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Pakistan said yesterday that its forces had inflicted heavy casualties on Indian troops in an overnight clash in northern Kashmir. It also accused India of carrying out air raids.

U.S. Secretary of State Richard Armitage yesterday urged "face-to-face" dialogue between Pakistan and India to resolve the Kashmir crisis and said Washington would continue its efforts in that direction.

The military government has added a new clause to the law encompassing qualifications and disqualifications, by which a person "convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for having absconded" by a court will not be qualified to become a member of parliament.

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday summoned the National Assembly to meet here on Saturday following what authentic sources described as "a secret meeting" between top military officials and leaders of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) religious alliance.

President Pervez Musharraf yesterday postponed the inaugural session of Pakistan's hung parliament as the persisting deadlock among the major parties on forming a majority coalition deepened the political crisis.

Asif Ali Zardari, jailed husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said yesterday the Pakistan People's Party was "definitely" engaged in a dialogue with the military regime through its parliamentary leader on forming a majority coalition to break the current deadlock.

President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday India's move to withdraw troops from the border "vindicates" Pakistan's stand for resolution of disputes through negotiations even as military officials said the withdrawal process from the international border to peacetime locations would get under way within 48 hours.

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