Troops advance with tanks for major assault: Clashes continue in S. Waziristan
WANA, Jan 23: The army sent reinforcements, for the first time with tanks, to the troubled South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday after clashes between security forces and militants intensified in the Mehsud area....
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Ration card scheme to be launched on Feb 8
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The government on Wednesday decided to launch a ration card system from Feb 8 to provide essential food items to people of low-income groups at subsidised rates....
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6 hardcore militants arrested in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 23: Six hardcore militants were arrested and a big cache of arms and ammunition was seized as security forces resumed a search and cordon operation on Wednesday in some...
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Two die in mysterious truck blast
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 23: Two people were killed and five others injured by a mysterious blast on a dumper truck in the Jamrud area of Khyber tribal region on Wednesday evening....
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Palestinians blow up border wall, pour into Egypt
RAFAH (Gaza Strip), Jan 23: Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall destroyed by militants, and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply because of an Israeli blockade....
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Musharraf assures Rice on democracy
DAVOS, Jan 23: Soon after his arrival here to attend the World Economic Forum, President Pervez Musharraf went into a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and assured her...
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US senators urge steps for genuine democracy
KARACHI, Jan 23: A number of influential US senators have written a letter to President George Bush calling upon him to take certain immediate steps for promotion of legitimate democracy, reconciliation and stability in Pakistan....
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Scotland Yard team ‘free’ to conduct full probe
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: Despite limited evidences, short investigation time and a mandate to determine only the cause of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s death, given to the Scotland Yard team, the...
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Touchy issues won’t figure in Brown-Musharraf talks
LONDON, Jan 23: The agenda of Brown-Musharraf talks at 10 Downing Street on Monday is not likely to include the issues of Islamabad’s suspension from the Commonwealth and Britain’s support to India’s bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat....
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Taliban, Al Qaeda now focused on Pakistan, says US general
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: A top US general warned on Wednesday that the Taliban and Al Qaeda militants have postponed their spring offensive in Afghanistan as they want to focus on their efforts to destabilise the Pakistani government....
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Govts need to move beyond rhetoric, says Karzai
DAVOS, Jan 23: President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that recent turmoil in Pakistan showed that a “political mutant” of extremism was stalking the region....
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Balochistan dissidents form JUI faction
QUETTA, Jan 23: A dissident group has emerged in the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam in Balochistan....
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Plea for aid suspension if polls rigged
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: The majority leader in the US Senate has urged the Bush administration to suspend financial aid to Pakistan if the Feb 18 elections are rigged....
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New ‘centres of privilege’ opposed: Expansion of UNSC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Pakistan on Wednesday stopped short of denunciating Britain’s renewed support for India’s bid for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council and reiterated its opposition to the...
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Military must keep out of politics, says Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday the prerequisite for establishing genuine democracy in the country was a complete de-linking of...
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PPP team lobbies Congress for probe
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: A PPP team, visiting Washington to lobby for democracy in Pakistan, urged lawmakers on Wednesday to support the party’s demand for a UN-led probe into Benazir Bhutto’s murder....
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Acting president ordered to suspend his poll campaign
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: In what looked like a bolt from the blue, Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq on Wednesday ordered acting president Chaudhry Amir Hussain to suspend his campaign...
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Militants set free 2 army personnel
KOHAT, Jan 23: Militants released two of the seven army personnel kidnapped in Darra Adamkhel two weeks ago, after a peace agreement between the Taliban and tribal elders was formally announced on Wednesday....
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