First NA session on Nov 5 likely
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: President Pervez Musharraf is likely to convene the first session of the newly-elected National Assembly early next month, political sources said on Sunday....
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MMA ready to work with President
LAHORE, Oct 27: MMA nominee for the prime minister’s slot Maulana Fazlur Rahman says he is ready to work with Gen Pervez Musharraf as president....
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Officials admit they used gas
MOSCOW, Oct 27: Russian health officials admitted on Sunday that a gas used in a special forces operation that ended a Chechen hostage crisis had left 115 hostages dead, with dozens...
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AJK APHC demands observer status at UN
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 27: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of Kashmiri political parties and groups seeking independence from Indian occupation, has demanded of the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan,...
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Next few days vital for future setup
LAHORE, Oct 27: Future political scenario remains unclear even two weeks after the general elections as major political parties have yet to find allies with which they can form a coalition...
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Cancellation of NFC meeting raises many questions
KARACHI, Oct 27: A number of questions are being asked about the government decision to put off the final meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) which was scheduled to be...
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Major parties to resume talks today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The tri-party talks between Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians on formation of government have entered in a decisive phase as they finally...
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Musharraf, Fahim meet ‘by chance’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Amid a hectic race for the office of the prime minister, the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) prospective candidate Makhdoom Amin Fahim had, what his party termed, a “chance...
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No sign of troop pullback: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Pakistan said on Sunday it had seen no evidence yet that India had acted on its pledge to withdraw troops from border....
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New coalition to seek talks with Kashmiris
NEW DELHI, Oct 27: Occupied Kashmir’s new coalition administration will urge the federal government to hold unconditional talks with Kashmiris to try to bring peace to the state, an action plan...
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ARD leaders meet today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: An important joint meeting of PPP, PML-N and MMA would be held on Monday with the ARD chief Nawabzada Nasarullah Khan in the chair....
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Election of Fata senators on old system
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Senate elections in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) will now be held through previous electoral college, as the government has amended the Legal Framework Order (LFO), which...
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Eight killed as trains collide in Bangladesh
 DHAKA, Oct 27: At least eight people were killed and more than 30 injured when two passenger trains collided on Sunday near Akhaura town in southeastern Bangladesh, railway officials said....
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Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis
 ARIEL JEWISH SETTLEMENT (West Bank), Oct 27: Three Israeli soldiers were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a West Bank Jewish settlement on Sunday, while two Palestinian...
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