Bill to be brought in accord with deal: MMA, govt reach agreement
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The MMA on Saturday reached another agreement with the government legal experts under which the 17th constitutional amendment bill, tabled in the National Assembly on Friday, would not...
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Pakistan unfolds Saarc summit programme
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Three comprehensive reports on poverty alleviation will be submitted to the 12th Saarc summit for approval, announced Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar on Saturday while briefing the media on...
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Rescue teams fail to reach affected areas: Iran fears death toll will shoot up
BAM, Dec 27: The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Iran rose into the tens of thousands on Saturday as the international community mobilized a major relief operation....
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Benazir violated rules: Leghari
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Former president and chief of Millat Party Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari faced severe criticism, both from his past friends and past arch rivals in the National Assembly...
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Four Bulgarian, two Thai troops killed: Iraqi guerillas’ suicide, mortar attacks
KARBALA, Dec 27: Iraqi guerillas killed six soldiers of the occupation forces and seven Iraqis and wounded 129 people in a suicide car bomb, machinegun and mortar fire rampage in Karbala...
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Loya Jirga votes on constitution today
KABUL, Dec 27: Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga delegates were on Saturday wrangling over the draft constitution after President Hamid Karzai insisted on a strong presidency to prevent a slide back into conflict....
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American troops kill four Taliban
KABUL, Dec 27: US troops on Saturday killed four Taliban following a deadly ambush on an Afghan intelligence official in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said....
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US vows to work with Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: The White House on Saturday described President Pervez Musharraf as “a strong partner” in the war against terrorism and vowed to continue to work with him....
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‘Bomber may have links with Al Jihad’
RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: One of the suicide bombers, who attacked the president’s convoy on Thursday, is suspected of having links with a militant organization, Al Jihad, security sources said here on...
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Vajpayee’s schedule unchanged
NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will visit Pakistan to attend the Jan 4-6 South Asian summit despite an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf, the government...
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Six die in Pindi blast
RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Six people were killed and at least 10 others sustained severe injuries when a truck carrying firecrackers exploded on the premises of a flour mills in Ganjmandi here...
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Clinton denies mediation
NEW YORK, Dec 27: Former US president Bill Clinton has denied that he is mediating between India and Pakistan on Kashmir....
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Bombers to be arrested soon: govt
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Investigators probing the suicide bomb attack on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Dec 25 are expected to make arrests soon, the federal information minister said on Saturday....
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Objections removed, says Qazi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: MMA Acting President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said objections raised by MMA on the constitutional package have been removed by the government....
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