Zardari claims he’s best for PM’s job
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has indicated that he may be the next prime minister if the Feb 18 elections bring the party to power....
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Benazir’s handwritten will out
NAUDERO: The Pakistan People’s Party made public on Tuesday the political will of Ms Benazir Bhutto in which she named her husband Asif Ali Zardari to succeed her, setting to rest...
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Taliban issue new warning in Darra: DCO convenes jirga
DARRA ADAMKHEL, Feb 5: Militants resurfaced in the Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel on Tuesday and warned local tribesmen of dire consequences if they did not stop cooperating with the government and security forces....
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Bomber suspected to be a foreigner
RAWALPINDI, Feb 5: The suicide bomber who rammed his motorcycle into a minibus carrying trainees of the Armed Forces Post-Graduate Medical Institute (AFPGMI) had hit the vehicle head-on and his appearance...
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India to skip Tehran meeting on IPI pipeline
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: India is unlikely to attend a meeting called by Iran next week to finalise the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline as it would first like to settle a transit fee issue with Islamabad, reports said here on Tuesday....
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Boards of two corporations reconstituted: Tussle between two PMs
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The government on Tuesday reconstituted the boards of directors of two leading public sector corporations, bringing to light a tussle between supporters of the current and former prime ministers....
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N-assets facing no serious threat, says US official
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: Political turmoil in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military’s control of its nuclear weapons “but vulnerabilities exist,” the US intelligence chief told a congressional panel on Tuesday....
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Pakistan assures full support to Kashmiris
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 5: Pakistan has reassured the people of occupied Kashmir of steadfastness in extending political, moral and diplomatic support to their struggle for freedom....
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Ministry report finds flaws in education system
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: A government report finds serious flaws in the education system of the country. It stresses need for reforms in technical and vocational education and training to make up for the shortage of a skilled labour force....
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Three get life-term for hijacking Indian plane
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: An Indian court on Tuesday sentenced three men for helping hijack an Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar in 1999, an incident that was to become a factor...
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Man carrying explosives killed in blast
QUETTA, Feb 5: An unidentified man was killed on Tuesday after explosives he was carrying accidently exploded in the Khilji Colony....
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UK group warns of neo-Taliban threat
LONDON, Feb 5: Senior researchers at Britain’s International Institute for Strategic Studies warned on Tuesday that “neo-Taliban” groups operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas may soon become a global menace....
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India warns of terrorists, new states seeking N-weapons
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday described the prospect of terrorists seizing nuclear weapons as a very real threat but also cautioned against the chances of...
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No marriage, no divorce, says Shoaib Malik
LAHORE, Feb 5: While denying reports of marrying Ayesha Siddiqui, an Indian girl based in Hyderabad, Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik said on Tuesday that he would be filing a defamation case against her family, both in Pakistan and India....
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Pakistani sailors rescued
OTTAWA, Feb 5: Canada’s patrol frigate HMCS Charlottetown while on patrol in Arabian Sea as part of the US-led “war on terror” rescued two Pakistani sailors adrift over the weekend, the navy said on Tuesday....
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Ex-Credit Suisse banker convicted of insider trading
NEW YORK, Feb 5: A former Credit Suisse investment banker from Pakistan was convicted on Monday of leaking confidential information about a string of corporate takeovers, including the TXU buyout as part of a $7.5...
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Nine Palestinians die in Israeli attack on Gaza
GAZA CITY, Feb 5: Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed nine Palestinians on Tuesday as Israel went on high alert a day after the first suicide bombing by Palestinian militants in a year....
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‘Goods’ and ‘bads’ of Zardari
AS the PPP gears up for the elections, the impact of Benazir Bhutto’s absence is beginning to unfold....
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No clear winner yet in US nomination race
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: Early results of the Super Tuesday primaries increased uncertainty over the nomination race for the White House, after former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee emerged as the winner in West Virginia’s Republican caucus....
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‘Waziristan-based terrorists may target political figures’
RAWALPINDI, Feb 5: Intelligence agencies have warned that Waziristan-based terrorists may target American and British diplomats and nationals and VVIPs, including President Pervez Musharraf and political figures like Pervez Elahi, Aftab...
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