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Pakistan backs N-free Koreas: Aziz reiterates non-proliferation policy
SEOUL, Sept 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated here on Thursday Pakistan’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and its opposition to export of nuclear material, but said it was not opposed to peaceful uses of nuclear energy under the IAEA ambit....
Army helicopters pound militant hideouts
MIRAMSHAH/WANA, Sept 29: Helicopter gunships fired rockets on suspected military hideouts near Miramshah in North Waziristan agency following a gun-battle between army troops and tribesmen on Thursday....
Would-be suicide bombers held
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Law-enforcement agents acting on information from a captured militant leader have arrested two would-be suicide bombers as they made last-minute preparations for attacks, a security official said on Thursday....
Pakistani team to visit Baglihar
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: A six-member team led by Water and Power Secretary Ashfaq Mehmood is leaving on Friday for an eight-day visit to India to join a neutral expert appointed by the World Bank in the inspection of the Baglihar dam....
Majeed Malik allowed to contest poll
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Lt-Gen (retd) Majeed Malik, a senior vice-president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, to contest election for the office of the Chakwal...
Commission with Korea revived
SEOUL, Sept 29: Pakistan and Korea on Thursday agreed to revive their dormant joint ministerial commission and signed two agreements for economic and cultural exchanges. The agreements were signed before formal talks between the prime ministers of the two countries....
Natwar to inspect Karachi consulate
NEW DELHI, Sept 29: Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh would pay a two-day visit to Karachi on October 4 and 5 to inspect the Indian consulate building there, which was...
Musharraf invites Karzai
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Thursday afternoon held telephonic conversation and discussed matters of mutual interests....
Cabinet forms committee on energy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The prime minister has constituted a seven-member Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCE) for preparation of a medium- to long-term strategy for the sustainable development of the energy sector....
Oil refineries to be set up in Gwadar, says president
RAWALPINDI, Sept 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the government would set up oil refineries in Gwadar to help make it a regional trade hub and provide cost-effective fuel for sustaining the country’s economic growth....
85 killed in Iraq car bombings
BAGHDAD, Sept 29: At least 85 people were killed and more than 110 wounded on Thursday when three car bombs exploded within minutes of each other in the mainly Shiite central Iraqi town of Balad, police said....
Iran says gas deal with India intact
TEHRAN, Sept 29: Iran will not use energy ties to punish India for voting against the Islamic state at the UN nuclear watchdog, a senior oil ministry official said on Thursday....
42 killed in Kashmir accident
JAMMU, Sept 29: At least 42 passengers were killed and 44 injured when an overcrowded bus skidded off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in held Kashmir on Thursday, police said....
Solar eclipse on Oct 3
KARACHI, Sept 29: An annular eclipse of the sun will be partially visible in Pakistan on Monday....
Siachen talks
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Pakistan and India are engaged in intense negotiations to reach an early agreement on withdrawal of troops from the Siachen glacier – the world’s highest battleground....
Energy officials of Saarc states meet
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The first meeting of senior officials of energy ministries of the Saarc member states started here on Thursday to discuss and formulate recommendations for the Saarc energy ministers meeting to be held on October 1....
US sees bright future for education in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Deputy Assistant Administrator USAID for South Asia and Near East Mark Ward has predicted a great future for Pakistan in terms of education....
Seven killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Seven people died in the latest violence in insurgency-hit held Kashmir and 20 were injured in a grenade blast outside a shopping mall, the army said on Thursday....
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SEOUL, Sept 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated here on Thursday Pakistan’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and its opposition to export of nuclear material, but said it was not opposed to peaceful uses of nuclear energy under the IAEA ambit....
