Mirwaiz asks NATO to supervise Kashmir demilitarisation
* Envisages Kosovo-like role for the alliance * Proposes caretaker administration in region * Asks Pakistan, India to shun inhibitions
SRINAGAR: Top Kashmiri leader has said that India and Pakistan should demilitarise the disputed Himalayan region under the supervision of the North...

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NATO asks Pakistan about stay
ISLAMABAD: NATO asked Pakistan on Tuesday how long the government wanted its 1,000 medics, engineers and helicopter support crews helping with earthquake relief efforts to stay in the country. The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance contingent has a mandate to stay until February 4. Maurits Jochems, NATO...

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PML plans peace moot on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) on Tuesday decided to convene a ‘peace conference’ on Kashmir early next year that is expected to be attended by Indian leaders including Atal Behari Vajpayee, Sonia Gandhi and LK Advani. The decision was made at a meeting of the party’s foreign affairs committee,...

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Govt hands KESC over to consortium
KARACHI: Pakistan handed over the ownership of its second largest energy company on Tuesday to a private Saudi-Pakistani consortium under a deal signed earlier this month.
The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) was officially sold to local firm Hasan Associates –partnered by Al-Jummaih Group...

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Decision over uniform before 2007: Musharraf
* Aziz briefs president on Commonwealth summit
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf has said that he will make a decision on his uniform before 2007.
Musharraf said this in a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at Army House on Tuesday, where the two exchanged views on a number...

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Benazir awarded World Tolerance Award 2005
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has won the “World Tolerance Award” for the year 2005 in Leipzig in Germany.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former soviet president, presented the award to her citing “her vision, personal strength and her passion for creating a better and...

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Wagah | Holy crossing Indian Sikhs in the procession of Palki Sahib prior to crossing into Pakistan through Wagah on Tuesday. abid nawaz

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