General election on Oct 10: Musharraf: Polling for NA, Senate & provincial assemblies same day
ISLAMABAD, July 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday announced that the general elections to the National Assembly, the Senate and provincial assemblies will be held on October 10, 2002....
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ARD demands president’s resignation, caretaker setup
 SUKKUR, July 10: The ARD convention, held in a marriage hall here on Wednesday, has demanded President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s resignation and the formation of a caretaker government to hold the...
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Cabinet agrees to withdraw proposal: Nomination of PM by president
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The federal cabinet on Wednesday agreed, in principle, to withdraw the proposed amendment that empowers the president to nominate the prime minister....
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Voters best judge to decide about qualification: CJ
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad on Wednesday observed that voters were the best judge to decide which candidate was best to them....
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Ministers desiring to contest should quit
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The chief election commissioner, Justice Irshad Hasan Khan, on Wednesday said the sitting ministers desiring to contest forthcoming general elections should relinquish their offices or they be asked...
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Israel may unfreeze Palestinian funds: Two killed in clashes
 AL QUDS, July 10: An Israeli official said the government was considering unblocking the Palestinian Authority taxes and customs revenues frozen by the Jewish state since violence resumed in earnest in...
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Sindh draws more water than its share: Punjab
LAHORE, July 10: Punjab on Wednesday accused Sindh of drawing more water than its share from the national pool and remodelling its canals without the Irsa certification....
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20 held, 2 houses razed in tribal area
KOHAT, July 10: The law enforcement agencies in an operation in Darra Adam Khel bulldozed two houses and hunted down 20 criminals on Wednesday....
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‘Victim’s brother was assaulted first’: Meerwala case
LAHORE, July 10: The Governor’s Inspection Team has confirmed that Mastoi tribesmen had first sodomized the brother of Mukhtaran Mai and had gang-raped her to cover up the crime....
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United States may deport 120 more Pakistanis
NEW YORK, July 10: Another 120 or more Pakistanis arrested by the US Immigration authorities in latest sweeps against illegal immigrants could be deported back to the country within few weeks,...
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Rangers inspector remanded in custody
KARACHI, July 10: The Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) inspector Waseem Akhtar, who was allegedly involved in an abortive attempt to blow up the motorcade of President Pervez Musharraf here on April 26,...
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Pakistan welcomes Powell’s visit
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed news that US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit South Asia later this month to further the diplomatic drive to defuse tensions between...
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Climate not conducive to talks, says India
NEW DELHI, July 10: India obliquely told the United States on Wednesday that its efforts to nudge New Delhi and Islamabad towards a dialogue would not succeed and accused Pakistan of...
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Pearl case concludes, verdict on 15th
HYDERABAD, July 10: The trial of accused in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping-murder case concluded in the central jail here on Wednesday, and Judge Syed Ali Ashraf Shah set July 15 for...
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Banks to decide rate of return on FCY deposits
KARACHI, July 10: The State Bank has allowed all the banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to offer as much rate of return on foreign currency deposits as they deem fit....
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Editor shot at, wounded in Valley
SRINAGAR, July 10: A newspaper editor was shot and wounded on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen in the summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir, police and witnesses said....
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Withholding tax on used cars waived
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has waived the withholding tax on motor cars used for more than ten years in Pakistan....
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Plane crashes in Afghan region
WASHINGTON, July 10: A high-flying unmanned surveillance plane crashed on Wednesday on a mission in the region around Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said....
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