324 MNAs-elect sworn in: Speaker, deputy speaker’s election on Tuesday
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The first session of the National Assembly was held on Saturday in which 324 MNAs-elect took the oath, heralding the dawn of a new era of democracy after...
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President hopes govt will benefit from his policies
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Saturday that the next five years were very important for Pakistan and hoped that the new government would take advantage of...
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Politicians divided over LFO
ISLAMABAD Nov 16: The political leadership was divided over the legality of the Legal Framework Order (LFO) when the National Assembly met for oath taking on Saturday....
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Tailored democracy gets under way
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: From democrats to turncoats to religious revolutionaries swore on Saturday to become the country’s newest National Assembly that is — at least for now — designed to be...
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Musharraf takes oath for new term
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday took fresh oath for another five years in office secured through a referendum held in April this year....
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Vajpayee uncertain of Islamabad visit
NEW DELHI, Nov 16: Indian and Pakistani troops were engaged in heavy shelling along the Line of Control in Kashmir as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee maintained that he had not...
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Pakistan urges de-mining for DPs return
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16: Pakistan on Friday expressed its concern over the slow pace of the de-mining operations in Afghanistan affecting the return of Afghan refugees. Addressing the UN General Assembly...
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Carter calls for US disarmament
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Former US president Jimmy Carter, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, called Friday for disarmament by the United States, which has taken the lead in urging such countries...
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US plans terrorism talks with Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: US Secretary of Treasury, Paul H. O’Neill, has said that Pakistan and the United States have a shared interest in combating terrorism, which is a threat to all...
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Politicians, lawyers hold demo outside parliament
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Around 40 lawyers and politicians demonstrated in front of the National Assembly here on Saturday as the MNAs-elect arrived for the first session of the lower house....
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Jamali claims he has majority
ISLAMABAD Nov 16: The PML-Q candidate for the prime minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has claimed a comfortable majority, which he said would be proved in the house....
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Women members say they mean business
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Women parliamentarians said on Saturday that their significant presence in the National Assembly is a reality just as is the equally large presence of representatives of religious parties....
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Abdullah Gul Turkey’s new premier
ANKARA, Nov 16: Abdullah Gul, a strong advocate of Turkish European ambitions and close US ties, was installed as prime minister on Saturday as his party announced sweeping plans for economic...
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Israelis kill two in West Bank
TEL AVIV, Nov 16: Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilians on Saturday in separate incidents on the West Bank, only hours after one of the worst shooting attacks on Jewish settlers...
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Lunar eclipse on 21st
KARACHI, Nov 16: An eclipse of the moon will take place on November 21 and it will be partially visible in the country....
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Seven die of exhaustion in Makkah
RIYADH, Nov 16: At least seven elderly Asian and African pilgrims have died of exhaustion and heart troubles in Makkah, a newspaper reported on Saturday....
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