NA set to pass 17th constitution amendment bill: Final voting today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The National Assembly appeared set on Sunday night to pass the government’s constitution amendment bill by more than the required two-thirds majority in a landmark deal by the...
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No shift in Kashmir policy, says Jamali
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has allayed fears of any shift in Kashmir policy and assured that Pakistan will continue to seek a peaceful solution to the...
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Accord on terror to top agenda: Saarc standing committee meetings
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: A review of the Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism will be one of the key ...
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Vote of confidence on Jan 1
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: President Pervez Musharraf will start his New Year by seeking a confidence vote from his electoral college on Jan 1, three days ahead of the Saarc summit during...
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MMA no more part of opposition: ARD: Friendly members turn hostile
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The ARD members taking part in the debate on the 17th Amendment Bill in the National Assembly on Sunday, lashed out at the MMA for “compromising” on the...
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‘Secret agencies had cleared bomber’: Attempt on Musharraf’s life
PESHAWAR, Dec 28: One of the two suicide bombers, who attacked President Gen Musharraf’s convoy in Rawalpindi last Thursday, had been cleared of involvement in anti-state activities by security...
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Opposition stages walkout
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Sunday staged a walkout to protest against what they called the speaker’s continued “indifference” towards its demand that the detained...
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Inspection of Libyan nuclear sites begins
TRIPOLI, Dec 28: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday inspected four previously unvisited Libyan nuclear sites in Tripoli, IAEA spokesman Mark Gwozdecky announced....
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Iran death toll may exceed 30,000
BAM, Dec 28: The death toll from the earthquake which struck the Bam region of southeast Iran could rise to more than 30,000, the provincial governorate said on Sunday....
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Six killed in Kabul suicide bomb blast
KABUL, Dec 28: Five security personnel were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up minutes after being arrested near the Kabul International Airport on Sunday, said an official....
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Three killed in Baghdad explosion
BAGHDAD, Dec 28: Two Iraqi children were killed, along with a US soldier, in a bomb blast in Baghdad on Sunday morning that also left five soldiers, one Iraqi interpreter and...
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Kashmiri leader released
SRINAGAR, Dec 28: Three people were killed in occupied Kashmir violence, where a prominent freedom struggle leader was freed on Sunday after a 14-year detention, police said....
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Saudi Arabia denies arrests of suicide pilots
RIYADH, Dec 28: A Saudi security source denied the report of Britain’s newspaper Mail on Sunday which reported quoting a British MP that Saudi authorities have arrested two suicide pilots who...
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3 kidnapped European tourists freed in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 28: An Irish and two German tourists kidnapped in southeastern Iran earlier this month have been released and are in good health, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said on Sunday....
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