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No N-parity with India, US tells Pakistan: Congressional hearing
WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The Bush administration used an open congressional hearing on Friday to inform Pakistan that it cannot get the same nuclear cooperation as granted to India under the Indo-US nuclear deal....
Strike call receives patchy response
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: A nationwide strike called by the combined opposition on Friday received a limited response in major cities and towns of the country, with the exception of Quetta, Chaman,...
Opposition walks out as govt rushes business
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Opposition parties walked out of the National Assembly on Friday as part of a nationwide protest general strike called by them, allowing the government to rush business through the house, including a controversial bill passed without any debate....
Musharraf praises pullout of settlers from Gaza
ISLAMABAD, President Gen Pervez Musharraf praised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday as, “courageous” for withdrawing settlers from Gaza. According to a Guardian, report, quoting AP, President Musharraf in a...
Abbas welcomes first Israel-Pakistan talks
AL QUDS, Sept 9: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday he welcomed the first public talks between Israel and Pakistan last week, a step powerful Palestinian militant groups greeted with hostility....
Aziz briefs Badawi on Istanbul meeting
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz briefed on Friday his Malaysian counterpart on Pakistan’s first ‘open’ diplomatic contact with Israel last week. “Mr Aziz in a telephone conversation with Dato...
Provincial autonomy: plan for 18th amendment
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The government plans to transfer up to 26 subjects out of a total 33 on the concurrent list to provinces to give them more autonomy....
G-20 seeks cut in farm subsidies
BHURBAN, Sept 9: The G-20 meeting began here on Friday with a re-affirmation to strive for protecting livelihood of millions of poor farmers in the countries under the current global negotiation on agriculture....
Mahathir’s remarks trigger US, British walkout
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad triggered a diplomatic walkout from a human rights conference on Friday when he accused the United States and Britain of killing innocent civilians in Iraq....
India wants Iran, US to sort out N-issue
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: India said on Friday it wanted differences between Iran and the United States on Tehran’s nuclear activities to be resolved through talks, as New Delhi walks a diplomatic tightrope in its ties with both nations....
Indians get US briefing on Patriot-3
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: Senior US defence officials have briefed their Indian counterparts on the Patriot-3 anti-missile system, the American side said on Friday, as the two countries’ military ties continue to grow....
Two explosions in Mastung
QUETTA, Sept 9: Two bombs exploded outside the tehsildar office at Mastung on Friday night damaging its walls. However, nobody was hurt during the blasts. An official at the Mastung police...
Breakthrough possible in New York meeting
NEW YORK, Sept 9: President Pervez Musharraf’s one-to-one meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of UN summit on Sept 14 could prove to be a major turning point in relations between Pakistan and India....
Indian PM to host dinner for Musharraf
NEW Delhi, Sept 9: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will host a dinner for President Gen Pervez Musharraf in New York on September 14, Indian news reports said on Friday....
India accepts triangular dialogue: Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has asked Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference to help boost the dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad, according to Mirwaiz Maulvi Umar Farooq....
587 prisoners to be swapped on 12th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan has announced that it would release 435 Indian nationals, 371 fishermen and 64 civilian prisoners detained in Pakistani jails and repatriate them to India via Wagah border on Monday....
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Opposition parties walked out of the National Assembly on Friday as part of a nationwide protest general strike called by them, allowing the government to rush business through the house, including a controversial bill passed without any debate....
BHURBAN, Sept 9: The G-20 meeting began here on Friday with a re-affirmation to strive for protecting livelihood of millions of poor farmers in the countries under the current global negotiation on agriculture....
