Jamali, cabinet take oath: PPP, PML-N abstain from ceremony
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and his 21-member cabinet were sworn in here on Saturday, completing the transition from three-year military rule to an elected democratic government....
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Ban on Senators’ defection restored: President issues fresh notification
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The government issued on Saturday a notification seeking restoration of remaining Articles of the Constitution dealing with Senate elections, disqualification of members, powers of governors and chief ministers,...
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Avoid tussle over LFO: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf urged the opposition parties on Saturday not to make the Legal Framework Order (LFO) controversial as it will create new complications for the country....
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Water issue raised with India
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan’s Commissioner for Indus Waters has put India on notice to address Pakistan’s concerns regarding the controversial Baglihar hydro-electric project on river Chenab, well-placed sources told Dawn on...
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US, Pakistan discuss attacks on allied forces
WANA, Nov 23: The Pakistan authorities and the officials of US forces in Afghanistan held a meeting at a checkpoint astride the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Angoor Adda in the South Waziristan...
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PPP flays rewarding party dissenters
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday sharply reacted to the appointment of six-party dissenters to the new cabinet....
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Washington hopes new govt to be supportive
WASHINGTON, Nov 23: The United States said on Friday that the new Pakistan government has not asked the Americans to leave the country as some Indian newspapers have reported....
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Eight drown as boat capsizes near Sukkur
SUKKUR, Nov 23: A woman and seven children, including four of a family, drowned in the River Indus when an overloaded boat capsized near Gudpur, Ghotki district, on Saturday....
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Services chiefs meet PM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The services chiefs paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Saturday....
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Qazi backs debate on LFO issue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Qazi Hussain Ahmad, parliamentary party leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has said the process of dialogue among the politicians should be promoted through parliament....
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Miss World show shifted to London
ABUJA, Nov 23: Some 90 Miss World contestants prepared to leave Abuja on Saturday after violent protests against the event forced organizers to abandon plans to hold it in Nigeria....
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Six soldiers among 12 dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Twelve people, including six soldiers, were killed and 23 injured in occupied Kashmir on Saturday when their bus ran over a landmine planted by Mujahideen, authorities said....
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Huge cache of arms seized
QUETTA, Nov 23: Zhob militia has foiled a bid to smuggle arms, ammunition and explosives into Pakistan from Afghanistan near Pakistan-Afghan border and arrested a man....
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Kabul airport documents stolen
ROME, Nov 23: A pilot transporting equipment for Italian troops stationed in Kabul was robbed during a stopover in Rome of a computer containing confidential information about the airport in the...
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