Centre to act against NWFP in 24 hours: Jamali to announce action
 ISLAMABAD, June 2: The federal government will take an “administrative action” to tackle situation in the NWFP, and an announcement in this...
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Frontier PA adopts Shariat Bill
PESHAWAR, June 2: The NWFP Assembly has unanimously adopted the North-West Frontier Province Shariat Bill, 2003, here on Monday.The Nifaz-i-Shariat Council, comprising Ulema of all schools of thought, has penned the religious law....
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Nationalist politics today’s centrepiece—Mumtaz
KARACHI, June 2: Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Bhutto has said that nationalist politics is in the ascendancy and nationalism that wanted to change the existing system is the “centrepiece of...
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Army, FC called out in Gilgit
GILGIT, June 2: Heavy contingents of the army and Frontier Constabulary (FC) have been deployed in Gilgit city at the request of the Northern Areas admnistration on Monday....
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MMA won’t soften stand on LFO
LAHORE, June 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal declared here on Monday that it would not soften its stand on the Legal Framework Order even after the acceptance of its demands concerning Islamization,...
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Summit meeting to be between PMs, says FO
ISLAMABAD, June 2: Pakistan says that whenever summit-level talks take place with India, these would be held between the prime ministers of the two countries....
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Foreigners held in US face harsh conditions
WASHINGTON, June 2: Foreigners detained as part of the investigation into the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were held too long without being charged and subjected to “unduly...
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Minister defends Frontier govt
PESHAWAR, June 2: NWFP’s minister for local government, Sardar Muhammad Idrees has defended the steps taken by the provincial government against district Nazims in the province....
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Government to resist opposition pressure
ISLAMABAD, June 2: A high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali decided on Monday that the government would not come under any blackmailing of the...
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Government decides to remove CS, IGP
ISLAMABAD, June 2: A high-level meeting decided here on Monday to remove NWFP chief secretary and Inspector General of Police to improve the law and order situation there....
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Khwajas released from jail
LAHORE, June 2: The Kot Lakhpat Jail authorities on Monday night released Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja following the lapse of over 48 hours when the federal review...
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G8 warns N. Korea, Iran on nuclear weapons
 EVIAN (FRance), June 2: The world’s eight leading industrial nations insisted on Monday that their ailing economies were ready to...
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Internet users turn to proxy servers
KARACHI, June 2: Internet users in Pakistan are increasingly turning to proxy servers, thousands of which are available on the world wide web, to access websites which have been banned and...
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Federation to check NWFP moves
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The federal government would give more administrative powers to the NWFP governor to check Talibanization of the Frontier province, official sources told Dawn....
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Russia allows headscarves for ID papers
MOSCOW, June 2: Russia is to allow women to wear a headscarf for religious reasons in identity photographs following a Supreme Court ruling last month that overturned a previous ban, media...
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ADB offers $200m for Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $200 million for the construction of Kalat-Quetta and Quetta-Chaman roads linking Balochistan province with Central Asian...
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India tests short-range missile
NEW DELHI, June 2: India test-fired a short-range, surface-to-air missile on Monday, its third in five days, a defence ministry spokesman said....
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Iran rejects pressure over NPT, more IAEA inspections
TEHRAN, June 2: Iran on Monday rejected mounting international calls for it to sign an additional protocol of the Non-Proliferation...
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