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Strong China no threat to any country: Wen
ISLAMABAD, April 6: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said here on Wednesday that his country would never pose a threat to any other country nor would it seek to dominate Asia....
Force will be used to stop marathon: Fazl
LAHORE, April 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has urged the government to abandon its plan to hold women’s marathons in various cities and issued a warning that supporters of the religious...
MMA was not sincere in talks with govt: SC told
ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) had not been sincere in talks with the government; otherwise it would have insisted on strict...
‘Friendship enters new qualitative stage’: Musharraf-Wen meeting
ISLAMABAD, April 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that Pakistan-China relations had entered a new qualitative stage, and their multi-faceted ties would not...
Report on dams sought by 30th: Directives issued to water body
ISLAMABAD, April 6: The federal government has asked the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR) chairman to submit his final report on the construction of big dams by April 30. Sources...
Russia, Saudi Arabia offered ACD seats
ISLAMABAD, April 6: Ministers from 26 Asian countries, at the conclusion of the 4th Asia Cooperation Dialogue, extended an invitation of membership to the Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia and demanded...
Musharraf briefed on talks with Bugti
ISLAMABAD April 6: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and secretary general Mushahid Hussain Syed called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday and briefed him on...
Biggest gas terminal in Quetta planned
QUETTA, April 6: The biggest gas terminal of the country is being established in Quetta for supplying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the rest of the country after finalizing a gas...
Kurd leader Talabani new Iraq president
BAGHDAD, April 6: Iraq’s parliament on Wednesday elected former Kurdish fighter Jalal Talabani as the country’s first freely-elected president, paving the way for the creation of a government more than two...
Another militant killed in Riyadh
RIYADH, April 6: Saudi security forces killed another wanted militant, Abdulrahman al-Yazji, in the industrial area here on Wednesday. An announcement by the Saudi interior ministry, confirming the death, said: “On arrival...
PM visits Holy See embassy
ISLAMABAD, April 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has termed Pope John Paul’s death a graet loss to the entire world. In a statement issued here Wednesday the prime minister said: “His...
UN condemns Srinagar attack
UNITED NATIONS, April 6: Condemning the attack on the housing complex for passengers of the Kashmir bus service, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed the hope that the bus service would proceed...
PIA plane returns after fault
KARACHI, April 6: A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet bound for Paris was forced to turn back after a fire alarm in one of its engines, officials said on Wednesday. The...
Demand for fresh polls
QUETTA, April 6: All national political parties and the four federating units should evolve consensus on resolving the issue of autonomy, ARD leader Nafis Siddiqui said here on Tuesday. Speaking at...
16 killed in US chopper crash
KABUL, April 6: A US military helicopter crashed during a dust storm in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people aboard — the deadliest military air accident since Washington first...
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/ ISLAMABAD, April 6: India’s prime minister pledged on Wednesday that the first
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