PML-Q bags Speaker, Deputy posts
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q on Tuesday won both the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly in an election marred by allegations of rigging and...
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NSC to have nine elected members: Political developments reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday briefed governors of the four provinces on internal and border situation of the country. The meeting was also attended by the members...
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SC to hear pleas on Senate polls today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Supreme Court will begin hearing two constitutional petitions on Wednesday, seeking change in the law which bars those politicians who were defeated in the October elections to...
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US assistance to continue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The visiting US Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill said here on Tuesday that his government would continue offering financial support as long as Pakistan was playing an active...
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Premier’s election tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday summoned a special session of the National Assembly for Thursday to elect the country’s next prime minister for which three candidates are likely...
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SC orders SBP to pay benefits to employees
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to pay pensionary benefits to 1,450 employees who had opted for the Golden Handshake Scheme...
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Speaker terms LFO a valid law
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Newly-elected speaker of the National Assembly, Chaudhry Amir Hussain, on Tuesday held that the Legal Framework Order (LFO) was a valid constitutional amendment, saying that he was very...
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Pakistanis held in Afghanistan to be released soon
DUBAI, Nov 19: The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, has mediated a deal for the release of 249 Pakistanis imprisoned in Afghanistan....
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PPP, MMA & PML-N MPs stage walkout
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and PML-N on Tuesday staged together first token walkout in the National Assembly to register their protest against what was they...
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Dr Amir released after one month
 LAHORE, Nov 19: Prof Dr Amir Aziz Khan was released on Tuesday morning after a month-long detention on charges of having links with the Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership....
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MMA to sit in opposition, says Qazi
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, said here on Tuesday the MMA would sit on opposition benches....
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NA session prorogued
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Speaker of the National Assembly, Chaudhry Amir Hussain, prorogued the session of the National Assembly after the completion of the election process of Speaker and Deputy Speaker...
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President to address nation today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on Wednesday, at 9pm instead of 8.30pm, as was announced earlier....
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Longest lunar eclipse of year today
KARACHI, Nov 19: A lunar eclipse, occurring on Wednesday, will be visible in Pakistan at moonset. The eclipse will be this year’s last and also its longest....
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5 Palestinians shot dead
NABLUS, Nov 19: Israeli troops shot dead five Palestinians, including a teenager and a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in a raid on the West Bank town of Tulkarem on...
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Soomro denies rigging charges
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Illahi Bakhsh Soomro, the presiding officer of National Assembly, on Tuesday categorically rejected the allegations of any rigging in the election of speaker of the National Assembly....
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