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ISLAMABAD - In a breakthrough development in Indo-Pak relations, around 156 prisoners languishing in various jails of both countries will cross the border into their own countries on April 14 after serving their sentences and their national status is confirmed.
According to a senior government official, the release of 156 prisoners (85 Indians and 71 Pakistanis) was the outcome of "successful" Pak-India secretary-level talks held in New Delhi on March 28-29. He said travel

NEW DELHI - Women in India are encouraged to dress modestly at all times, but a brasher side to modern life has been exposed after a popular model vowed to strip naked if the nation wins the cricket World Cup.
Poonam Pandey, 20, who features in a best-selling Indian swimwear calendar, said she wanted to provide an incentive to players by promising them she would bare all - though whether her offer will be welcomed is not known. "I'm a cricket fanatic and I'm a diehard supporter

LAHORE - Punjab legislators, terming the Indian invitation to Pakistani leadership to watch the Pak-India cricket semi-final at Mohali a good omen, expressed the hope that it will restore confidence between the two countries.
Speaking at the ceremony "Message of Peace" held outside the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, PML-N backed MPA Farah Deba said that confidence building will pave the way to solutions to Kashmir and other disputes between the two countries.
She hoped

ISLAMABAD - All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) leader, Nayeem Ahmed Khan has said that the Indian administration is responsible for the killing of over 118 innocent people during last year's upsurge in the kashmir territory.
Nayeem Ahmed Khan addressing a public gathering at Kreeri in Pattan said "The killing of unarmed youth is a black chapter in Kashmir
history,"Kashmir Media Service reported.
The APHC leader assured the people that their sacrifices would yield

NEW DELHI - The Indian army has developed a lucrative sideline in running luxury golf courses on rent-free government land, the nation's auditor has claimed in a damning new report on corruption. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found that at least 32 square kilometres (12 square miles) of rent-free land had been handed to a privately-run company, Army Zone Golf, which operates 97 luxury golf courses.
The auditor also found the army had bought golf carts and passed them

MOHALI - Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul hopes Shoaib Akhtar is given one last chance to show what he can do against India in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final. Akhtar, who will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, has featured in just three matches during Pakistan's run to the semi-finals. And it seemed his last outing at this level would be a wretched return of one for 70 in a 110-run group stage thrashing by New Zealand in Pallekelle three weeks ago.
However,

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday remitted the remaining jail sentence of Indian convict Gopal Das detained for the past 27 years on humanitarian grounds. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the remission was granted on the advice of the prime minister to honour the appeal of the Supreme Court of India to the Government of Pakistan.
In a statement, he said that several Indian newspapers recently reported that in an unusual step the Supreme

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari remitted the remaining jail sentence of Indian convict Gopal Das detained in jail for the past 27 years on humanitarian grounds.
Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the remission was granted on the advice of the prime minister to honour the appeal of the Supreme Court of India to the Government of Pakistan.
He said that several Indian newspapers recently reported that in an unusual step the Supreme Court of India

MOHALI - An India-Pakistan match is almost always a big money-spinner, and a World Cup semi-final clash is as big as it gets. Bookies and punters across the country are gearing up to run a show that is estimated to rake about Indian Rs. 5,000 crore on the betting circle as India takes on Pakistan in the semi-final at Mohali on March 30. Minutes after India's win over Australia in the quarter-final clash at Ahmedabad, bookies unable to predict a clear winner have rated both India and

NEW DELHI - India's prime minister has reaffirmed his Congress-led government's commitment to economic reforms as the administration battles a host of corruption scandals. The new thrust on reforms is seen by analysts as an attempt by the government to re-energise its legislative programme and take away the focus from the corruption storm. "I confirm our commitment to new wave of reforms," Singh, widely credited with opening up India's economy in 1991 while finance minister, said in a

LAHORE - Kuldip Nayar, who is heading an Indian peace delegation to Pakistan, visited the Lahore University of Management Sciences on Thursday. Nayar talked on Pakistan-India relations to an audience comprising LUMS students, members of the civil society and a host of former ambassadors of Pakistan. He stressed the need for peace between the two countries. He was of the opinion that the youth in both countries are crucial to shedding the mistrust that has developed since
the

NEW DELHI - India's opposition parties on Wednesday mounted a united attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he denied any knowledge of an alleged cash-for-votes scandal. The opposition targeted Singh after US cables released by WikiLeaks last week said his government had allegedly paid cash to lawmakers to win a key 2008 confidence vote for a nuclear technology deal with the US. "The prime minister has to take responsibility (for the scandal), he is the head of the government,"

LAHORE - The Indian External Affairs Ministry may have inadvertently caused some of the confusion over a hoax call to President Asif Ali Zardari that escalated tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks in 2008, Indian newspaper The Hindu reported on Wednesday. Pretending to be India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the caller had conveyed threats of an imminent military response to the attacks, said the newspaper. Exactly a year later,

AHMEDABAD - India go into their World Cup quarter-final against champions Australia on Thursday ready to face some fiery fast bowling. The co-hosts go into this game on the back of an 80-run victory over the West Indies in Chennai. Australia's previous match saw the end of their 34-game unbeaten World Cup run courtesy of a four-wicket defeat by fellow quarter-finalists Pakistan. However, the way West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul took five wickets, including the prize scalp of

KARACHI - As many as 13 Indian fishermen were arrested on Tuesday by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) over violation of Pakistani territorial waters. Three of their boats were also taken into custody. A PMSA spokesperson said that the Indian fishermen were illegally fishing in Pakistani waters. After preliminary investigations, the fishermen were handed over to the Docks police.

LAHORE - An Indian delegation led by renowned journalist Kuldip Nayyar will visit the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Thursday, March 24. The delegation will meet faculty members and students and discuss Indo-Pak relations. A meeting will be held at the Saeed Saigol Room which will be followed by a tea reception. LUMS Pro-Chancellor Syed Babar Ali will chair the meeting.

NEW DELHI - India's government introduced a wide-ranging tax bill into parliament on Tuesday, but opposition to the move threatened to derail one what is one of the coalition's most ambitious reforms of its second term. In a sign of how corruption scandals are hindering the government, opposition lawmakers immediately forced an adjournment by demanding a debate on accusations Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lied to parliament about a cash-for-votes scandal. The Hindu nationalist