SC allows losers to contest Senate polls: Article 8AA declared discriminatory
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: A Supreme Court bench on Monday declared the law which had prohibited defeated politicians from contesting Senate elections as discriminatory and violative of Article 25 of the Constitution....
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Nato splits over security plan for Turkey
BRUSSELS, Feb 10: France and Belgium on Tuesday again opposed calls for Nato to start contingency military planning for Turkey in case of an invasion of Iraq, plunging the 19-member alliance...
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Reconstitution of NFC after Eid
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Prime minister’s adviser on finance, Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that the National Finance Commission would be reconstituted after Eid in consultation with all the four provinces....
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Iraq allows spy plane flights
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Feb 10: Iraq has informed the UN weapons inspectors that it will unconditionally accept flights by American U2 surveillance planes over its territory, Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations...
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Muslims urged to unite
 ARAFAT, Feb 10: Saudi Arabia’s senior religious official on Monday asked more than two million Haj pilgrims to be united in their defence against the enemies of Islam....
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NAB readies plan to root out causes of corruption
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday launched a programme to broaden its network and to ensure elimination of not only corruption but causes of corruption from all...
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Power tariff to be fixed for five years
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The government has decided to introduce a new mechanism for all power distribution companies (DISCOs) of Wapda under which tariff would be fixed for five years on the...
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Increase in tension a BJP poll ploy: FM
LAHORE, Feb 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Monday that extremist elements in India were trying to increase tension with Pakistan to be able to win elections in various...
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Pakistan to buy textile machinery from Russia
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Pakistan has decided to buy textile machinery from Russia by competing with other countries, including India, according to the prime minister’s adviser on finance Shaukat Aziz....
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New Delhi allegations shameful, says Jilani
 LAHORE, Feb 10: Pakistan’s acting high commissioner to India, Jaleel Abbas Jilani, has termed Indian allegations against him and four other officials shameful and baseless, saying these were aimed at winning...
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Japan resumes loans to Pakistan
TOKYO, Feb 10: Japan said on Monday it had agreed to provide a 26-million-dollar loan to Pakistan, the first fresh lending since Tokyo lifted its sanctions in 2001....
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Essential staff still in Iraq: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Pakistan on Monday denied that it had decided to withdraw its diplomatic staff from Baghdad because of a threat of war on Iraq....
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Sri Lanka beat NZ
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Feb 10: Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya finally achieved one of the few major milestones to have eluded him when he scored his first World Cup century on...
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BD rejects India comments
DHAKA, Feb 10: Bangladesh on Monday rejected comments from Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that its territory was being used as a base for Pakistan’s intelligence service....
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