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Pakistan, India sign two deals: Missile testing, coastal information
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Pakistan and India on Monday signed an agreement on pre-notification of flight-testing of ballistic missiles and a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a communication link between the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and the Indian Coast Guards....
Kasuri-Natwar rendezvous in Nathiagali
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh on Monday took diplomacy to Nathiagali hill station in an attempt to untie the knots in Indo-Pakistan relations in splendid isolation. There are indications that they may have succeeded in making some headway on Siachen and Sir Creek issues in the relaxing and more inspiring environs of Nathiagali...
Pakistan seeks N-deal similar to India
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Pakistan has sought a ‘nuclear deal’ from the United States and other western countries, like the US-India deal, to help fulfil its energy needs....
Six militants killed in Waziristan
PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Security forces have killed six members of a militant group that launched a pre-dawn attack on a military post in Zara Mela in the North Waziristan Agency, officials said on Monday....
Pipeline blasts leave 5 dists without gas
QUETTA, Oct 3: Supply of Sui gas to five districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, was disrupted when saboteurs blew up a portion of the main pipeline near Kolpur, some 40km southwest of the provincial capital early on Monday morning....
‘Afghanistan needs more efforts’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: British Defence Minister John Reid who arrived here on a two-day visit on Monday via Kabul told a group of senior journalists that there was still a lot...
Malaysia, Thailand to invest in Pakistan: Aziz terms visit successful
ON BOARD PM’S AIRCRAFT, Oct 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz termed his visit to South Korea , Malaysia and Thailand a success in boosting bilateral and multilateral economic, trade and political relationship with these countries....
F-16 deal to be referred to Congress soon
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3: The US administration is ready to seek congressional approval for selling F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and a formal request may be sent to Congress later this month, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
Rangers called out in 3 Punjab districts
LAHORE, Oct 3: Rangers have been called out in Kasur, Jhang and Khushab districts. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Monday said here that the three districts had been declared as sensitive....
Madressahs’ law to be amended soon: Balloting for Haj undertaken
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The registration law for madressahs will be amended shortly through an Act of Parliament. This was disclosed by federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Ejazul Haq while talking...
Ramazan begins today in Gulf
CAIRO, Oct 3: The month of Ramazan is to begin on Tuesday in most Arab countries, while Oman and Iraqi Shias will start the fast on Wednesday or Thursday, officials said....
Millions on 2 continents watch solar eclipse
MADRID, Oct 3: Millions of people living in Europe and Africa watched on Monday as the moon passed across the face of the sun, causing an annular eclipse in which only a fiery solar rim can be seen....
New US SC justice named
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: US President George W. Bush has picked White House legal counsel Harriet Miers to be a new US Supreme Court justice, an administration official told AFP early on Monday....
Iran threatens US interests over nuclear referral
TEHRAN, Oct 3: Iran threatened on Monday to use its “full might” to endanger US interests if Washington upped the pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme....
Afghans protest candidate’s killing
KABUL, Oct 3: Thousands of people marched through Afghanistan’s capital and a key northern city on Monday as protests against the assassination of a leading candidate in last month’s elections spread across the country....
UC nazim killed in Multan
MULTAN, Oct 3: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a union council nazim and injured his deputy on Monday night after opening fire on a street corner meeting....
Joint early disaster warning system to be implemented
BEIJING, Oct 3: Pakistan, China and other regional countries will jointly implement an action plan to strengthen early warning system, reducing risk of disaster like typhoons, tropical cyclones and seasonal floods....
31 Taliban killed in clashes
KABUL, Oct 3: At least 31 militants linked to Afghanistan’s toppled Taliban regime were killed in clashes with government forces near the border with Pakistan, the defence ministry said on Monday....
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Pakistan and India on Monday signed an agreement on pre-notification of flight-testing of ballistic missiles and a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a communication link between the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and the Indian Coast Guards....
PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Security forces have killed six members of a militant group that launched a pre-dawn attack on a military post in Zara Mela in the North Waziristan Agency, officials said on Monday....
MADRID, Oct 3: Millions of people living in Europe and Africa watched on Monday as the moon passed across the face of the sun, causing an annular eclipse in which only a fiery solar rim can be seen....
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: US President George W. Bush has picked White House legal counsel Harriet Miers to be a new US Supreme Court justice, an administration official told AFP early on Monday....
