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| May 01, 2007 | Tuesday | Rabi-us-Sani 13, 1428 |
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Musharraf, Karzai in new accord to fight terror
ANKARA, April 30: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday agreed to deny sanctuary, training and financing to terrorists and vowed to promote peace, security and stability in the region.... 
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Authority set up to ensure non-proliferation
ISLAMABAD, April 30: In a fresh move to ensure nuclear non-proliferation, Pakistan on Monday announced its decision to set up a National Export Control Authority which would function as the Strategic Export Control Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
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KSE index at all-time high
KARACHI, April 30: A record-breaking bull run at the Karachi Stock Exchange this month propelled the KSE-100 index to an all-time high at 12,370 points on Monday, beating the previous closing high of 12,273 touched on April 17, 2006....
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CDWP approves Rs98bn projects
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared 69 projects with an estimated cost of Rs98 billion, including six plans worth Rs15.7...
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Ex-CIA chiefconfirms Pakistan was bullied
WASHINGTON, April 30: Richard Armitage, former US deputy secretary of state, did not “threaten to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age” but he did “drop the hammer on them”, ex-CIA chief George Tenet says in his book....
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NA condemns Charsadda suicide attack
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The National Assembly on Monday unanimously condemned the suicide attack at a public meeting addressed by interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao in Charsadda, which left 31 people dead and 52 others injured....
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Another head found at blast site
PESHAWAR, April 30: Police investigating Saturday’s suicide bombing in Charsadda have revised the previous identification of the suicide bomber, saying that the prime suspect now is a teenager or a man in his early twenties....
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Scope of probe widened: Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Monday said the scope of the investigation into the Charsadda suicide attack had been widened after indications that Al Qaeda network was behind the incident....
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Al Qaeda a threat to Pakistan govt: US
WASHINGTON, April 30: Al Qaeda’s continued calls for the overthrow of President Gen Pervez Musharraf remained a threat to Pakistan, despite the government’s efforts to eliminate AQ elements, says a US State Department report released on Monday....
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UK asked to hand over 8 BLA members
LONDON, April 30: Pakistan has asked Britain to hand over eight suspected members of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in a trade-off for extraditing to Britain Rashid Rauf, suspected ring leader of the alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners....
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Britons jailed for plotting terror attacks
LONDON, April 30: Five young Britons -- four of them of Pakistani origin and one Algerian -- were found guilty on Monday of conspiracy to cause explosions following a record-breaking year-long trial at the Old Bailey....
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Contempt plea filed against president, PM
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Supreme Court was asked on Monday through a petition to initiate contempt of court proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for summoning Chief...
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Sindh PPP puts off party polls
KARACHI, April 30: The president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has announced that after consultations with party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, the party election in...
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Murtaza declared innocent
THATTA, April 30: District and Sessions Judge Raja Lehrasiab Khan on Monday acquitted 21 accused in the Shah Bunder case, including Mir Murtaza Bhutto and seven youths killed in the ‘Shah Bandar encounter.’...
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New system to boost security launched at Port Qasim
KARACHI, April 30: The United States on Monday launched a facility in Pakistan aimed at boosting security and speeding up the flow of goods....
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US forces kill 136 suspected militants in Afghanistan
SANGIN VALLEY (Afghanistan), April 30: British troops swept into a Taliban stronghold lush with opium poppy fields on Monday, launching a new Nato operation in southern Afghanistan just as US-led forces reported killing 136 militants in the west....
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Arrests in Kashmir after massive rally
SRINAGAR, April 30: Police in Indian-held Kashmir said on Monday they have arrested four Kashmiri separatists for organising a large anti-government rally....
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Ban on student political activity likely in BD
DHAKA, April 30: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government is seeking to ban university students and teachers from joining political parties as part of its campaign to crack down on corruption....
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No handshake
ANKARA: President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Karzai, who traded harsh accusations ahead of the meeting, including the Pakistani president calling his Afghan counterpart a “liar”, did not shake hands as they appeared before the media....
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52 Pakistanis held on Pak-Iran border
DALBANDIN, April 30: Iran border security forces arrested 52 Pakistanis on Pakistan-Iran border and handed over them to the Taftan Levies Force on Monday, sources told APP....
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