Sindh to get share from NFC pool: Rs20bn subvention okayed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Centre and the federating units on Sunday finalized a Rs20 billion subvention pool for the sixth National Finance Commission award — an increase of about 50 per...
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Israel aiming to force Arafat out
 TEL AVIV, Sept 22: The aim of Israel’s siege of Yasser Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah is to force out the Palestinian leader, Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Weizman Shiri said on Sunday....
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EC tells candidates to abide by code
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Election Commission on Sunday once again asked the political parties and all the contesting candidates to abide by the code of conduct already issued by the commission...
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Water shortage looms
LAHORE, Sept 22: Pakistan would face 36 per cent water shortage during the coming Rabi season — from Oct 1 to March 31, 2003, —, according to the calculations made by...
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Government harassing candidates, says PPP
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party, Mian Raza Rabbani, has accused the government of using police force to intimidate and harass PPP candidates and workers....
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Supreme Judicial Council has lost its utility: SCBA
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Supreme Judicial Council has become a “club” of the superior judiciary as it is being used to shield the wrongdoings of the members of the judiciary, the...
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20 killed in fresh Valley violence
 SRINAGAR, Sept 22: Twenty people were killed in a fresh surge of violence in occupied Kashmir on Sunday and Saturday night, two days before the second round of voting for the...
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US push for Iraq invasion worries Arab leaders
WASHINGTON, Sept 22: The United States appeared on Sunday to be moving inexorably toward military action against Iraq, girded by Baghdad’s defiant warning that it would refuse any new UN conditions...
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Hurriyat calls for strike on voting day
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a boycott of Tuesday’s second round of voting in elections to occupied Kashmir’s assembly and also a day-long strike...
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422 Osama men handed over to US, says Rashid
KARACHI, Sept 22: Pakistan has so far handed over to the United States 422 Al Qaeda operatives who were nabbed in different operations, as authorities claimed they have broken the back...
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15 killed in Indian blast
LUCKNOW, Sept 22: At least 15 people were killed when a powerful bomb exploded in a passenger van near Lucknow on Sunday....
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No change in Pakistan stand, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday ruled out any resumption of talks with Pakistan over Kashmir, saying there had been “no change” in Islamabad’s stand....
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Mirwaiz condemns killing in Valley
LONDON, Sept 22: All Parties Hurriyat Conference is more optimistic than ever that the Kashmir dispute could be solved through political means as the world community is showing renewed interest in...
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Bangladesh supports Pakistan on Kashmir
BEIJING, Sept 22: Bangladesh fully supports Pakistan’s stand on the Kashmir issue and hopes that the Indian government would settle the problem in accordance with the United Nations resolutions....
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80,000 on US list of terrorism suspects
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22: US officials have identified at least 80,000 suspected terrorists around the world and say an unknown number of Al Qaeda-trained soldiers have been trying for at least...
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Polls definitely on Oct 10: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday he was willing to sign a certificate, if there was any, to confirm that the Oct 10 elections would be held...
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UN to probe Afghan mass grave charge
KABUL, Sept 22: The United Nations said Sunday it was preparing a team to investigate reports of a grave in northern Afghanistan which is said to contain the bodies of hundreds...
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Chechen leader shot dead
MOSCOW, Sept 22: A Muslim leader in Chechnya’s eastern Kurchaloi region and his daughter were gunned down by rebel guerrillas on Saturday, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported....
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