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India decides on phased pullback: Stance on dialogue unchanged
NEW DELHI, Oct 16: India’s apex Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee decided on Wednesday to order a phased withdrawal of troops massed on Pakistan’s borders....
Govt not siding with any party, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said that the government was not influencing any of the successful political parties on the future political setup....
MMA nominates Fazl for PM slot
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Wednesday nominated JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman a candidate for prime minister and JI deputy chief Liaquat Baloch speaker of the National Assembly....
Fahim, Shujaat talk coalition
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The PPP and PML(Q), the two main political forces that emerged in elections, made first formal contact here on Wednesday....
Eight injured in three Karachi blasts
KARACHI, Oct 16: A banned religious group, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, has claimed responsibility for the three parcel bomb explosions which caused injuries to eight policemen and an employee of a courier service here...
Nine children injured in Israeli shooting
GAZA CITY, Oct 16: Israeli machinegun fire wounded 16 Palestinians, including nine children, on Wednesday in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said....
Alert sounded on essential supplies
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The government has asked all the important public institutions, mainly in the communications and energy sectors, to be vigilant about their stocks and supplies in view of the...
Official results after expenses returns: EC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The Election Commission on Wednesday said it was not publishing the election results in the official gazette because the law provided that unless the returned members did not...
Russian space rocket explodes
MOSCOW, Oct 16: A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a research satellite exploded seconds after blast-off, killing one person in a setback that could hit the 90 billion dollars International Space Station...
Pakistan reaction today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The government will issue a detailed statement as a reaction to the reports of India’s partial withdrawal of its troops from the borders on Thursday....
Polls a vital step towards democracy, says US
NEW YORK, Oct 16: The United States on Tuesday reiterated that the elections in Pakistan were “an important step towards the restoration of full democracy in Pakistan” saying “we continue to...
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Wednesday nominated JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman a candidate for prime minister and JI deputy chief Liaquat Baloch speaker of the National Assembly....
KARACHI, Oct 16: A banned religious group, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, has claimed responsibility for the three parcel bomb explosions which caused injuries to eight policemen and an employee of a courier service here...
