98pc of voters supported Musharraf: EC
ISLAMABAD, May 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has earned five more years as president after 98 per cent of the voters, who cast their ballot, approved his agenda, the Election Commission...
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BJP emerges unscathed over Gujarat killings
NEW DELHI, May 1: After a bitter, 16-hour debate, India’s parliament voted Wednesday to defeat a motion to censure the government for its handling of India’s worst communal violence in a...
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20 injured in Karachi blasts
KARACHI, May 1: At least 20 persons, including two women and a young girl, were wounded in two separate bomb blasts here at Empress Market and Nursery on Wednesday evening....
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No means to verify figures: US
WASHINGTON, May 1: The United States on Wednesday maintained its earlier ambivalent attitude on the Pakistani referendum, saying it remained focused on the October elections promised by Gen Pervez Musharraf and...
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Irsa to review Thal project
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Indus River System Authority will be given a presentation on the controversial Thal canal and Satpara dam projects here on Thursday....
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Palestinians begin prisoners handover
RAMALLAH, May 1: The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday began the transfer of six prisoners wanted by Israel to US and British authorities who will oversee their detention in a Palestinian jail....
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Islamabad likely to win Security Council seat
ISLAMABAD, May 1: In all probability Pakistan will win in October this year one of the 10 non-permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council for the 2003-2004 term....
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Nisar unhappy with press coverage
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Information Minister Nisar Memon on Wednesday dismissed the coverage of referendum by national press and international news agencies, describing the reports of low turnout and irregularities as “inaccurate...
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US troops on move near border
WASHINGTON, May 1: The United States is deploying several hundred troops and helicopters to the eastern Afghan mountains, near Pakistan, to support British and other Western forces hunting Taliban and Al...
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Musharraf’s stature diminished, says NYT
NEW YORK, May 1: Noting that “Gen Pervez Musharraf almost certainly own a rigged referendum in Pakistan,” the New York Times said “that the balloting has actually diminished Gen Musharraf’s stature...
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Over 1 million march against Le Pen
 PARIS, May 1: More than one million people took to the streets across France on Wednesday in a massive show of opposition to far-right presidential contender Jean-Marie Le Pen, according to...
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Pakistan remains on US watch list
WASHINGTON, May 1: Pakistan remains on the United States watch list of trading partners for violations of intellectual property rights, according to the US Trade Representative’s annual report on the issue...
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Missile attack at college building
PESHAWAR, May 1: A missile fired from some unknown destination on Tuesday night partially damaged the building of the Government Degree College for boys in Miranshah, the headquarter of North Waziristan...
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12 fighters killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, May 1: Indian forces on Wednesday claimed killing 12 Kashmiri Mujahideen. Four civilians were also killed in the held state on Wednesday and Tuesday night....
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Labour Day observed
 ISLAMABAD, May 1: World Labour Day was observed across the country on Wednesday to commemorate the workers who laid down their lives in the American industrial town of Chicago some 116...
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Expats in US, Canada show little response to referendum
WASHINGTON, May 1: Less than 400 Pakistanis living in the greater Washington area bothered to vote in the referendum on Tuesday. The area is generally believed to be home to about...
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