NA okays 17th Amendment: ARD, allies boycott vote
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The National Assembly on Monday passed the 17th constitutional amendment bill with more than a two-thirds majority in a move to effectively legitimize President Pervez Musharraf’s...
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President rules out rollback of N-programme
RAWALPINDI, Dec 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan was fully safeguarding its national interests, asserting that nobody was asking the country to roll back its nuclear programme or...
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AKF buys HBL for Rs22.409bn
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The government sold country’s second largest commercial bank — Habib Bank Limited — on Monday to Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) for Rs22.409 billion....
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Vajpayee to meet Jamali: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: A bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari will take place during the latter’s visit to Islamabad in connection with the...
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Greater role for Islam in Afghan draft law approved
KABUL, Dec 29: The Constitutional Loya Jirga approved on Monday certain amendments to the draft constitution that would strengthen the role of Islam amid allegations by some delegates that cabinet ministers...
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149 MPAs assure president of support: Sindh, Balochistan PAs
RAWALPINDI, Dec 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf was assured by 149 out of 233 members of Sindh and Balochistan provincial assemblies that they would give him vote of confidence....
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ANP won’t vote for Musharraf
PESHAWAR, Dec 29: The Awami National Party (ANP) has decided that it will not vote for President Pervez Musharraf who is set to seek vote of confidence from the parliament and...
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Senate begins debate on amendment bill
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Bill was greeted with more brickbats and less flowers as it was introduced in the Senate for a general debate on Monday hours after...
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ARD to Discuss strategy today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: A meeting of the heads of component parties of the ARD will be held here on Tuesday to review the current political situation after passage of the 17th...
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FO rejects report on 2 ex-PMs
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The government on Monday dismissed a newspaper report that the UN nuclear agency wanted to grill two former prime ministers about the leaking of nuclear information to Iran....
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Two Pakistanis held in Kabul
KABUL, Dec 29: Authorities in Kabul on Monday claimed to have arrested two Pakistanis along with an Afghan national on terrorism charge....
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Regional ally quits India’s ruling coalition
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: A four-member regional party decided on Monday to pull out of India’s ruling coalition to protest the continued imprisonment of one of its leaders. But the move...
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