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Work on pipeline to begin in mid-2007: Next meeting in February
NEW DELHI, Dec 17: India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to begin construction of over $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 despite objections from the United States, according to top officials from both countries....
Aziz invites Sindh lawmakers for talks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has invited all federal and state ministers and parliamentarians from Sindh to the Prime Minister’s House on Monday to remove any lingering doubts on the issue of Kalabagh dam, sources said on Saturday....
FC, tribesmen take positions in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Dec 17: Frontier Corps personnel and Bugti tribesmen are returning to their positions in the Dera Bugti area, that were abandoned in April after Nawab Akbar Bugti and the federal government reached an agreement, according to reports reaching here....
US to sell 115 howitzers to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: The Bush administration said on Friday it tentatively planned to let Pakistan buy 115 155mm self-propelled howitzer artillery pieces as well as related gear and services valued at up to $56 million....
Cheney to visit Pakistan, other states
NEW YORK, Dec 17: US Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Pakistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, beginning on Saturday, his office announced on Friday....
Nawaz to fly to Britain next week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his family members have received passports with British visas and are planning to fly to the UK sometime next week, the party’s central information secretary Siddiqul Farooque said on Saturday....
ARD dismayed over envoy’s remarks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have expressed dismay over remarks reportedly made by US ambassador Ryan C. Crocker on the state of democracy in...
US adopts tougher bill on immigration
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: The US House of Representatives late Friday adopted a tougher immigration legislation, including a measure to set up vast border fences that has strained ties with Mexico....
Consensus on three issues expected: Hong Kong moot
HONG KONG, Dec 17: The key negotiators from 150 countries will decide three thorny issues —- export subsidy, domestic subsidy and package for the least developed countries in the next 24...
US House blocks renewal of Patriot Act
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: A group of US senators, demanding increased protection of civil liberties, defied President George Bush on Friday by blocking renewal of the USA Patriot Act, a centrepiece of his ‘war on terrorism’....
India plans more troops along BD border
KOLKATA, Dec 17: India plans to post more troops along its border with Bangladesh in a bid to stop infiltration by militants operating in the neighbouring country, a senior official said on Saturday....
BD arrests key militant leader
DHAKA, Dec 17: Bangladesh’s elite security force has arrested a regional commander and seized large caches of explosives as part of a crackdown on militants waging a suicide bombing campaign to impose Islamic law, a statement on Saturday said....
Pakistani boy recovering after liver transplant
NEW DELHI, Dec 17: A six-year-old Pakistani boy who underwent a successful liver transplant will celebrate his birthday in a hospital here on Monday amid hopes of returning home soon on a happy note....
British boxer visits AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 17: Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan, a British boxer of Pakistani origin, on Saturday visited the earthquake-stricken areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and called upon the international community to help rebuild the devastated area at the earliest....
40 Pakistani pilgrims hurt in accident
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Forty Pakistani pilgrims were injured, eight of them seriously, in a road accident while travelling from Madina to Makkah on Thursday....
Pakistan, Bahrain to cooperate in aviation
RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: Pakistan and Bahrain on Saturday agreed to further strengthen their bilateral relations in the field of civil aviation....
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