ARD meets today to mull election strategy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy is meeting on Thursday to discuss matters pertaining to the election campaign in light of rejection of nomination papers of Pakistan People’s Party...
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Provinces to get more in NFC award
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The federal government has agreed, in principle, to increase the revenue share of the provinces from 37.5 per cent to about 42 per cent in the new National...
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No foreigner among nine arrested: Operation in Janikhel
PESHAWAR, Sept 4: Paramilitary troops raided a village in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Wednesday where six Al Qaeda men were thought to be hiding but found none of the...
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MMA has come to stay, says JUI
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: A senior leader of Muttahida Majlise Amal (MMA) and secretary-general of JUI(F) Hafiz Hussain said on Wednesday that the religio-political alliance had come to stay and would not...
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Kabul frees 55 Pakistanis
PESHAWAR, Sept 4: A group of Pakistani prisoners of war arrived from Kabul on Wednesday amid tight security....
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US forces adoption of toned-down plan: Earth Summit ends
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 4: World leaders at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg adopted on Wednesday a watered-down action plan to cut poverty and protect the planet after environmentalists staged a walkout in...
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298 NA and 740 PAs papers rejected
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Nomination papers of 298 candidates were rejected in the process of scrutiny by the Returning Officers on various reasons....
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Debt write-off tops govt’s agenda
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The $1 billion debt write-off, increased budgetary support and the supply of military equipment, including spare parts for F-16 aircraft, will be the main topics of discussions between...
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Musharraf to join vigil for 9-11 victims
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: President Pervez Musharraf will join other world leaders on Sept 11 in a candlelight vigil in New York to honour victims of last year’s terrorist attacks, officials said...
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Indian returns Magsaysay over anti-US protest
NEW DELHI, Sept 4: An Indian social worker who has campaigned against military confrontation with Pakistan said on Wednesday that he had returned the prize money he received with the Magsaysay...
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Political activists shot dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: A political activist was shot dead in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday night and five others injured, police said....
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Lebanese soldier, three Palestinians die in clash
 BAALBEK (Lebanon), Sept 4: A Lebanese soldier and three Palestinians were killed in a clash on Wednesday between the army and the Abu Nidal group at a refugee camp in Syrian-patrolled...
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Azeri deputy PM meets President
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Azerbaijan Yagub Ayyubov called on President General Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday....
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AL seeks talks on inspectors return to Iraq
 CAIRO, Sept 4: Top Arab diplomats called here on Wednesday for rapid action and a “clear signal” from their meeting to avert a US invasion of Iraq, urging fresh talks on...
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