I’ll stay neutral, says Musharraf: Politicians won’t be invited
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Wednesday that formation of new government was the responsibility and privilege of parliamentarians, and as soon as they finalized everything, he...
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MMA to fulfil pledges made to world: Leaders assure diplomats
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leadership on Wednesday reassured the international community, especially the West, that after coming into power, it would adhere to the agreements reached between Pakistan...
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Wapda proposes cut in oil, power prices
LAHORE, Oct 23: The Wapda, in a policy shift, has opposed the automatic tariff adjustment (ATA) formula and asked the government not to increase six paisa per unit granted by the...
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Benazir seeks world support for PPP
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Former premier and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that her party is striving for the restoration of the supremacy of parliament, but expressed concern that the ruling...
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Fate of Saarc summit hangs in balance
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: India remained tight-lipped on Wednesday about the fate of the Saarc summit due in Islamabad in January as a turf war intensified within the ruling Bharatiya Janata...
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Fazl ready to give time to US for withdrawing bases
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal candidate for prime minister Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday he was willing to give the United States time to withdraw its bases from Pakistan, marking...
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NY governor to help Pakistanis get visas
NEW YORK, Oct 23: The Governor of New York, George Pataki, said on Monday that he was working with the Bush administration to allow the Pakistani students to get visas for...
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Shujaat backs PM from smaller unit
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan Muslim League(Q) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has favoured a prime minister from a smaller province, saying it will help remove the sense of deprivation....
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UN demands inquiry into Afghan war crimes
KABUL, Oct 23: Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, called on Wednesday for an independent, international commission of inquiry to document crimes against humanity and other...
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Gunmen take hundreds hostage in Moscow
MOSCOW, Oct 23: Around 20 gunmen declaring themselves to be Chechens took hundreds of people hostage in a Moscow theatre on Wednesday and threatened to blow up the building if Russian...
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PML(Q) to finalize PM’s name today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League(Q), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will preside over a party meeting on Thursday to decide about the name of Mir Zafarullah Jamali as its...
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Health minister of Sindh dismissed
KARACHI, Oct 23: Sindh Governor Mohammadmian Soomro on Wednesday dismissed Provincial Minister for Health and Population Welfare Ahsan Ahmed with immediate effect....
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NFC meeting called off
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A meeting of National Finance Commission (NFC), which was to be held on Friday in Lahore, has been called off in line with the government’s decision to leave...
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Two killed, 5 hurt in Panjgur firing
QUETTA, Oct 23: At least two persons were killed and five others injured, one of them seriously, when Mekran Scouts, a wing of the Frontier Corps, opened fire to disperse the...
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Pakistan rejects Indian allegation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed remarks by the Indian external affairs minister in which he accused Islamabad of repeatedly postponing Saarc meetings....
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JI opposes JUI man’s name for CM slot
PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Jamaat-i-Islami, the main component of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, has refused to accept the nomination of Akram Khan Durrani as the NWFP chief minister till its approval by the...
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NRB chief resigns
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: President Gen Pervez on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Gen Tanvir Naqvi, head of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), who had requested for relieving him of his duties....
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7 hurt in Pindi bomb blast
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Seven people were injured, two of them critically, when a bomb exploded here on Wednesday night, on College Road, near Bohar Bazaar....
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Voice/data connectivity to remain cut on 26th
KARACHI, Oct 23: Due to the 10-Gb upgradation in the SEA-WE-3 Submarine Optic Fiber Cable System on segment 5 Karachi-Dhibouti-Mumbai, a planned outage has been scheduled from 2:30am on Oct 26....
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8 killed in accident
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 23: Eight people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a coach and a wagon at Karia Gaamoo on the Indus Highway in...
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