Future govt will continue policies: Islamabad’s assurance to IMF team
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Pakistan has assured the International Monetary Fund the continuation of policies, and contracts made with bilateral donors and International Financial Institutions by the future civilian government....
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Bush warns of full force against Iraq
WASHINGTON, Nov 11: President George W. Bush vowed on Monday to use the full force and might of the US military against Iraq and declared that the time to act is...
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Pakistan hopes India will attend summit
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Pakistan on Monday hoped that India would communicate its participation in the seven-member Saarc summit before a cut-off date for the invitations was decided....
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PPP may split if it fails to get in office: Faisal
LAHORE, Nov 11: The PPP will face a split in case it doesn’t succeed in forming its government, a central party leader warned on Monday....
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MMA asks president to quit army: Qazi holds talks with Musharraf
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has offered to the army a safe passage and to accept Gen Musharraf as president, provided the constitutional amendments, including the LFO, giving him extraordinary...
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Gas pipeline MoU signed with Russian company
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Pakistan signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian energy firm, Gazprom, to pursue the construction of $3.5 billion trans-Pakistan gas pipeline from Iran to India...
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Nasrullah, Fazl discuss Benazir’s statement
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the MMA’s secretary general and its candidate for prime minister’s office, held a meeting with Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, chief of the ARD, to seek clarifications...
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Hashmi’s bail plea accepted
LAHORE, Nov 11: A division bench of Lahore High Court, comprising Justice Tassaduq Husain Jilani and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, on Monday accepted bail application of the acting president of Pakistan...
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Israel may exploit US action against Saddam to oust Arafat
WASHINGTON, Nov 11: Israel may use a possible US military action against Iraq as a pretext to oust Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from Palestine, Arab diplomats in Washington said on Monday....
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Plan to form defectors-backed government criticized
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The government formed with the help of defectors would be most unstable, and the moment constitution is revived, the clause dealing with the floor crossing would become effective...
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Gas well catches fire after rocket attack
Quetta, Nov 11: A huge fire broke out in a gas well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited in Sui gasfield after a rocket attack, some 450km east of here on Monday....
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17 Pakistani prisoners released in Kabul
 KABUL, Nov 11: Seventeen Pakistani men held prisoner in Afghanistan for fighting alongside the former Taliban militia were released on Monday after Afghan authorities declared their punishment complete....
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NA may meet by end of week, says Ranjha
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Federal Law Minister, Khalid Ranjha, said on Monday he expected parliament to be called by the end of the week, but rival parties appeared no closer to...
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GNA, MMA resume talks on LFO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Grand National Alliance (GNA), a grouping of the PML-Q, six-party National Alliance, and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, resumed intensive talks on Monday night with the hope of coming to...
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Yasin Malik released on parole
 NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik was released on parole on Monday after more than six months in prison but was being kept in protective...
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Indians held at Austrian borders
VIENNA, Nov 11: Indian citizens have taken over from Afghans and Iraqis as the biggest group of foreigners apprehended at Austria’s borders for illegal entry, according to police reports on Monday....
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14 die in Philippine plane crash
MANILA, Nov 11: At least 14 people were killed and 15 others injured when a Philippine domestic passenger plane crashed into a bay in Manila shortly after take-off on Monday, officials...
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FSC issues notice on Salik’s petition
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Federal Shariat Court on Monday issued pre-admission notice to the federation and Election Commission of Pakistan on J. Salik’s petition, challenging the law by which the nominees...
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