Govt flexible on LFO: President
ISLAMABAD, July 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he was ready to show flexibility with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on issues concerning the Legal Framework Order (LFO), including his...
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32 buried amid tight security: Death toll rises to 53, tense calm in Quetta
 QUETTA, July 5: Amid tight security, 32 victims of Friday’s bombing and firing at the Hazara Imambargah were laid to rest in the Marriabad graveyard here on Saturday in the presence...
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ARD decides on a PNA-like drive
LAHORE, July 5: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy decided here on Saturday to step up its struggle against the present system and deny the army a share in power...
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2 women blow up 18 in Moscow
MOSCOW, July 5: Two suicide bombers, both women, blew themselves up at a Moscow rock festival on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring around 50 others, in a chilling...
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Seven Iraqi recruits killed in blast
BAGHDAD, July 5: Seven US-trained Iraqi police recruits were killed and 40 wounded in a blast on Saturday, a day after a tape purporting to be of former Iraqi president Saddam...
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Fresh polls in 2004, predicts Zardari
KARACHI, July 5: Asif Ali Zardari, interned husband of former premier Benazir Bhutto, predicted on Friday that a fresh general election would be held next year....
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Babri site’s new plan to be taken up today
NEW DELHI, July 5: India’s main Muslim body will on Sunday discuss a Hindu seer’s proposals to solve an explosive religious dispute over the ruins of Ayodhya’s Babri mosque....
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Six of outlawed group arrested
LAHORE, July 5: Six people of a banned militant group, including one with a head money, were reportedly arrested from Ghaziabad on Saturday....
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15 suspects taken into custody
QUETTA, July 5: The police and personnel from other law enforcement agencies took 15 suspects into custody during search operations in different localities of the city on Sunday....
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Musharraf vows stern action
ISLAMABAD, July 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said he was pained at the Quetta incident, and requested the Hazara community to show utmost restraint. He said it was the...
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Journalist Shabir Shah passes away
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Veteran journalist and former bureau chief of The Pakistan Times, Islamabad, Syed Shabir Hussain Shah died here on Saturday following an illness at the age of 85....
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Eight die in Afghan factional fighting
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, July 5: Eight people have been killed in the latest clashes between factions in northern Afghanistan where British forces are heading this month to help the government tackle lawlessness....
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Priest shot dead
OKARA, July 5: Half a dozen assailants early Saturday shot dead a 39-year-old Roman Catholic priest in his home here....
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6 of a family drown
SARAIALAMGIR, July 5: Six members of a family were killed and two wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into Upper Jhelum Canal near Pul Qasba, some six kilometres...
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UN wants Iran to sign new treaty
ROME, July 5: Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s nuclear agency, said on Saturday Iran should sign up to new treaty obligations allowing tougher inspections to make its nuclear programme...
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Kabul to send team to border
KABUL, July 5: Afghanistan will send a high-level delegation to its eastern border on Sunday to investigate alleged border violations by Pakistani soldiers, the government said in a statement on Saturday....
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