Senate election on Nov 12: Nominations from 19th: EC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The Election Commission announced on Friday the schedule for elections to the National and provincial assemblies to be held on Oct 10....
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Troops to stay long in Afghanistan: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 16: The commander of US forces in Afghanistan said on Thursday that the American troops could stay for years in Afghanistan to ensure that the Kabul government was able...
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Senate chairman, NA speaker’s pay raised
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The salaries of the chairman Senate and speaker of National Assembly, deputy chairman of Senate and, deputy speaker national assembly were increased on Friday....
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Six injured as India targets bus in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 16: Indian troops on Friday targeted a passenger bus in Azad Kashmir injuring at least six persons on board, a senior police official said....
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Filing of forms to pose a difficult task
KARACHI, Aug 16: The nomination forms for the Oct 10 elections for the national and provincial assemblies, are cumbersome and confusing, and would be difficult to fill in....
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Early Gujarat election proposal rejected
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: India’s election commission rejected on Friday a proposal by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold early elections in Gujarat, where more than 1,000 people, mostly...
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EU team firm on observing polls
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The head of an EU observation mission said on Friday it was determined to carry out its task of assessing October elections, even though it had yet to...
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UK begins visa service for students
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The British High Commission here has decided to start visa service for all Pakistani students with immediate effect....
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JKLF renews call for independence
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: A prominent Kashmiri leader on Friday branded both the Pakistan and Indian governments “enemies” of Kashmir and slammed them for spending on defence at the expense of their...
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700 Mujahideen killed in 7 months: Delhi
JAMMU, Aug 16: Indian forces in occupied Kashmir have killed 700 Mujahideen in the last seven months, an Indian defence spokesman claimed on Friday....
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200 feared dead as floods batter China
BEIJING, Aug 16: About 200 people are feared dead in floods and landslides around China in recent days as the country continues to be battered by brutally destructive summer rains....
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Kashmir not integral part of India, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Information Minister Nisar Memon reiterated on Thursday Pakistan’s stand that Jammu and Kashmir was a disputed territory, and that elections could not be a substitute for plebiscite granted...
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Delhi starts talks with Kashmiri leaders
 NEW DELHI, Aug 16: An Indian government team opened talks with Kashmiri leaders on Friday to persuade them to participate in elections to the held state’s assembly....
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Kabul to release foreign fighters
KABUL, Aug 16: The Afghan government will release hundreds of foreign nationals who were caught fighting alongside the Taliban last year, an intelligence official said on Friday....
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Allotment of election symbols begins today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The Election Commission said on Friday it would start the process of allotment of election symbols to the political parties from Saturday....
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Missing Koreans’ survival confirmed
 TOKYO, Aug 16: The Japanese Red Cross Society said on Friday it had confirmed the survival in Japan of several Koreans who were forcibly taken to the country before the end...
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Balochistan official shot at, wounded
QUETTA, Aug 16: Director-General of Balochistan agriculture department, Saadat Hussain Naqvi and his driver were shot and injured on Friday by unknown armed men on Friday....
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Arms seized in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Aug 16: An attack planned to disrupt Independence Day celebrations was thwarted earlier this week when police seized a cache of grenades and other explosives, police said on Friday....
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One dies in Multan bomb explosion
MULTAN, Aug 16: An explosion killed one man and wounded another while they were reportedly assembling a bomb at a Madresah, police said on Friday. Police were dispatched to the Sahiwal...
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Balochistan sets up new levies dept
QUETTA, Aug 16: The Balochistan government has established a new department, named the Director-General of Levies, to strengthen and reorganize the levies force in the province, an official notification, issued here...
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