Jamali wins vote of confidence: 188 members back resolution
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday easily won the mandatory vote of confidence in the National Assembly after making more inroads in opposition, which accused him...
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Pakistan seeks $1bn Saudi oil grant
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan is seeking around a billion-dollar grant from Saudi Arabia in the form of oil supplies on deferred payment until June 2004, a senior government official told Dawn....
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Warning forced India to pull back troops, says President
KARACHI, Dec 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that the Indian government had started pulling back its troops due to his various covert messages to the Indian Prime Minister,...
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3 Palestinians shot dead
 TEL AVIV, Dec 30: Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians on Monday, including a man trying to enter Israel from the Gaza Strip, military sources said....
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Saudi Arabia’s refusal to strain ties, says US
 WASHINGTON, Dec 30: Senator Joseph Lieberman said on Monday that he had warned Saudi Arabian leaders that a failure to support US military action in Iraq would further strain US-Saudi relations....
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Qazi to quit NA seat if LFO accepted
ISLAMABAD Dec 30: The vice-president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, on Monday threatened to quit as a member of the National Assembly, if the Legal Framework Order was made...
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SBP warns against populist policies
KARACHI, Dec 30: The State Bank wants the elected government to implement the next phase of reforms instead of replacing the earlier reforms with populist policies....
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N. Korea threatens to pull out of NPT
SEOUL, Dec 30: North Korea has hinted that it could pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as Washington said it had no plans for a military strike to resolve...
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Three US doctors shot dead
 SANAA, Dec 30: A Yemeni shot dead three American doctors and critically wounded a US pharmacist on Monday at a missionary hospital in the south of the country....
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PM wants task-oriented parliament
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday denied that horse-trading was being done to woo opposition parliamentarians and pledged to run the country’s affairs in consultations with...
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Government to complete term, says Musharraf
KARACHI, Dec 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here that the government of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will complete its five-year term....
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Indian visa curbs unfortunate: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed that the command and control structure of its nuclear programme was in safe hands and that its nuclear safety standards were impeccable....
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Opposition sees hidden hand
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The opposition parties on Monday alleged that certain “supra-parliamentary forces” also played an active role in luring or coercing party members to change their loyalties and vote for...
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8 Mujahideen killed in gunbattles
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: New Delhi claimed its forces had killed eight Mujahideen in gunbattles on Monday and Sunday night....
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FBI is not involved in raids: Faisal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Monday reiterated previous government’s claim that the FBI operatives were not involved in hunting Al Qaeda supporters....
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Islamabad-Washington relations on a slippery slope: SITUATIONER
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: In the year 2002, Pakistan’s image in the United States went through a drastic change. When the year began, Pakistan was one of America’s closest allies in the...
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Hizb flays killing of policemen
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: The Hizbul Mujahideen on Monday warned against killing local policemen in occupied Kashmir, as it would cause “unbearable loss” to the public....
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Some levies on POL to go: minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Chaudhry Nauroz Shakoor Khan said on Monday that the government would review petroleum prices and all unnecessary levies on petroleum products...
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MMA expels MNA for backing Jamali
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir and parliamentary party leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in the National Assembly Qazi Hussain Ahmed has expelled an MMA MNA for supporting Prime Minister Mir...
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PM leaves for Saudi Arabia
KARACHI, Dec 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali left here for Jeddah on a five-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after a brief stopover at the Karachi Airport...
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