Musharraf may drop proposals : PM’s appointment, parliament’s term
ISLAMABAD, July 25: President Pervez Musharraf has indicated that he may withdraw the two proposed amendments that empower the president to appoint prime minister, and reduce the term of parliament....
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Water supply to provinces cut
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa), on an advice from the Army General Headquarters, has imposed cuts on the supply of irrigation water to the provinces with a...
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Two girls rescued as aged grooms forced to divorce
MIANWALI/SARGODHA, July 25: The complainant party in the Abbakhel pardon deal reportedly withdrew late on Thursday its demand of getting eight girls as ‘compensation’ to pardon four murder convicts....
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ECO told to boost farm trade share in world market
 ISLAMABAD, July 25: President General Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday called upon the ECO member states to develop programmes to increase region’s agriculture trade share in the world market....
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Pensioners will get personal allowance
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Federal Service Tribunal decision that those federal government employees who retired from service between June 16, 1994 and May 23, 1996,...
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Powell rejects resignation speculation amid rift
WASHINGTON, July 25: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, faced with a question on Thursday about whether he will resign because of policy differences within the Bush administration, dismissed the idea...
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US plans to legalize immigrants
LOS ANGELES, July 25: The House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said on Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants....
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Jasarat editor ‘picked up’, released
KARACHI, July 25: The editor of Urdu daily Jasarat, who went missing on Wednesday night, has complained of threat to his life and harassment by the Inter-Service Intelligence and other agencies...
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Police raid mosque in UK
 LONDON, July 25: The British police in an unprecedented move raided a mosque about 200km off London on Thursday morning to forcibly remove an Afghan man and his wife who had...
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Kalam takes oath
 NEW DELHI, July 25: India’s controversial “missile man” Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was sworn in as the country’s 12th president on Thursday and even though his inaugural speech was laced with...
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US military sales to Pakistan irks India
NEW DELHI, July 25: A decision by the Pentagon to resume military sales to Islamabad after a 12-year suspension is likely to aggravate already simmering tension between Pakistan and India, an...
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EC recognizes Madaris certificate
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad Hasan Khan on Thursday stated that the holders of Sanad Shahadatul Almiya Fil Uloom-ul-Arabia Wal Islami granted by Wafaq/Tanzeemul Madaris, would be...
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Pakistan, Lanka to exchange flights
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Pakistan and Sri Lanka agreed on Thursday to exchange Pakistan International Airlines and Air Lanka flights and directed their respective airlines to look into the logistic arrangements for...
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Shabir may contest elections
JAMMU, July 25: Leading Kashmiri political leader Shabir Shah said on Thursday he was ready to participate in upcoming elections in held Kashmir if New Delhi began a dialogue with Kashmiri...
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Trade union ‘outsiders’ need also be ‘workmen’
LAHORE, July 25: The 25 per cent ‘outsiders’ a trade union is allowed to have on its executive by the Industrial Relations Ordinance must also be ‘workmen’, the Lahore High Court...
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Delhi opens talks on autonomy
NEW DELHI, July 25: New Delhi on Thursday opened talks with a representative of the government of occupied Kashmir on granting autonomy to the held state....
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Constitution more important than individuals, seminar told
WASHINGTON, July 25: The government’s reform proposals were strongly criticized at a seminar in Washington on Wednesday evening where speakers reminded the Pakistani rulers that the constitution was more important than...
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Wargames conclude
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Wargames Sabit-Qadam-II on Thursday iculminated at a big musical evening at National Defence College with President Gen Pervez Musharraf as the chief guest, defence sources said....
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