Musharraf wins vote of confidence
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf won a vote of confidence from a parliamentary electoral college on Thursday and was declared elected in a process disputed by his political opponents.
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Opposition boycotts trust vote
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Opposition parties in the National Assembly and Senate on Thursday boycotted proceedings of the vote of confidence for President Gen Pervez Musharraf and staged a walkout from both Houses
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President won't dismiss govt, hopes PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali expressed the hope on Thursday that President Pervez Musharraf would not use his discretionary powers to dissolve the National Assembly under article 58(2)(b), now a part of the Constitution.
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PPP expels 3 MPAs
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The People's Party Parliamentarians on Thursday expelled two of its members in the Sindh Assembly and one in the Punjab Assembly for voting in favour of President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday.
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Benazir lauds ARD
LAHORE, Jan 1: People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has lauded the parliamentarians who did not vote for Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday.
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Profit on savings schemes reduced: HBL's sale okayed - Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The annual rate of return on national saving schemes is reduced by half a per cent with immediate effect, says Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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'N. Koreans visited Pakistan'
TOKYO, Jan 1: North Korea, involved in a crisis over its nuclear weapons programme, sent three engineers to Pakistan in 1999 to study uranium enrichment technology, a leading Japanese newspaper claimed on Thursday.
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Airlinks with India restored
LAHORE, Jan 1: The airlinks between Pakistan and India resumed after a break of two years when a PIA flight (PK-270) carried 42 passengers to New Delhi from Lahore on Thursday afternoon.
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Consensus on vital Saarc agenda issues: Progress made on Safta
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Foreign Secretaries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on Thursday conluded the 29th session of the standing committee
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Shaukat to play host to Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan on Thursday replaced Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad as host to the Indian prime minister and appointed Shaukat Aziz as minister-in-waiting.
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Peace common desire in India, says Vajpayee: Sustained response from Pakistan sought
NEW DELHI, Jan 1: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said that the entire spectrum of mainstream political opinion in India is for peace, cooperation and friendship with Pakistan.
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Lists of N-facilities exchanged
ISLAMABD, Jan 1: Pakistan and India on Thursday exchanged revised lists of nuclear facilities and installations under a bilateral agreement, for the 13th year in succession.
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Sinha calls for making ceasefire permanent
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha arrived here on Thursday to participate in preparatory work for the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc), officials said.
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Kashmiris urge opening of road to Pakistan
SRINAGAR, Jan 1: Thousands of people gathered at a rally in Srinagar on Thursday urging Pakistan and India to open a key highway that links the capitals of Azad Kashmir and the occupiedstate.
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One killed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Jan 1: A suspected militant was killed when a bomb he was carrying on a cycle exploded here on Thursday, police said. Seven civilians were also wounded in the powerful blast on a road near Rainawari, a residential area in Srinagar.
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Delhi to test new missile
NEW DELHI, Jan 1: India will test its longer-range Agni ballistic missile in the next few months, newspapers reported on Thursday.
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US troops kill 14 Taliban
KABUL, Jan 1: US-led coalition troops killed 14 Taliban suspects in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Paktika, while three of their soldiers were wounded during the armed clashes, authorities said on Thursday.
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American found dead in Muscat
MUSCAT, Jan 1: Omani police said on Thursday they were investigating the death of a United States citizen whose body was found in Muscat, the official ONA news agency reported.
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