Speaker survives no-trust move: Motion against deputy speaker soon
 ISLAMABAD, June 28: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Saturday survived the opposition’s no-trust move as no vote was cast in a stormy lower house session that provoked a similar...
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Opposition to be invited for talks: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday said he would invite heads of the opposition parties for talks on the LFO issue, but on the premise that...
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US promises to help resolve disputes
WASHINGTON, June 28: The United States will stay engaged in South Asia to resolve long-standing differences between India and Pakistan, a senior US official said on Saturday....
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Shahbaz’s family escapes hunt
LAHORE, June 28: The authorities on Saturday evening arrested Hamza Shahbaz and Ilyas Meraj, elder son and brother-in-law, respectively, of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, after the wife and two daughters of...
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Iran negotiating Al Qaeda leaders’ extradition: envoys
TEHRAN, June 28: Iran has been locked in highly secretive and complex extradition talks with Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over detainees it holds who are widely believed to be top...
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Shahbaz blasts govt’s move
NEW YORK, June 28: Pakistan Muslim League (N) president Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday condemned the reported move by the Pakistani authorities to deport his wife and children from Lahore....
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We are ready for talks with India: President
LOS ANGELES, June 28: President Pervez Musharraf has asserted that Pakistan is maintaining “absolutely” no conventional or non- conventional relationship with North Korea and is ready to enter into an open...
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Muslim states’ backing to be sought: Kasuri: Sending troops to Iraq
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Both US and Britain have asked Pakistan to send two brigades of troops for peace-keeping in Iraq, but Islamabad would like to send these troops under the umbrella...
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Shahbaz’s family has overstayed, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Saturday said the family of Shahbaz Sharif was being sent back to Saudi Arabia because they had “overstayed” in Pakistan....
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Deputy speaker accused of bias
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The combined opposition in the National Assembly, accusing Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqub of bias and violation of rules of business, has announced it will file a no-trust...
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14 killed as army camp attacked in Valley
SUNJJAWAN, June 28: Two Mujahideen stormed an Indian army camp in occupied Kashmir on Saturday, killing 12 soldiers before being shot dead, the army said....
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Palestinians to announce truce shortly
CAIRO, June 28: Palestinian militant factions will announce their three-month ceasefire in anti-Israeli attacks on Monday at the latest, an Arab League source said....
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10 killed as van falls into ravine
PESHAWAR, June 28: Ten people were killed and 13 others injured when a passenger van fell into a deep ravine at Dand area in Mohmand Agency on Saturday....
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Rice meets Abbas
JERICHO, June 28: US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice held talks here on Saturday evening with Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, as she launched a crucial visit aimed at pushing along...
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