Elections today after three-year army rule: Parties fear rigging
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: After three years of military rule, Pakistanis will vote on Thursday in an election apparently designed to produce a pliant parliament but which political parties see as a...
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India ready to hold talks with militants
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: India offered on Wednesday to hold talks with Kashmiri leaders, including those who stayed away from the recent elections, on granting greater autonomy to the held state....
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President wants new faces elected
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf assured the nation on Wednesday to hold fair, free and transparent elections and appealed to the people to elect honest and capable candidates to...
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EU watching process
BRUSSELS, Oct 9: Pakistanis going to the polls on Thursday will be watched carefully by an international community anxious to see the country return to stable civilian rule....
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Over 10 million people to cast vote in Frontier
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: More than 10 million people are expected to cast votes to elect 35 MNAs and 99 MPAs from the NWFP and the adjoining tribal areas....
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Political parties unsure of accepting ‘rigged’ results
LAHORE, Oct 9: Of about five dozen political parties taking part in Thursday’s general elections, some important ones have refused to commit at this stage whether they will accept the results...
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65 seats up for grabs in Balochistan
QUETTA, Oct 9: Balochistan is all set for Thursday’s general elections to send 14 representatives to the national and 51 to the provincial assemblies. The total number of registered voters is...
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US asks Pakistan, India to hold talks
NEW YORK, Oct 9: A US State Department spokesman on Tuesday asked India and Pakistan to “find a way back to a dialogue” to resolve disputes in the region where prospects...
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Stocks up on eve of polls
KARACHI, Oct 9: The KSE-100 index on Wednesday hit its three-year high level of 2,100.50 points as bulls were not inclined to take a technical breather ahead of the national elections....
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Voters must show ID cards: EC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The Election Commission said on Wednesday anybody who would not be in possession of identity card would not be allowed to cast his vote, stressing that producing of...
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8 prisoners escape from Mach jail
QUETTA, Oct 9: Eight condemned prisoners have escaped from Central Jail Mach, about 80 kms east of here on Wednesday night, police said....
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Presiding officers to issue count results
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Election Commission has streamlined the counting procedure so as to remove any apprehensions of manipulation at the counting level by making it obligatory on the part of...
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Nawaz wants big turnout of workers to foil plots
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif called upon the workers of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Wednesday to fully participate in elections for “neutralizing every move and conspiracy...
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NWFP cabinet resigns
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: The NWFP cabinet on Wednesday reviewed arrangements made for the peaceful conduct of elections in the province and the adjoining tribal areas....
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Britons told to leave Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Britain, amid fears of an escalation in violence during voting, has advised its nationals to leave Pakistan before Thursday’s general election....
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Another RAW agent held in Karachi
KARACHI, Oct 9: Police have arrested another agent of the Indian intelligence agency RAW who confessed that he had been working on plans to sabotage general election in the city....
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