Senate polls to be held on Feb 4
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government on Tuesday announced that Senate elections for the provinces will be held on Feb 4 and for Fata and Islamabad on Feb 8, a week before...
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Law banning defection takes effect
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The immunity to defect from the party on whose ticket the MNAs and MPAs were elected ended on Dec 31, beginning a new phase of litigation in which...
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Pakistan joins UNSC today
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 31: Pakistan would join the ranks of powerful 15-member United Nations Security Council on Wednesday (Jan 1) at a most critical juncture when it is to determine whether...
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Prices of POL products raised
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has increased the prices of petroleum products by Rs 1.36 to Rs 1.48 per litre....
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Shujaat elected PML-Q president
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) on Tuesday unanimously elected Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as acting president and Salim Saifullah Khan as acting...
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Khwajas are involved in anti-state activities: AG
LAHORE, Dec 31: The federal government on Tuesday furnished the interior ministry’s orders before the Lahore High Court saying Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his four family members had been detained...
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US tightens passenger rules from today
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) said on Tuesday it would require from Wednesday all commercial airlines to submit detailed passenger...
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Year ends with clipped gains on KSE
KARACHI, Dec 31: Stocks closed the last session of the eventful year with clipped gains here as the early buying euphoria aided by vote of confidence for the prime minister turned...
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US bombs Madressah near border
BAGRAM, Dec 31: A US warplane bombed an abandoned religious school in the Pakistani territory after a gunbattle between the US and Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan officials...
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Abdullah, Jamali discuss Iraq, ME
RIYADH, Dec 31: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali called on King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and the Deputy Premier and Head of National Guard, Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz....
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PML-N expels 2 MNAs
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Pakistan Muslim League-N on Tuesday expelled two of its members who cast their votes in favour of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali in violation of the party...
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Vajpayee asks Pakistan to forget Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Dec 31: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee accused Pakistan on Tuesday of fomenting communalism in his country and told Islamabad to forget any idea of coveting Kashmir which...
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One killed as train derails
SARGODHA, Dec 31: One peron was killed and three injured when Karachi-bound Chenab Express hit a truck at an unmanned level-crossing, some 40km from here on Tuesday....
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PPP delays action against deserters
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The parliamentary party of People’s Party Parliamentarians on Tuesday decided to defer legal action against the party deserters till the Senate elections....
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