Uproar, walkout in NA as rivals trade insults: Opposition fears assembly dissolution
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Rivals traded insults but held back from a possible scuffle as opposition members walked out of the National Assembly on Friday to press ahead with their protest campaign...
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Opposition sets terms for smooth business
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Friday offered cooperation in running the lower house proceedings smoothly on the condition the government pronounced on the floor of...
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Pakistan seeks early return of peace to Iraq: Jamali
MAKKAH, Aug 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday said Pakistan was desirous of seeing peace and normalcy returning to Iraq at the earliest....
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Kabul told to share intelligence on Taliban
KABUL, Aug 22: Pakistan on Friday called on Kabul to share intelligence to help thwart the Talibans’ stepped-up insurgency in Afghanistan....
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Country may face wheat crisis early next year
LAHORE, Aug 22: The country may be heading towards a wheat crisis as Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP are likely to face a shortage of the staple commodity by the beginning...
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Tehran not being helped in nuclear plan: embassy
WASHINGTON, Aug 22: Pakistan remains committed to nonproliferation and has not provided any assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme, the Pakistan embassy said on Friday....
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Pakistan ready to allow overflights: Indian charge about talks dismissed
ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, Aug 22: Pakistan said on Friday it was ready to discuss reopening its airspace to commercial overflights from India but dismissed Indian assertions it was dragging its feet on resumption...
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Six killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Aug 22: Five militants and a woman were killed in occupied Kashmir on Friday and an anti-India hardline group warned of fresh attacks to avenge the killings of four relatives...
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100,000 at Shanab’s funeral; three killed
 GAZA CITY, Aug 22: Some 100,000 enraged Palestinians packed the streets of Gaza City on Friday for the funeral of a militant leader slain by Israeli rocketfire, the largest procession since...
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Tenuous link between ship’s parts snaps: Major spill starts again
 KARACHI, Aug 22: The two parts into which the grounded Greek tanker Tasman Spirit had broken finally drifted apart on Friday, spilling more oil into the sea....
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UN chief says new resolution on Iraq difficult
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday it would be “very difficult” to reach a new resolution on sending troops to Iraq unless US-led coalition forces were...
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Hamas leaders’ assets frozen
BURBANK, Aug 22: US President George W. Bush on Friday announced a freeze on the assets of six leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and five organizations accused of financially...
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SGS, govt in out-of-court negotiations
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Justice (Retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, arbitrator appointed to settle the dispute between the government of Pakistan and Swiss company, SGS, was informed on Friday that parties were holding...
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Islamic Jihad, Hamas vow all-out war
GAZA CITY, Aug 22: The hardline Palestinian groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas on Friday formally ended their seven-week-old truce amid vows of all-out war after the death of a leading militant...
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