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| February 3, 2006 | Friday | Muharram 4, 1427 |
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Stress laid on settlement of regional issues: Pakistan-Saudi joint declaration
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed to expand cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere, and stressed the need for early and peaceful settlement of outstanding conflicts in South Asia, including the Kashmir dispute....
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Agreements signed with S. Arabia
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed to increase interaction between the leadership of the two countries and signed five agreements to strengthen cooperation. The accords were reached in talks held between King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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Indian PM’s statement positive: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Pakistan on Thursday reacted favourably to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reported statement that his government was committed to “pragmatic and practical” solution to all outstanding problems between India and Pakistan, including the Kashmir issue....
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‘India wants visa office in Karachi’
KARACHI, Feb 2: India has sought permission to set up a camp office in Karachi for issuing visas until the opening of its consulate in the city....
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Pakistan needs $70bn for water infrastructure
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The World Bank has estimated that Pakistan would need $60-70 billion to replace old water and irrigation infrastructure and offered substantial financial assistance to help replace the bulk of the country’s vulnerable water infrastructure on a priority basis....
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Gun-battle in Dera Bugti continues; six injured
QUETTA, Feb 2: At least six people were injured on the third day of a gun-battle between paramilitary forces and Bugti tribesmen in the Dera Bugti town....
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ARD-MMA accord on 4 points: Fazl
QUETTA, Feb 2: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have agreed on a...
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50 hurt as BD police clash with stranded Pakistanis
DHAKA, Feb 2: Fifty people, including 10 policemen, were injured in a clash between police and stranded Pakistanis in the city’s Mohammadpur locality on Thursday. Leaders of the stranded Pakistanis’ General...
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Tehran does not pose imminent threat: IAEA
VIENNA, Feb 2: The International Atomic Energy Agency inched on Thursday towards reporting Iran to the UN Security Council over allegations it secretly seeks atomic bombs, but the watchdog’s chief said Tehran did not pose ‘an imminent threat’....
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Protests against blasphemous cartoons spread
CAIRO, Feb 2: Outrage spread in the Middle East on Thursday after more European newspapers published cartoons regarded by Muslims as sacrilegious....
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Mirwaiz calls for Kashmir regions’ talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Chief of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday called for urgent consultations between regions of Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control to plan a common strategy for resolving the dispute....
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Nato mission ends
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Foreign Office on Thursday formally announced conclusion of the Nato’s disaster relief mission in Pakistan in the aftermath of Oct 8, earthquake. A statement by the Foreign Office...
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UN requires fresh funds to continue aid flights
PITCHBALA, Feb 2: The United Nations will be forced to drastically scale down life-saving aid flights in earthquake-hit areas if it does not get fresh donations within a month, says a top official....
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Support for pipelines urged
LONDON, Feb 2: Pakistan has called upon the international community to encourage commercial sector to support multi-billion dollar gas and oil pipelines from Central Asia to Pakistan via Afghanistan....
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Five US troops, 21 Iraqis killed
BAGHDAD, Feb 2: At least 21 Iraqis were killed on Thursday, including 10 in a pair of Baghdad car bombings, while the US military said five of its troops lost their lives in attacks across the country....
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‘Iraqi militants active in Afghanistan’
KABUL, Feb 2: Several Al Qaeda militants are coming from Iraq to take part in the insurgency in Afghanistan; a provincial governor said on Thursday after interrogating an Iraqi caught sneaking into the country illegally....
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Only limited progress towards democracy: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The United States’ top intelligence official on Thursday praised Pakistan as a key ally but also as a major source of extremism currently threatening the region and the United States....
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PM to visit Britain
LONDON, Feb 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom in the first week of March. Accordin to sources, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be among the...
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