Afghanistan made full SAARC member
* China and Japan accepted as observers
* SAARC member states sign pacts on visa regime, taxation, arbitration
* Sign declaration agreeing to meet SAFTA’s January 1 deadline
* Decide to set up surveillance centre against possible bird flu pandemic
By Ejaz Haider
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No overland access to Afghanistan for India: Aziz
ON BOARD PM’S PLANE: Despite Afghanistan’s entry into SAARC, Pakistan will continue with its policy of denying India overland access to Afghanistan because that policy is linked to the broad matrix of India-Pakistan relations, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the media on his return flight from Dhaka....
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No chance of radicals taking over Pakistan
* Musharraf says most Pakistanis support engagement with Israel
WASHINGTON: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that there was “no possibility” at all that radicals could take over Pakistan, especially in light of the recent local government elections.
“There is no...
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Six arrested for Gwadar blasts
QUETTA: Police said on Sunday they have arrested six suspects over last year’s car bomb attack that killed three Chinese engineers in Gwadar.
Nine Chinese engineers were also injured when an car blew up near their bus on May 3, 2004. The engineers were heading to a dam project.
Police...
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Delhi bombing planner held
NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested an alleged Kashmiri militant who they believe planned the October 29 triple bombings in Delhi, and are now hunting for seven others including the bombers, said Police Chief Paul on Sunday.
“We are happy to announce the working out of the recent blast cases,”...
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Musharraf displeased with PML groupings
Staff Report
LAHORE: President Pervez Musharraf has expressed displeasure over intra-party differences and groupings within the Pakistan Muslim League and made a serious note of it to Punjab Chief Minster Chaudhry Pervazi Elahi during a meeting at Army Guesthouse.
The two discussed...
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President will ask Shujaat to step down: dissident MNA
ISLAMABAD: A member of the Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML) ‘forward bloc’ said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf will ask PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to step down. Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Riaz Hussain Pirzada said that the president will meet the PML dissidents after...
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