Jamali elected PM, takes oath tomorrow
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q was on Thursday elected Leader of the House by the new National Assembly and he vowed to seek harmony...
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Fazl, Qureshi vow to work for democracy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Two main opposition parties, People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), at the floor of National assembly on Thursday pledged not to rock the parliamentary boat and let...
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23 die as quake hits N. Areas
GILGIT, Nov 21: An strong earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck Astore Valley, 120km south of Gilgit, on Wednesday night at 2.31am, killing 23 people, including 18 children....
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ADB okays $300m for decentralization plan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $350 million for the Decentralisation Support Programme and the Sindh Rural Development Project — $300 million for the DSP and $50...
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Floor-crossing makes Jamali win possible, says PPP
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said that the election on Thursday of Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali of the PML-Q as the Leader of the House by a...
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Saleh Hayat declines receiving PPP notice
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Faisal Saleh Hayat, the de facto leader of the PPP forward bloc, said on Thursday that he had not received any show-cause from the PPP for breaking its...
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Senate polls: govt told to justify ban
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the federal government and attorney-general to justify the promulgation of a law, barring those who were defeated in October elections...
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Pakistani detainees in US face difficulties in coming back
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Officials at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington said they had given up to $100 to each detainee for travel inside Pakistan, but several deportees said they had not...
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11 Israelis killed in suicide bombing
TEL AVIV, Nov 21: Eleven people were killed and 50 injured in occupied Al Quds on Thursday when a Palestinian militant blew himself up on a crowded bus in the first...
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Speaker reserves ruling on LFO debate
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Legal Frame Work Order (LFO) promulgated by the Musharraf government, came under fire in the National Assembly immediately after day’s proceedings for the ascertainment of the Leader...
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60 perish in Indian bus fire
BHOPAL, Nov 21: At least 60 people were killed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday when a bus caught fire after a passenger carrying cans of fuel...
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Delhi-backed team to hold talks with Kashmiris
SRINAGAR, Nov 21: An Indian government-backed private committee will visit Srinagar to hold fresh talks with Kashmiri leaders, a senior leader said on Thursday....
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Punjab PA summoned on 25th
LAHORE, Nov 21: The first session of the newly-elected Punjab Assembly has been convened on Nov 25 for the oath taking of the members and election of the speaker and deputy...
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Dissenters were asked to vote for PPP
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: President of People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim directed the ten PPP dissenters in writing to vote for the PPP candidate before the ascertainment of the Leader of...
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President assures PM-elect of support
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf telephoned Prime Minister-elect Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday to congratulate him on his election as the Leader of the House in the National...
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Seven states invited to join Nato
PRAGUE, Nov 21: In a historic transformation of Europe’s security landscape, Nato leaders on Thursday invited seven former communist adversaries to join the alliance....
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NWFP PA session also on 25th
PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The NWFP Assembly has been convened next week to administer oath to the newly-elected members and elect the speaker and the deputy speaker of the house, said a...
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Balochistan PA to meet on 28th
QUETTA, Nov 21: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mengal has convened the first session of the provincial assembly on Nov 28....
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Progress made in talks with China: India
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: Indian officials said on Thursday they had made headway with China on a dragging border dispute during comprehensive talks here....
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CE issues orders on Fata senators’ poll
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf issued on Thursday two Orders for reviving the previous mechanism for the election of senators from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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