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India, Pak hold Indus Water Commission talks
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Islamabad: Officials from India and Pakistan discussed problems relating to the Indus Basin at the two-day Indus Water Commission meeting which began here on Monday after a gap of nearly two years following the tensions in bilateral…
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Indian delegation in Pakistan for Indus commission meet
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Lahore/New Delhi: A 10-member Indian delegation arrived here today to take part in the meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) beginning on Monday in the Pakistani capital.
The delegation, which will take part in the two-day…
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Pak set to declare Gilgit, Baltistan as fifth province
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Islamabad: Pakistan is planning to declare the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region as the fifth province, a move that may raise concerns in India as it borders the disputed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Pakistan's minister for…
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Pak repatriates 2 Kashmiri youth who mistakenly crossed LoC
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Islamabad: In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan on Sunday repatriated two Indian men from Kashmir who had strayed across the Line of Control by mistake.
Security officials said 23-year-old Bilal Ahmed and 24-year-old Arfaz Yousuf crossed…
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Pak rails against India’s ‘unlawful occupation’ of Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has asked India to end its "unlawful occupation" of Kashmir in its own interest, warning any delay in the settlement of the lingering dispute could spell "disaster" for regional peace.
India…
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Egg-free surrogate hens produced to save rare breeds
London: Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed by researchers for use as surrogates to lay eggs from rare breeds using new gene-editing techniques.
The advance may help to boost breeding of endangered birds, as well…
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Pakistan lists Hafiz Saeed under Anti-Terrorism Act
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Islamabad: Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, who is under house arrest, has now been listed under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act, a tacit acknowledgement of his links to militancy.
Dawn News reported that the Punjab…
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‘Recent Kashmir ‘flare-up’ threatened regional peace’
New York: Pakistan's envoy to the UN has alleged that the "denial" of the right to self-determination to the Kashmiris led to the recent "flare-up" which threatened regional peace and security.
"Denial of the right of self-determination"…
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100 dead in ISIS suicide attack on Sufi shrine in Pak
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Karachi: Nearly 100 people were killed and dozens injured tonight when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up inside the crowded shrine of revered Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan town, some 200 kms northeast of Karachi,…
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10 killed, 40 injured in Pak suicide attack
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Lahore: At least 10 people, including two top police officers, were killed and nearly 40 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a protest rally outside the Punjab Assembly building here in eastern Pakistan.…
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