Govt asked to lift ban on political activities: CEC slams governors
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad Hasan Khan on Monday asked the government to lift ban on political activities “at the earliest” and disapproved of the use of official...
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$10.4bn export target set in trade policy
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan’s new trade policy unveiled on Monday seeks to achieve an export target of $10.4 billion and projects imports to be valued at $11.1 billion which, in tandem,...
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MMA leaders reject package
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leaders at a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, rejected the proposed constitutional package and warned that it would lead to confrontation between the elected...
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US to resume peace mission
WASHINGTON, July 22: The United States will resume its peace mission to South Asia with the Secretary of State Colin Powell’s arrival in the region on July 28....
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Supreme Court accepts registrar’s appeal in contempt case
ISLAMABAD, July 22: A 14-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday set aside the judgment passed by their two colleagues last week convicting the Sindh High Court registrar of a...
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UN should test truth of Delhi claims: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan on Monday rebutted Indian assertion that Islamabad was sponsoring infiltration of terrorists across the Line of Control and offered verification of conflicting claims through UN monitors....
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Musharraf faces threat to life, says Moin
KARACHI, July 22: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has said that there is a threat to the life of President Pervez Musharraf from those who do not approve policies of the government....
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US officials return to India allowed
WASHINGTON, July 22: The US on Monday lifted restrictions on travel to India, imposed at the height of border tensions, with a warning not to visit Pakistan....
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Graduation condition for party offices withdrawn
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The president on Monday amended the Political Parties Order, 2002, removing the condition of bachelor degree for holding any political party office....
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Wapda told to put off tariff hike
ISLAMABAD, July 22: President Pervez Musharraf Monday has directed Wapda to put on hold the implementation of the recent increase in power tariff....
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Inam, Sinha meeting likely
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India may meet next month in Nepal where they will attend a meeting of Saarc....
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7 Kashmiri fighters shot dead
SRINAGAR, July 22: Indian troops gunned down seven guerillas in held Kashmir, as two separate blasts left three children and a soldier injured on Monday, police said....
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Opposition demands federal rule in Gujarat
NEW DELHI, July 22: Opposition MPs on Monday held up parliamentary proceedings by demanding that the Indian government dismiss the chief minister of Gujarat and impose federal rule on the riot-torn...
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Benazir to contest for party leadership
KARACHI, July 22: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will contest for her party’s leadership in a bid to qualify for elections due in October, her spokesman said on Monday....
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Package to be finalized next month: president
ISLAMABAD, July 22: President Pervez Musharraf told the federal cabinet on Monday that he was meeting the politicians to seek their views on the proposed constitutional amendments....
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Haji Qadir’s supporters hold demo
KABUL, July 22: Thousands of Afghans protested in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday to press President Hamid Karzai to replace assassinated vice president and local strongman Haji Abdul Qadir...
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