GNA candidate elected Speaker: PPP, MMA boycott voting for deputy
 KARACHI, Dec 14: The King’s party on Saturday secured the posts of speaker and deputy speaker in the Sindh Assembly, but not without boycott of deputy speaker’s election by the People’s...
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Water plan to help boost economy: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said that a massive programme of developing water resources undertaken over the past two years would add 5.2 million acre feet of...
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Haqiqi MPA arrested after siege of assembly
KARACHI, Dec 14: The police on Saturday night arrested Younus Khan, the MPA from the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, at the main entrance of the Sindh Assembly building. The arrest followed a...
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US orders 27,000 troops to get ready
WASHINGTON, Dec 14: In a fresh sign of preparation for possible war with Iraq, the United States has ordered another 27,000 Reserve and National Guard troops to prepare for active duty,...
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EU agrees to admit 10 nations
COPENHAGEN, Dec 14: Ending the cold war division of their continent, European Union leaders late on Friday agreed to open the doors to 10 mainly east European states in 2004....
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Pakistan, five others to sign declaration: Non-interference in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Pakistan will sign the “Declaration on non-interference” with Afghanistan at a special ceremony in Kabul next week, sources told Dawn here on Saturday....
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LHC refuses to extend Maulana Azhar’s detention
LAHORE, Dec 14: A review board of the Lahore High Court on Saturday refused to further extend the detention of Jaish-i-Muhammad Ameer Maulana Masood Azhar under the Maintenance of Public Order...
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Koreans protest US response to girls’ death
 SEOUL, Dec 14: Tens of thousands of people carrying candles descended on the US embassy here Saturday to protest what they considered was an inadequate US response to the deaths of...
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40 children die of cold in Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 14: A bitter cold spell has left 40 Afghan children dead and more than 1,000 refugees in dire conditions in camps along the border with Pakistan, relief workers said...
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Jamali assures Khuhro of inquiry
 KARACHI, Dec 14: In a late night telephonic conversation with the parliamentary party leader of the PPP in Sindh...
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Democratic values to be upheld, says PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday said that all resources would be utilized for development of provinces, and their requirements would be met judiciously....
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UN experts inspect record number of sites in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 14: UN arms inspectors swooped on a record 11 sites in Iraq on Saturday after Baghdad was told to provide a list of scientists involved in its weapons programmes...
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Rocca to meet govt, MMA leaders
WASHINGTON, Dec 14: The US State Department this week begins its first round of formal talks with Pakistan’s newly elected government and the leaders of a religious alliance opposed to US...
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Muslims in Gujarat fear fresh violence
AHMEDABAD, Dec 14: Muslims in India’s riot-scarred western Gujarat state were on Saturday gearing to move to safer areas, fearing fresh violence once results of assembly elections were declared....
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Delhi urged to implement verdict on Ayodhya
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Saturday demanded that the centre give an undertaking in parliament on implementing the judicial verdict in the Ayodhya dispute....
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Sindh MPAs form Patriot
KARACHI, Dec 14: The People’s Party Patriot was formally launched here at the residence of the GNA’s nominee for the chief minister’s slot in Sindh, Ali Mohammad Mahar....
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Jam discusses Dera situation with Bugti
QUETTA, Dec 14: The Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf held talks with leader of the opposition in Balochistan assembly, Jamhoori Watan Party chief, Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti, and...
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Eight killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Dec 14: Seven Kashmiris and an Indian army soldier were killed in separate overnight clashes in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Saturday....
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2 Lashkar men gunned down, claims India
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: A red alert was declared in New Delhi on Saturday after police gunned down two suspected armed Pakistanis at a roadblock on the outskirts of the Indian...
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PPP names Khuhro for CM’s slot
KARACHI, Dec 14: Nisar Khuhro has been fielded as the joint candidate of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for the top slot in Sindh....
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