Mahar takes oath as CM: Sindh cabinet soon
 KARACHI, Dec 17: Ali Mohammad Mahar of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q became the 25th chief minister of Sindh on Tuesday when he was administered the oath of office by Governor Mohammedmian...
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Pakistan is now on INS list
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have been added to the list of the countries that are considered high risks for potential terrorists....
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PAF pulls back war assets
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: As a part of recent de-escalation, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has withdrawn war assets from its forward operating bases (FoBs), said Chief of the Air Staff Mushaf...
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No MFN status for India
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Pakistan said on Tuesday it could not initiate dialogue on free trade agreement (FTA) or most favoured nations (MFN) status unless India made tangible progress on political issues...
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Shujaat, Azhar hold talks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: President of Pakistan Muslim League-Q Mian Azhar and party’s parliamentary leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain held a detailed meeting on Tuesday and decided to continue their reconciliatory talks on...
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Two killed as train rams into another
 LAHORE, Dec 17: Two people died and 10 injured when a speeding train rammed into a stationary train near the Badami Bagh Railway Station here at 8am on Tuesday....
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Washington satisfied with Islamabad’s N-stand
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Brushing aside speculations to the contrary in the United States and other foreign media, US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca indicated on Tuesday that Washington had been...
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Iran parliament votes to lift ban on satellite TV
TEHRAN, Dec 17: Iran’s parliament voted Tuesday to end an openly-flouted national ban on satellite television, and instead place restrictions on what residents of the Islamic republic are allowed to watch....
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Opposition boycotts Sindh PA session
KARACHI, Dec 17: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MPAs boycotted on Tuesday the Sindh Assembly session, called for seeking confidence vote by the chief minister, in protest over...
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Musharraf, Arsala discuss regional situation
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The visiting Vice President of Afghanistan, Hedayat Amin Arsala, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Tuesday and discussed with him regional situation and enhanced cooperation, particularly...
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Four killed in Indian troops’ shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 17: Four people, including three members of the family, were killed and two others wounded when Indian troops targeted a southern town of Azad Jammu and Kashmir with mortars...
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Former minister convicted
QUETTA, Dec 17: The Accountability Court, Quetta, headed by special Judge Mohammad Anwar Kasi, convicted former Minister Bismillah Khan Kakar in a corruption case and awarded him one year rigorous imprisonment...
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MMA won’t back Jamali during trust vote: Fazl
PESHAWAR, Dec 17: The supreme council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, which met here on Tuesday, decided not to support Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali at the time of the vote of confidence...
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Denmark writes off $18.4m debt
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The Kingdom of Denmark has written off the total outstanding debt amounting to $18.4 million....
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Saifullah elected unopposed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Salim Saifullah Khan was elected unopposed as secretary-general of the PML-Q on Tuesday, because no other party candidate had filed nomination papers to contest for the office against...
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Palestinian killed near Egypt border
AL QUDS, Dec 17: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man who approached an army post near the Egyptian border and rounded up more than a dozen militants in the West...
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