3rd term for PM, CM office banned: President issues order
ISLAMABAD, July 6: President Pervez Musharraf promulgated on Saturday an order which provides that a person who, at any time, has held the office of the prime minister, or chief minister...
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Govt firm on Madaris law
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The government turned down on Saturday a unanimous demand of the heads of religious parties to withdraw the Madaris ordinance approved by the cabinet last month to regulate...
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Afghan vice-president Haji Qadir shot dead: Taliban suspected of ambush
 KABUL, July 6: Unidentified gunmen assassinated one of Afghanistan’s three vice-presidents in broad daylight in Kabul on Saturday, in a fresh blow to efforts by President Hamid Karzai to impose his...
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48 killed in bombing, admits US
KABUL, July 6: The US general leading the coalition campaign in Afghanistan said on Saturday nearly 50 people may have been killed in a bombing raid on a wedding party, but that American
investigators...
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Infant among three killed in Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, July 6: Three Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin called for the international community to...
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Lawyers to boycott courts on 15th:L Amendments, taxes condemned
LAHORE, July 6: Lawyers would boycott courts across the country on July 15 to protest against the government’s proposed constitutional package, a conference of the Bar...
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IGP ordered to report on stoning to death
FAISALABAD, July 6: Taking note of the killing of a blasphemy accused by villagers near Chak Jhumra, the federal government on Saturday sought a detailed report from the Punjab police chief....
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Gang-rape: Jirga chief surrenders
MULTAN, July 6: The head of the Jirga that had ordered the gang-rape of a woman at the Meerwala village late last month surrendered to the police at the offices of...
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Provincial finance bodies okayed
LAHORE, July 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf approved on Saturday constitution of provincial finance commissions to allocate funds to the district governments from the provincial consolidated fund, making them stronger in...
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Town Nazim shot dead
LAHORE, July 6: Ravi Town Nazim and PML-N leader Aftab Asghar Dar was shot dead by two unidentified people in Kaghan at around 11am on Saturday....
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Pakistan raps India for killing 3 Kashmiris
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Pakistan condemned on Saturday what it termed as a cold-blooded murder of three innocent Kashmiris who were dubbed by the Indian army as “infiltrators.”...
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Gang-rape: CII seeks toughest punishment
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Terming the gang-rape incident at Meerwala shocking the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said on Saturday that culprits of this heinous crime deserved severest punishment under the Hudood...
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India beat Sri Lanka
BIRMINGHAM, July 6: India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their triangular one-day series match at Edgbaston on Saturday....
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Boulder kills 8 in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, July 6: At least eight people were killed and several others remained unaccounted for on Saturday when a huge boulder crushed three trucks in Indian-occupied Kashmir, police and witnesses said....
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Musharraf condoles Afghan VP’s death
ISLAMABAD, July 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has condoled the assassination of Haji Abdul Qadeer, Vice President and Minister for Public Works of the Afghan transitional government....
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18 killed in Egypt
CAIRO, July 6: Eighteen people were killed when a truck and a minibus crashed at high speeds in southern Egypt, local media reported on Saturday....
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