NFC award to be finalized by new govt: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday the National Finance Commission (NFC) might not be able to finalize its sixth award in its next meeting on Friday, indicating...
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PML(Q) will form govt, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), said on Saturday that the PML(Q) held sufficient majority to form its government and it would...
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Notification of 8 NA and 9 PA seats withheld
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday withheld notification of eight National Assembly and nine provincial assembly constituencies....
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PM’s election may be delayed: Ranjha
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Federal Law Minister, Khalid Ranjha, said here on Saturday that election of new prime minister may be delayed due to preparations for Senate elections....
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CrPC, Senate Ord amended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday night promulgated an ordinance to amend sections 131A and 132A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1898....
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Afghanistan needs US troops: Franks
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Oct 19: The year-old coalition campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan still has a long way to go despite the recent peace in the...
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10 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: Ten people were killed and 18 injured in a spate of violent incidents in occupied Kashmir on Saturday, police and security sources said....
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Shujaat made PML(Q) leader of House
ISLAMABAD Oct 19: The parliamentary group of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on Saturday elected Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain its leader in the National Assembly and empowered him to nominate a candidate...
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Russia wants diplomatic solution to Iraq issue
MOSCOW, Oct 19: Russia remains committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis with Iraq, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told US Secretary of State Colin Powell during a telephone conversation, the...
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Two more Balochistan MPAs join PML(Q)
QUETTA, Oct 19: Two more independent members-elect of the Balochistan Assembly, Col (retd) Younas Changezi and Mir Amanullah Notezai, joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) here on Saturday....
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Azhar hints at nominating Zubaida for PM’s slot
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Mian Mohammad Azhar president of the PML(Q) on Saturday hinted at the possibility of nomination of a new entrant, independent MNA (Zubaida Jalal), as the party candidate for...
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Benazir asks Musharraf to withdraw amendments
KARACHI, Oct 19: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that the ambiguity about the formation of a government is being manoeuvred by those spin doctors who want to sabotage the will...
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Iraq’s fate lands with UN arms inspector
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19: The United States has bowed to world opinion and offered a compromise Security Council resolution on Friday that does not call for the automatic use of military...
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Three killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 19: Three people were killed and four others wounded in two different areas of Azad Kashmir in Indian shelling during the past 24 hours, official sources said here on...
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French fear terrorist strike
PARIS, Oct 19: French police say they are taking seriously the possibility of a terrorist attack on Paris, and have decided to place many suspected French Al-Qaeda members under surveillance....
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9 Palestinians arrested
AL QUDS, Oct 19: The army nabbed nine Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while four soldiers were lightly wounded, the military and Palestinian security sources said on Saturday....
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