Package handed over to MMA: Uniform issue ‘almost settled’: Rashid
 ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The federal cabinet on Friday approved a constitutional amendment package which was handed over to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal with the hope that the controversy on the Legal Framework...
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MMA council’s crucial session on 23rd
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: MMA president Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani announced convening of the supreme council meeting of the alliance on Sept 23 to discuss the proposed draft amendment package delivered to...
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‘No shift in president’s stand’
LAHORE, Sept 19: There is no shift in President Musharraf’s stand on setting a date for quitting the office of the army chief, sources close to the general told Dawn on...
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Advani exonerated of charge in Babri case: Joshi tenders resignation
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: A special court on Friday ordered the trial of rightwing Hindu politicians accused of having a hand in the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, but...
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Opposition comes under fire for staging walkouts
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Treasury members in the Senate on Friday criticized the opposition for not participating in the proceedings of the house and asked the chairman to take action against them....
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US to keep balance of power in S. Asia
WASHINGTON, Sept 19: The United States has agreed to consider Pakistan’s request to maintain the conventional balance of power in South Asia, says a joint statement issued on Friday....
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Snow praises efforts to curb terrorism funding
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: US Treasury Secretary John Snow on Friday praised Pakistan’s efforts to curb the channelling of funds to terrorists, highlighting new laws for traditional money transfer networks once favoured...
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Hurricane claims 17 lives
WASHINGTON, Sept 19: Hurricane Isabel killed 17 people as it thrashed across the eastern seaboard of the United States from North Carolina and headed north to New Jersey, officials said on...
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Fresh ambush leaves three US soldiers dead
BAGHDAD, Sept 19: US soldiers rounded up 55 people around Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit on Friday on suspicion of participating in an ambush that left three American soldiers dead and...
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NA, Senate resound with protests
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Both houses of parliament resounded with noisy protests staged by opposition parties on Friday while anxiously awaiting a promised government package to resolve a constitutional crisis over sweeping...
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Seven killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Sept 19: Four freedom fighters and three Muslim civilians were killed in Kashmir on Friday as the provincial leader ordered a probe into an alleged custodial killing that sparked protests,...
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Saddam’s defence minister surrenders
 MOSUL (Iraq), Sept 19: Former Iraqi defence minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad on Friday surrendered to US forces after weeks of negotiations brokered by a Kurdish party....
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Kawish Plaza bombed again
KARACHI, Sept 19: A powerful bomb went off at the 10th floor of a multi-storey building situated on Sharea Faisal on Friday night. However, no casualty was reported....
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UN tells Israel to drop threats against Arafat
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19: The UN General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on Israel to drop its threat to “remove” Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat....
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Washington imposes sanctions on Beijing
WASHINGTON, Sept 19: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the China and a Chinese firm for allegedly selling advanced missile technology to an unnamed country, the State Department said....
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Blair suffers blow in byelection
LONDON, Sept 19: British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered a painful mid-term blow at the polls this week when a stronghold of his Labour Party fell to the Liberal Democrats in...
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