Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, passed away in Lisbon at the age of 88 on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
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He has written a letter to the Pakistan PM in this regard.
Former Olympian Islahuddin Siddique will be in charge of the national team till the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
Aziz, currently the Finance Minister was picked by President Pervez Musharraf after the sudden resignation of Zafarullah Khan Jamali in June.
Both Musharraf and Jamali have refuted speculation that the country's nuclear programme would be capped as a result of the international concern over the charges of proliferation of nuclear technology.
Sinha told Powell that India was happy to respond to Pakistan's offer.
This is in contrast to India, where the control is with the civilian authority headed by prime minister.
The issue of the Pakistan-North Korea nuclear programme figured during the talks visiting US Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley held with President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on Wednesday.\n\n
'The News' had reported on Friday that Jamali was likely to be replaced before July 3, the day when President Pervez Musharraf embarks on a tour of Scandinavian nations.
"It is the ultimate insult to the people of Pakistan," said senator Saadia Abbasi of exiled premier Nawaz Sharief's Pakistan Muslim League.
His Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali received him at the airport.
Jamali thanked Vajpayee for confirming his attendance at the next month's SAARC summit in Islamabad.
"It is a good news and talks between two countries should start," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told Voice of America radio.
The banned groups are Islami Tehreek Pakistan, Milat-e-Islami Pakistan and Khudamul Islam.
A local paper said the prime minister believes such shows are un-Islamic.
'The US will continue to play an important role in the revival of the Pakistan-India dialogue process,' Jamali said.
Pakistani daily The News hinted that the name of Aziz Ahmed Khan, foreign office spokesman, has been forwarded to India for approval.
The external affairs minister said, 'It will be very good if Pakistan stops cross-border terrorism.'
The deputy prime minister said India was not bothered about Pakistan's statement that there was no change in its stand on Kashmir.
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said the thrice-postponed and then cancelled SAF Games will be held in Islamabad.
He also said the issue of terrorism figured when his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali spoke to him over telephone on Monday night.
The man, who is widely speculated to replace Jamali, Humayun Akhtar, the incumbent commerce minister, is tight-lipped.
Pakistan has not yet taken any decision about granting the Most Favoured Nation status to India, Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said.
In a move to boost trade with India, the Pakistan cabinet has approved an additional list of over 200 Indian products for customs duty concession under South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement.
Australia wants a third country's help to settle a row with Pakistan which refused to accept a $30-million shipment of wheat claiming that it is affected by a fungus not known to exist in this country.
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