PML-Q & MMA parleys fail on COAS issue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The talks between Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Pakistan Muslim League-Q broke down on the former’s demand that President Gen Pervez Musharraf should give a specific date for relinquishing the...
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Commanders repose trust in Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: A special meeting of corps commanders held here on Monday expressed full confidence in the leadership of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the transfer of power to the...
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Muttahida backs PML-Q
KARACHI, Nov 18:The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday announced that it would support the PML-Q candidate for the prime minister, speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly....
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Political govt to continue reforms, IMF assured
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: The military government has assured international financial institutions that the next political government will continue the economic reforms it had initiated and Pakistan will fulfil the obligations made...
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Bid foiled to hijack Israeli plane
 ISTANBUL, Nov 18: Turkish police were questioning a suspect on Monday after security guards aboard the Israeli airline El-Al flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul foiled a hijacking attempt the previous...
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Speaker, deputy’s election today
ISLAMABAD Nov 18: All is set for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly here on Tuesday....
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PPP seeks SC notice on new terrorism law
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Pakistan People’s Party has denounced new anti-terror law as draconian and striking at the sovereignty of parliament....
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Disqualification of Azam Tariq sought
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: A full bench of the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Attorney-General and MNA-elect, Azam Tariq, in an appeal filed by the Punjab government seeking disqualification...
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New govt to uphold merit, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Monday that Pakistan has an immense potential to find its destined place “if we remain focussed and determined” to achieve excellence,...
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Hundreds pay respects as Kasi’s body arrives
 QUETTA, Nov 18: The body of Mir Aimal Kasi, who was executed in the United States last week for murdering two CIA agents, was greeted in his native city on Monday...
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MMA to fight for PM slot, says Fazl
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) nominee for the prime minister slot, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has strongly denied that the religious bloc was holding any sort of talks with the...
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Salaries of Punjab CM, ministers increased
LAHORE, Nov 18: Punjab government has notified an increase in the salary, allowances and other privileges of the chief minister, leader of the opposition, speaker, deputy speaker, ministers, advisers, parliamentary secretaries...
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Qatar-to-Pakistan gas pipeline talks in final stages
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Pakistan on Monday resumed talks on a “Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement” with Crescent Petroleum of Sharjah for the import of natural gas from Qatar as Crescent said...
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Talks with Iraq making progress: UN official
 BAGHDAD, Nov 18: Chief UN disarmament expert Hans Blix said on Monday he believed he was “making progress” after a first round of talks with Iraqi officials....
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All leaders will attend summit, hopes FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The foreign office on Monday reiterated the hope that all the leaders of the seven-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation would attend the Islamabad summit to be...
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Consultations in progress, says Fahim
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that consultations for the formation of government is still in progress with MMA leaders and expressed the hope to reach consensus...
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Six killed, 12 injured by electrocution in Rajanpur
MULTAN, Nov 18: Six people were electrocuted and 12 sustained critical burns when the radio antenna of a bus they were travelling in accidentally touched an 11-KV electricity transmission line in...
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Muttahida suspends Aftab
KARACHI, Nov 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee on Monday indefinitely suspended Aftab Ahmad Shaikh as its deputy convener owing to alleged violations of party discipline....
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