LB elections on joint electorate basis proposed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Irshad Hassan Khan has recommended to the federal government to adopt the joint electorate system for holding local councils' polls in conformity with the elections to the National Assembly and provincial assemblies held in 2002....
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ARD likely to take part in Senate proceedings
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is likely to give up its policy of desk-thumping and boycotting the Senate sessions and instead take part in the proceedings of the 9th session of the upper house starting from Tuesday, sources told Dawn here on Monday....
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Senate session begins today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Senate will meet here on Tuesday evening. A parliamentary party meeting of the PML-Q and its allied political parties in the Senate is scheduled to be held at 5pm here on Tuesday....
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Lawyers seek fresh oath for judges
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The representatives of the lawyers on Monday said Gen Pervez Musharraf was not the constitutional president of the country and demanded that the judges of the superior courts...
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Jamali, Karzai pledge to fight terror together
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali said on Monday that security along the border with Afghanistan would be further strengthened to stop militants from crossing back and forth....
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Punjab minister goes missing
PESHAWAR, Jan 12: Punjab Sports and Culture Minister Naeemullah Shahani, who went to Miram Shah to visit a friend, has been missing since his arrival in the tribal agency on Jan 10. According to reports, Mr Shahani drove to Miram Shah, headquarters of the North Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan
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Jirga to help arrest suspects
PESHAWAR, Jan 12: A Jirga in the South Waziristan tribal region pledged on Monday to hunt down those responsible for the last week attack on a military base in the area and hand them over to the authorities....
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Seminaries raided to nab Taliban fugitives
LAHORE, Jan 12: Raids on seminaries and private houses in the Punjab are continuing as search operation launched for some Taliban fugitives, those released after interrogation said on Monday....
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SHC remits jail term of French journalists
KARACHI, Jan 12: The Sindh High Court upheld the conviction but remitted the jail term of two French journalists from six months each to that already served by them under the Foreigners Act on Monday....
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Pakistan optimistic about peace
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Pakistan said on Monday it remained optimistic as well as confident about the peace process with India and made it clear that there would be no compromise on aspirations of the Kashmiri people....
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Bus service protocol will be renewed today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will sign a protocol on Tuesday to extend the existing agreement...
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Saudi defence team arrives
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: A ten-member delegation of Saudi Armed Forces led by Maj-Gen Khaled bin Abdul Aziz arrived here on Wednesday on a week-long official visit to Pakistan.
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Two firms to conduct separate studies: Water discharge downstream Kotri
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12; The federal government has decided that the contracts for conducting two studies on water discharge downstream Kotri would be given to two separate companies, Dawn has learnt.
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Polls won't affect talks, says Sinha
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India said on Monday it would soon discuss dates for talks with Pakistan and promised they would be unaffected by plans for early national elections. "We will consult the Government of Pakistan in the next few days and weeks and we will fix the date
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Policeman killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 12: A policeman was killed and 13 people were injured when a police patrol came under attack in Kashmir on Monday, a police spokesman said.
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US allowed to keep detainees names secret
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Bush administration to keep secret the names of hundreds of people detained or held after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
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China, US sign deal on nuclear plan, terrorism
BEIJING, Jan 12: China and the United States agreed on Monday to step up cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation, security and counter-terrorism just days after North Korea unveiled its nuclear deterrent to a group of US experts.
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Syria rejects talks offer
AL QUDS, Jan 12: Israel's president on Monday invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit Al Quds for negotiations with Israeli leaders, but Damascus rejected the offer as "not serious".
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