Low turnout, mixed trend
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: A low-turnout election on Thursday seemed leading to a hung National Assembly but a political revolution was taking place in the NWFP where the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal headed for...
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PPP regaining in Punjab Assembly
LAHORE, Oct 10: The People’s Party, which had been banished from Punjab in the 1997 elections at the hands of its erstwhile adversary Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), regained its lost glory...
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Muttahida retains, PPP improves
KARACHI, Oct 10: The vote in Sindh generally represented a rejection of the government policies as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians bounced back and achieved a clear majority in the interior...
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Balochistan headed for coalition govt
QUETTA, Oct 10: As was expected, Balochistan is heading for another grand coalition as no single party will be able to form the next government on the strength of its party...
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MMA takes convincing lead in Frontier PA
PESHAWAR, Oct 10: In a surprising landslide victory, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal won an convincing majority by securing 48 seats in the 99-seat NWFP Assembly on Thursday....
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Parties claim turnout less than 25pc
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: A low turnout of voters was witnessed in Thursday’s polls, as according to some political parties only 20 to 25 per cent people exercised their right of franchise....
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European Union, India disagree on Kashmir
COPENHAGEN, Oct 10: The European Union and India failed on Thursday to agree on a common text on the Kashmir dispute....
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US asks India, Pakistan to resume talks
NEW YORK, Oct 10: The United States on Thursday called on India and Pakistan “to make strenuous effort towards an early resumption of diplomatic dialogue on all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.”...
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Ruling party routed in Kashmir polls
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: Indian-sponsored elections in Jammu and Kashmir, applauded also by the United States, appeared to recoil on New Delhi on Thursday as they returned an emphatic verdict against...
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Indian shelling kills two in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 10: Two people were killed and at least 16 others, including four women, injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday in the Indian shelling from across the Line...
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Musharraf to hand over power on Nov 1
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Thursday that he would hand over his powers to the new prime minister on Nov 1....
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Eight killed in poll violence
HYDERABAD, Oct 10: At least eight people were killed and dozens injured when contesting parties clashed in various Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan constituencies during Thursday elections....
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CEC satisfied with conduct of polling
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan said here on Thursday evening that by and large the general elections had been peaceful and orderly, though in election-related firing cases...
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Two killedin Tel Aviv suicide bombing
TEL AVIV, Oct 10: A Palestinian suicide bomber killed an Israeli woman and wounded 29 other people on Thursday when he blew himself up in suburban Tel Aviv, while Israeli tanks...
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20 cops die in Chechnya explosion
MOSCOW, Oct 10: At least 20 pro-Russian Chechen policemen were killed when an explosion ripped through a police station in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya, late...
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US House okays war resolution
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to grant President George Bush the power he wants to launch a military attack on Iraq, a step the Senate...
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