Monday, October 18, 1999
Pak to withdraw from international border
Pakistan Chief Executive and military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, announced on Sunday evening that Pakistani forces would withdraw unilaterally from the international border with India as a goodwill gesture and confidence-building measure in the region.
Affluent Sharif family paid no taxes
Deposed Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members, who are being accounted for by the military regime, paid no taxes despite declaring assets worth billions of rupees in their deficit income tax returns last year.
Russia drives on in Chechnya
Russia pressed on Sunday with its relentless drive to crush Islamic rebels in Chechnya, but kept open the door to talks with the beleaguered republic's leadership over the fate of Grozny.
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