Shujaat to sort out issues: Parliamentary party meets today
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The parliamentary committee constituted to put forward constitutional and administrative measures to break the ongoing political impasse in Balochistan will hold its meeting at the parliament house at 3pm today (Thursday).
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Struggle to continue till its logical end: MMA
LAHORE, March 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has pledged to take its anti-Musharraf movement to its logical end. Speaking at a 'million march' rally on the Ravi Road close to the Minar-i-Pakistan here on Wednesday, religious alliance's chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said the movement would not stop until the 'desired goal' was achieved.
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Aziz, Karzai discuss steps to boost trade: Five pacts, one protocol signed
ISLAMABAD, March 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday held talks on bilateral matters, regional situation, and cooperation in war on terror and measures to boost trade between the two countries.
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External debt goes up to $34.8bn
ISLAMABAD, March 23: Pakistan's total external debt has increased by $1.52 billion to $34.828 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year, from $33.307 billion on June 30, 2004. The Ministry of Finance released here on Wednesday mid-year review of Pakistan's economy, that suggested the total debt and liabilities have also increased to $36.704 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year, up by $1.45 billion from $35.258 billion of last year.
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50 more villages flooded
QUETTA, March 23: Torrents coming from the hills north of Balochistan inundated 50 more villages on Wednesday, raising the number of affected areas to 350.
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Rail track blown up near Mach
QUETTA, March 23: Saboteurs blew up the main railway track near Mach on Wednesday morning. "A three-foot piece of the track was blown up with three home-made bombs at around 6am between Mach and Hrik, some 70km east of Quetta," levy authorities said.
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Former IGP, 4 others killed in ambush
GILGIT, March 23: The recently removed Inspector-General of Northern Areas Police, Sakhiullah Tareen, and four others were killed in an ambush near Gilgit on Wednesday, police sources said.
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'Musharraf, Singh can discuss all issues'
NEW DELHI, March 23: India is looking at the forthcoming meeting of President Gen Pervez Musharraf with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the president's cricket visit here in mid- April
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Overcoming mistrust must to resolve Kashmir issue: India
NEW DELHI, March 23: India's Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran says both India and Pakistan will have to work for creating a middle ground through various confidence-building measures
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Pakistani among three killed in Beirut blast
BEIRUT, March 23: Three people were killed early Wednesday when a bomb ripped through a shopping centre in a Christian area north of Beirut, the second explosion since the assassination last month of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri
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95 insurgents killed in Iraqi training camp raid
TIKRIT, March 23: Ninety-five insurgents were killed in a 17-hour operation involving Iraqi and US forces launched against their training camp north of Baghdad, an Iraqi army commander said on Wednesday.
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Iran-EU talks end without pact
PARIS, March 23: The European Union's three biggest powers ended a new round of talks with Iran on Wednesday without persuading the Islamic republic to abandon nuclear enrichment technology that could be used to make weapons.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, March 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday held talks on bilateral matters, regional situation, and cooperation in war on terror and measures to boost trade between the two countries.
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