Apex court upholds graduation condition: PML-QA, ANP pleas dismissed
 ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the condition of minimum educational qualification of BA or its equivalent for the members of parliament and provincial assemblies....
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China backs efforts for easing tension
NEW DELHI, July 11: China supports the continuing efforts by the United States and Britain to ease tensions between India and Pakistan, and said on Thursday it would discuss the issue...
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30 refused bail in stoning case
FAISALABAD, July 11: Judicial Magistrate Chaudhry Mohammad Iqbal Chadhar here on Thursday rejected the bail applications of all accused, including Imam of a mosque, involved in the stoning to death case...
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101 former legislators face disqualification
ISLAMABAD, July 11: In the defunct parliament, 79 MNAs and 22 senators, including leader of the opposition Benazir Bhutto, did not possess a Bachelor’s degree, a threshold of qualification for contesting...
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Musharraf unveils population policy
 ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday launched the first-ever “Population Policy of Pakistan” that seeks to achieve a “population stabilization” by 2020....
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Applications for Haj invited from 15th
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Haj applications from intending pilgrims have been invited by the ministry of religious affairs through selected branches of eight banks in the country from July 15....
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Opposition parties ask Musharraf to quit
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Pakistan’s main political parties called on Thursday for the resignation of military ruler Pervez Musharraf and the instalment of a caretaker government to oversee parliamentary elections in October....
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India develops nuke shelters
NEW DELHI July 11: India’s military scientists on Thursday said they have developed safeguards against nuclear, biological and chemical attacks but asserted they have not violated any international convention during their...
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Seven fishermen feared drowned
KARACHI: July 11: Seven fishermen are feared drowned as their trawler was found floating rudderless in the sea on Thursday night....
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Arafat’s security chief caught in Israeli raid
RAMALLAH, July 11: The Israeli army captured a commander of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s elite Force 17 guard unit in an overnight raid in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said...
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Zardari gets five years’ RI
KARACHI, July 11: The Accountability Court No 5 on Thursday sentenced a former MNA, Hakim Ali Zardari, to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and Rs18.5 million fine in a corruption reference. In...
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Muslims fear worst in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, July 11: Thousands of Muslims have returned to relief camps in the riot-hit western Indian state of Gujarat fearing fresh attacks by Hindu hardliners during an annual procession on Friday....
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Two nuclear power plants to be set up
KARACHI, July 11: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is working on a plan to set up one unit each at its nuclear power plants at Karachi and Mianwali....
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Intra-party elections mandatory to contest Oct 10 polls
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Election Commission announced on Thursday that any political party failing to provide a certificate of its intra-party election and audit reports — showing expenses and sources of...
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President’s address today
ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on Friday at 8pm....
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Turkish govt struggles to avoid collapse
ANKARA, July 11: The embattled coalition of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit struggled desperately to avoid almost certain collapse on Thursday as his economy minister quit the government in the footsteps of...
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Two senior Kashmiri fighters killed
SRINAGAR, July 11: Two senior commanders of guerrilla organizations were among 13 people killed in Kashmir, police said on Thursday....
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Man killed in BD train blaze
 DHAKA, July 11: At least one man was killed and several others were injured in the Bangladesh capital on Thursday when four coaches of a train caught fire after it was...
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Gohar resigns
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Gohar Ayub Khan on Thursday submitted his resignation to the president of Pakistan Muslim League (QA) as party’s Secretary General....
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Appointments of 3 envoys approved
ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Pervez Musharraf has approved the appointment of new envoys to Brussels, Geneva and Iran, sources said on Friday....
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