Musharraf seeks trust vote today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The two houses of parliament and the four provincial assemblies will meet on Thursday to give what seems to be a sure vote of confidence to President Pervez Musharraf to affirm his incumbency.
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ARD not to take part in voting
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is likely to create rumpus in the National Assembly and the Senate on Thursday before boycotting the process of the vote of confidence for President Gen Pervez Musharraf
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President assents 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday accorded his assent to the 17th constitutional amendment bill which was passed by the National Assembly and the Senate by more than the required two-thirds majority. After the presidential nod, the bill has become a part of the Constitution.
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New Chief Justice takes oath: 10 judges retire
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui took oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan on Wednesday. Soon after President Pervez Musharraf's assent to the Constitutional (Seventeenth Amendment) Bill early on Wednesday
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Senate session today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned the Senate to meet here on Thursday, Jan 1, at 11.00am. -APP
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Airlinks revive today
KARACHI, Dec 31: The first PIA flight PK-270 will leave for New Delhi on Thursday, restoring airlinks suspended between the two countries for nearly two years.
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Terrorism & free trade top agenda: Saarc secretaries meet
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Deliberations on the draft of an Additional Protocol to the 1987 Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, South Asia Free Trade Agreement framework treaty
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Islamabad airport to stay closed
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Islamabad airport will remain closed on Saturday, between 6am to 11pm for normal flights, to facilitate the arrival of VVIP flights in connection with the Saarc Summit.
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NFC moot on 18th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Third meeting of the reconstituted National Finance Commission (NFC), which was scheduled to be held in Islamabad on January 2, will now be held here on January 18-19, it was officially announced here on Wednesday. -APP
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Petroleum prices unchanged
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee has kept the prices of all petroleum products unchanged.
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Powell asks Indian FM to be positive
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday called Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha to offer a pep talk on relations with Pakistan, before the Saarc summit.
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Yasin Malik wants 'bold move' on Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Dec 31: A top Kashmir leader appealed to the leaders of India and Pakistan on Wednesday to make a "bold move" to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
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Qutub Minar to reopen after 23 years
NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The 12th century Qutub Minar in New Delhi, said to be the highest tower in the world, will soon be open to visitors after 23 years, Tourism Minister Jagmohan said in a report on Wednesday.
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Five killed in Baghdad suicide bombing: 5 dead in Kirkuk violence
BAGHDAD, Dec 31: A suspected suicide bombing devastated a Baghdad restaurant crowded with New Year revellers on Wednesday, killing at least five people, Iraqi police said.
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America admits policy errors
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has admitted foreign policy mistakes and sought to assure the outside world that despite the US invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration's approach "is not defined by pre-emption".
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US general to head military tribunals
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday named a retired general to supervise military tribunals that are expected to try prisoners held at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, the Pentagon announced.
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Israeli troops beat Swedish MP
BUDRUS, Dec 31: A Swedish MP said he was beaten with batons during his arrest here on Wednesday as Israeli troops used teargas and rubber bullets to break up a protest against the West Bank separation barrier.
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Seizure of N-parts led to Libya's decision: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: The United States on Wednesday said it had led an operation to seize uranium enrichment components from a German freighter headed for Libya that may have sealed Tripoli's decision to publicly renounce weapons of mass destruction this month.
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