Opposition challenged to launch campaign: LFO a non-issue: Jamali
ISLAMABAD Nov 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafraullah Khan Jamali on Monday said the opposition was “welcome” to launch a public protest campaign on the LFO issue any time it wanted....
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5,000 troops pour into Makkah: US sees Al Qaeda behind bombing
 RIYADH, Nov 10: At least 5,000 security troops have been deployed in Makkah to protect pilgrims during Ramazan, a security source said on Monday, as Saudi Arabia vowed to capture the...
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Islamabad won’t enter arms race: Rashid in Delhi to attend Saarc moot
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: India has ruled out a bilateral call on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee proposed by Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed who said on Monday that he was...
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Indian arms build-up a real threat: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed President General Pervez Musharraf’s statement last week that “we can’t sit idly by as India presses ahead with its aggressive and ambitious military build-up,...
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Iran agrees to tougher nuclear inspections
 VIENNA, Nov 10: Iran handed on Monday the UN nuclear watchdog a letter agreeing to tougher inspections of its nuclear programme and informed the agency it was suspending the enrichment of...
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NA completes year amid protests
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The National Assembly on Monday completed a mandatory calendar of a largely wasted but a historic shouting parliamentary year amid continuing opposition protests against presidential powers and the...
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Opposition to requisition NA, Senate sessions: Struggle against military rule to continue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The combined opposition on Monday night announced that it will continue its joint struggle against the military rule and requisition the National Assembly and Senate sessions soon....
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US court to hear pleas of Guantanamo prisoners
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: The US supreme court said on Monday it would decide appeals by Afghan war detainees challenging their incarceration at a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the...
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Provinces directed to revamp revenue administration
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed all the four provinces to restructure their tax and duties administration besides calling for bringing down establishment costs and civil...
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Tehran guilty of N-failures: UN
VIENNA, Nov 10: The UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report on Monday that Iran had repeatedly failed to meet its nuclear obligations under a global treaty against nuclear proliferation,...
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Lankan govt seeks polls as talks put off
COLOMBO, Nov 10: Sri Lanka’s government on Monday called for snap polls to resolve a political crisis that has led to the indefinite postponement of talks to end two decades of...
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FIR against Hashmi presented in court
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The government on Monday produced for the first time a copy of the FIR and the remand orders in the case of Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy...
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Kanupp to go operational from January
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant will become operational from January next year after indigenous renovation and replacement work is completed, said Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) chairman Engineer Pervez...
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Nine hurt in three Quetta explosions
QUETTA, Nov 10: At least seven policemen an two newsmen were wounded, four of them seriously, as three bombs exploded in the Satellite Town area on Monday night....
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‘No control over seven districts in Zabul’
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Nov 10: US forces have launched a fresh operation against anti-coalition forces in northeastern Afghanistan while the deputy governor of a southeastern province conceded that Afghan authorities...
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$500 million Eurobonds to be launched
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan is expected to appoint a consortium latest by Nov 13 to act as lead manager to float $500 million worth of Eurobonds in the international market, Dawn...
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US troops clash with Kurds
ANKARA, Nov 10: US troops and local Kurdish fighters on Sunday clashed with Turkish Kurd rebels hiding in northern Iraq, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday....
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Kabul seeks ‘meaningful’assistance
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Afghanistan’s foreign minister on Monday called for “meaningful” help from Pakistan in snaring Al Qaeda and Taliban elements....
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