President will not name PM: minister
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: President will not nominate any parliamentary party to form the government unless asked by the parliament, Law Minister Khalid Ranjha said here on Tuesday....
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Russia, France reject US draft
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22: Russia and France on Tuesday rejected the latest US draft resolution on Iraq when the UN Security Council resumed talks on ensuring Baghdad does not develop weapons...
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ECC okays power policy
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) here on Tuesday approved power generation policy, 2002, to offset shortage of around 400-500mw by 2005....
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Pakistan asks India to pull out troops first
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Pakistan on Tuesday said it would not start its pledged withdrawal of troops from its eastern border with India until New Delhi made the first move, a demand...
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PML(Q)-Muttahida term talks positive
 KARACHI, Oct 22: The Pakistan Muslim League(Q) leader, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who met Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders here on Tuesday and reported convergence of views on various matters, but said...
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US officials to discuss post-election scenario
KARACHI, Oct 22: Pakistan’s relations with the United States would be top on their agenda when senior US officials visit Islamabad later this month, sources told Dawn....
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PPP wants NA, PAs sessions convened
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday vowed to remain firm on what it called its principled stand on constitutional issues and supremacy of parliament that it said could...
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Shikarpur seat goes to PPP
SUKKUR, Oct 22: The returning officer, Shikarpur, Anand Ram, declared on Tuesday that Agha Tariq Khan, People’s Party Parliamentarians candidate from PS-11 (Shikarpur), remained winner after recounting of votes on the...
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Fazl assures investors of improved atmosphere
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s nominee for the prime minister’s office and chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has vowed that Pakistan’s soil will not be allowed to be...
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Independents given two days to join parties
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Election Commission on Tuesday said that all the independent candidates of National and Provincial Assemblies intending to join any political party should do so by the afternoon...
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Dr Amir is a social worker, say friends
RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: Dr Amir Aziz, picked by the Federal Bureau of Investigations for suspected links with Taliban and Al Qaeda, had first interacted with Jihadis as a humanitarian worker, his...
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Washington to free some Guantanamo prisoners
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The United States is preparing to release a small number of the 598 suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners held at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba,...
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US troops come under attack
KABUL, Oct 22: US troops looking for Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan were targeted in a single rocket attack on an outpost in southeastern Khost province, a US military...
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Economy put on right track, claims Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that the country’s economy had been put on the right track, and this fact was also being acknowledged by the...
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PML(N) offers support to Fazl
LAHORE, Oct 22: The PML(N) said on Tuesday that it would extend an unconditional support to Maulana Fazlur Rehman as candidate for the office of the prime minister provided he did...
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Iran expels Swedish diplomat
TEHRAN, Oct 22: Iran has expelled a Swedish diplomat in a tit-for-tat move, an Iranian government source said on Tuesday....
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