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| March 25, 2006 | Saturday | Safar 24, 1427 |
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Indian PM offers friendship treaty: Delinking of Kashmir sought
NEW DELHI, March 24: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Friday offered a treaty of peace, security and friendship to Pakistan but said linking the Kashmir dispute to normalising ties between the two countries would be a mistake.... 
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Positive move, needs bold steps: Islamabad: Kashmir is core issue
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Pakistan on Friday gave a measured response to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ‘peace offering’ with a pointed reminder that the Kashmir dispute had been the root-cause of...
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Security forces kill 18 in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, March 24: Security forces killed 18 militants in a counter-attack in North Waziristan Agency on Friday morning, officials said. However, Political Agent Syed Zaheerul Islam put the death toll at...
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First bus from Amritsar arrives
LAHORE, March 24: The first Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus on Friday crossed over to the Pakistani side of the Wagah border carrying 20 officials and passengers each amidst drum beats marking the fourth road-link between Pakistan and India....
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WSF calls for better world
KARACHI, March 24: The world is changing but a better, peaceful, prosperous and equitable world order is only possible if deprived, disadvantaged and progressive sections of society forge unity and strive...
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Corrective steps urged for speedy justice
LAHORE, March 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday urged superior courts to introduce “corrective measures” and adopt a pro-active policy in order to dispel an impression that justice was often dispensed later than usual in the country....
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Sir Creek, Siachen pacts almost ready: report
NEW DELHI, March 24: Back channel talks between India and Pakistan have all but hammered out a pact on troops withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier and the resolution of the Sir Creek maritime border dispute, the Indian Express said on Friday....
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Correspondence with Indian missions discouraged
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The federal government has asked parliamentarians, bureaucrats, government functionaries and heads of autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies not to engage in direct correspondence with the Indian High Commission....
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Blast at Afghan arms dump kills two
KABUL, March 24: An explosion at a store of confiscated weapons at an Afghan military base killed two people and injured 40, police said on Friday....
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17 killed in Iraq bombings
BAGHDAD, March 24: Seventeen people were killed in an array of shootings and bombings in an unusually violent Friday in Iraq. Five men were killed and 17 wounded when a bomb...
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Inflation shows steady decline: SBP governor
NEW YORK, March 24: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar said on Thursday that there were visible signs that inflation in Pakistan was on a steady decline....
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‘Exiled’ Bugti tribesmen returning today
DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 24: More than 1,500 Bugti tribesmen living ‘in exile’ in southern Punjab are set to return to Dera Bugti on Saturday under a heavy security cover....
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Abbas proposed secret talks for peace
AL QUDS, March 24: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose peacemaking policies were rejected by Hamas after it won elections, said he proposed secret peace talks with Israel and believed a deal could still be reached within a year....
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Prevention against health perils during Haj stressed
PARIS, March 24: Doctors writing in a special Middle East issue of The Lancet call this week for greater efforts to forestall health hazards for more than two million Muslims who attend the Haj....
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Judge defends autonomy of Afghan court
KABUL, March 24: The chief judge trying the case of an Afghan man for converting from Islam to Christianity on Friday criticised international calls for his release, saying no one has the right to exert pressure on the court....
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US move to affect Pakistani workers
WASHINGTON, March 24: Plans to criminalise undocumented workers in the US will also affect thousands of Pakistanis working in the service industry in major American cities....
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