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Islamabad gets IAEA request for N-parts
ISLAMABAD, March 25: Pakistan said on Friday it had received a formal request from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for providing samples of nuclear centrifuges.
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Pakistan lauds US move
ISLAMABAD, March 25: Pakistan on Friday welcomed a decision by the United States to sell it F-16 fighter jets, saying it demonstrated Islamabad's close ties with Washington.
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Proceedings put off for three days: Balochistan committee
ISLAMABAD March 25: The parliamentary committee on Balochistan, which met here on Friday to discuss the outcome of Thursday's Shujaat-Bugti meeting, put off its deliberations for three days
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Manhandling of NP leader criticized
QUETTA, March 25: The Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has condemned the kidnapping and manhandling of National Party President Dr Hayee and two other leaders of his party.
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Musharraf supports maximum autonomy for provinces
ISLAMABAD, March 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he favours maximum autonomy for provinces and a greater share for them in the National Finance Commission award.
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President criticizes coalition lawmakers
ISLAMABAD, March 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed displeasure at the working of the ruling coalition's parliamentarians and asked them to ensure quorum in both houses of parliament.
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Probe into stock market dealings
ISLAMABAD, March 25: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Tariq Hassan has said the commission will investigate the current downtrend on the stock market causing heavy losses to small investors.
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Multan boat tragedy; 30 still missing
MULTAN, March 25: Some 30 people were missing till late on Friday night from among the passengers of a motorboat that was capsized on Thursday evening in the river Indus near Chacharraan Sharif in Rahim Yar Khan district.
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Musharraf, Singh invited to Kashmir
NEW DELHI, March 25: Kashmir's spiritual leader Mirwaiz Maulvi Umar Farooq on Friday invited leaders of India and Pakistan to meet next time in the disputed Himalayan region and urged both sides to expand the proposed bus service
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Bush talks to Singh on F-16 sale
NEW DELHI, March 25: US President George W. Bush telephoned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday to convey the US Administration's decision to supply F-16 warplanes to Pakistan, the Press Trust of India said.
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US announces sale of F-16s to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, March 25: The United States on Friday announced its decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan but in order to soften the disappointment the proposed sale has caused to New Delhi
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'Troubled' Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan triangle may deepen US presence
WASHINGTON, March 25: Dogged by drug, terrorism and nuclear threats, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran are fast becoming a "troubled triangle" that could deepen US presence in the region, experts told a conference on Thursday.
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Suicide blasts, attacks leave 18 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 25: Insurgents assassinated a senior Iraqi army commander on Friday and staged three suicide bombings, killing 18 people, and leaving dozens injured in violence that politicians fear may deepen
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US accused of rights violations
LONDON, March 25: The United States has committed "grave violations of human rights" against prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq, the Foreign Affairs Committee of Britain's parliament said in a report on Friday.
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New leaders tighten grip on power in Kyrghyzstan
BISHKEK, March 25: Kyrghyzstan's new leaders cemented their grip on power on Friday, naming an acting head of state and top ministers and announcing fresh presidential polls while seeking to restore calm and reassure allies.
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