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Neelam waters: Pakistan to seek arbitration
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Pakistan on Wednesday decided to seek setting up of a Court of Arbitration or appointment of a neutral expert to stop India from diverting Neelum waters in violation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty....
Freeze adds to villagers’ misery
BHERI, Nov 30: With winter starting to set in, some survivors of Pakistan’s earthquake are without shelter, sufficient food or warm clothing nearly eight weeks after the disaster struck, aid officials said on Wednesday....
Govt sought no concessions, says Shahbaz
LONDON, Nov 30: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would be in London as soon as he got the British visa, president of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahbaz Sharif told Dawn here on Wednesday....
Court acquits Benazir in PIA case
KARACHI, Nov 30: The accountability court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and four others on corruption charges involving appointments to the state-owned carrier, court officials said....
Musharraf, Mirwaiz to meet in Makkah
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their...
Foreign Office keeps quiet on Mirwaiz’s plea to Nato
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Foreign Office on Wednesday remained tight-lipped on All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s call for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to ‘supervise demilitarization in Kashmir.’...
US, Pakistan to step up talks on investment, free trade
WASHINGTON, Nov 30: The United States and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to strive harder to forge a bilateral investment pact that could set the stage for negotiations to establish a free trade agreement....
Bush rules out setting withdrawal deadline
ANNAPOLIS, Nov 30: President George Bush on Wednesday asked for patience from Americans weary of the rising US death toll in Iraq and said a reduction in troops may be possible, but rejected a pullout timetable....
Musharraf pledges more funds for education
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: President General Pervez Musharraf has said education is no more a neglected sector in the country and the government is striving to bring about improvements through various measures....
India tests cruise missile
BHUBANESWAR (India), Nov 30: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired an army version of its supersonic BrahMos cruise missile that was jointly developed with Russia, a defence officer said....
Two Kashmiri guerrilla commanders shot dead
SRINAGAR, Nov 30: Indian troops have shot dead two senior guerilla commanders, one of whom had been on the run for 12 years, in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday....
Economic policies to continue: PM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said the government would continue its economic and investment policies to attract more foreign investment....
Hizb placed on EU ‘terror list’
BRUSSELS, Nov 30: The European Union on Wednesday added the Hizbul Mujahideen to its list of ‘terrorist organizations’. The move means restrictive anti-terror measures will be applied to the group, including a freeze on its funds, assets and economic resources....
Jeddah trade body elects two women
RIYADH, Nov 30: In a historic first, two Saudi women, Lama Al Suleiman and Nashwa Taher, have been voted to sit on the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) board, along with male members....
Pakistan, India to exchange lists today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Pakistan and India will exchange on Thursday lists of Kashmiris who want to cross the Line of Control (LoC) on the Chakoti-Uri Sector....
UN seeks $4.7bn for disaster aid: Humanitarian Appeal 2006
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30: As he launched the yearly UN Humanitarian Appeal, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday called upon donors to provide $4.7 billion for urgent support to 31 million...
India welcomes China’s interest in Saarc
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: India on Wednesday said it welcomed China’s wish to develop ties with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) which earlier this month held its 13th summit in Bangladesh....
Hillary calls for more quake aid
NEW YORK, Nov 30: Noting the gravity of the earthquake aftermath in Pakistan, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has called for “a comparable outpouring of our collective global compassion on behalf of the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan”....
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