Leading parties yet to break ice: Govt formation a challenge
LAHORE, Oct 15: Formation of a government in Islamabad remains a challenging task as none of the three major players — the PML(Q), the PPP and the MMA — has been...
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Petroleum prices up
KARACHI, Oct 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has increased the ex-depot sale price of petrol by 98 paisa per litre followed by price hike in HOBC, kerosene and light...
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PPP’s coalition with PML-Q seen remote
KARACHI, Oct 15: While a scramble for power among the major elected parties is on, a senior Pakistan People’s Party official said on Tuesday any adjustment with the PML(Q) was not...
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Shujaat stresses consensus
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the parliamentary party leader of the PML(QA), has called for forging “consensus” among political parties to form national and provincial governments....
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Musharraf dismisses Cushnahan’s remarks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: President Pervez Musharraf has lashed out at European Union observers’ flaying of his controversial changes to the constitution, APP reported on Tuesday....
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Parties’ likely share in seats for women, minorities
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) will earn 20 out of the 60 seats reserved for woman, and three out of the ten seats set aside for minorities, increasing...
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UN has failed to resolve conflict: Pakistan
NEW YORK, Oct 15: Pakistan on Monday severely criticized the UN Security Council for failing to intervene to resolve conflict in South Asia underscoring “there could be no clearer and more...
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PML-Q tries to woo MMA
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The PML(Q) took its turn on Tuesday to try to woo the MMA amid a hectic search for a partner to form a ruling coalition in a divided...
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MMA plan to share power in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Tuesday finalized the formation of NWFP government by giving the chief minister’s slot to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) and the post of provincial assembly’s speaker to...
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Vajpayee to hold troop reduction talks today
NEW DELHI, Oct 15: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will head a strategic meeting on Wednesday on the issue of reducing the number of troops massed on the border with...
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6 Kashmiri fighters killed
JAMMU, Oct 15: Indian troops claimed killing seven Mujahideen while two others died in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday....
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Noorani rejects hung parliament theory
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Rejecting the theory of a hung parliament, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani on Tuesday said that his meeting with the PML(Q) leadership remained meaningful....
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US diplomat meets Qazi
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Political counsellor at the United States embassy Chat Blkeman called on Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed here at his residence on Tuesday....
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Iraqis vote for Saddam in referendum
BAGHDAD, Oct 15: Iraqis voted massively on Tuesday, some with their blood, in a referendum which ushers in seven more years of President Saddam Hussein’s rule and keeps Baghdad on a...
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Advani to leave for Russia today
NEW DELHI, Oct 15: Indian Deputy Prime Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, leaves for Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on regional tensions and bilateral issues, officials said....
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UK to watch transfer of power
LONDON, Oct 15: The UK government has said that Britain would remain engaged with Pakistan throughout its period of transition to democracy and transfer of power to the new National Assembly....
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