Jamali discusses cabinet with Musharraf: Some ministers may be retained
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Prime Minister-elect, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, in his meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday, discussed formation of his cabinet and other issues, sources said....
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Govt asked to raise wages of workers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Planning Commission released here on Friday “Pakistan Human Development Condition 2002” report which agrees with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that poverty increased...
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Six killed as Indian army base attacked
SRINAGAR, Nov 22: Two militants dressed in police uniforms fought their way into an army camp in Srinagar on Friday and killed six Indian soldiers....
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Crisis group suggests division of Kashmir along LoC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The solution of the Kashmir issue lies in the division of the disputed territory around the Line of Control rather than holding of a plebiscite as promised by...
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Jamali promises to reward PPP dissidents
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Prime minister-elect Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali moved quickly to promise on Friday to reward 10 dissident MNAs from the People’s Party Parliamentarians, whose key support ensured his election...
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NAB clears railway minister of charges
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The National Accountability Bureau on Friday issued a clean bill of health to Federal Minister for Communication, Javed Ashraf Qazi, saying that there was no evidence of alleged...
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UN worker killed as Israeli forces take over Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Nov 22: Israeli forces took over Bethlehem on Friday after a suicide bomber killed 11 people on a bus, and an British UN worker was killed in the West Bank...
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105 killed in Nigeria riots
 KADUNA, Nov 22: At least 105 people have been killed since Thursday in riots in Nigeria stoked by Muslim fury over the staging of the Miss World contest next month, Red...
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Quake leaves over 6,000 homeless, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Federal information minister Nisar A. Memon said here on Friday the government had launched a massive relief and rescue operation in the Northern Areas hit by an earthquake...
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EU report on democracy biased, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan on Friday expressed its disappointment over the ‘biased and unbalanced’ resolution adopted in the European Parliament about the process of revival of democracy in Pakistan....
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Cabinet members cease to be ministers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The following members of the federal cabinet shall cease to hold their offices with effect from the assumption of the office by the prime minister on Nov 23,...
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Zhu greets new PM
BEIJING, Nov 22: Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, on Friday sent a message of greetings to Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan....
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Sindh PA to meet on 28th
KARACHI, Nov 22: The date of holding the Sindh Assembly session has been changed and now it will be held on Thursday, Nov 28, at 10am....
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Govt accused of buying votes in Balochistan
 QUETTA, Nov 22: MMA Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman alleged on Friday that the government had changed the date for the inaugural session of the Balochistan Assembly to buy time so that...
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US puts 13 more states in special category
LOS ANGELES, Nov 22: The United States Department of Justice on Friday morning put 13 more additional countries, mostly Arabs, in “Special Registration” category....
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US asks Pakistan to expand trade ties with India
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The United States has asked Pakistan to expand trade relations with India and other regional countries, said outgoing commerce minister Abdul Razzak Dawood....
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Al Qaeda leader being quizzed
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: A senior leader of the Al Qaeda network was being questioned on Friday by the US officials following his capture earlier this month at an undisclosed overseas location,...
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Mujahideen commander arrested
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 22: Mushtaq Zargar, supreme commander of the pro-Pakistan Al Omar Mujahideen group, was arrested in Islamabad after he was invited there for some talks on Thursday, a spokesman for...
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Washington Felicitates Jamali
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: Congratulating Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on his election as prime minister, the United States said on Friday that the full restoration of democracy in Pakistan was central to...
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Khamenei denounces protests
TEHRAN, Nov 22: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appealed on Friday for unity among the country’s rival political camps, but denounced a wave of university protests sparked by the sentencing...
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