Opposition walks out of Senate
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Protesting opposition parties walked out of the Senate on Monday as the government came under fire in both houses of parliament over the weekend murder of an opposition member of the Sindh Assembly, Abdullah Murad Baloch.
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Plans to test-fire long-range missile finalized
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan has finalized preparations to test-fire a long-range nuclear-capable missile within the next 48 hours, official sources told Dawn.
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No Al Qaeda network in country: PM
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Monday that no Al Qaeda network existed in Pakistan, but sometimes its activists entered Pakistan through the porous border with Afghanistan.
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Pakistan denies any spring operation
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The foreign office here on Monday said no "spring operation" in Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal belt in collaboration with the American and other western forces was on the cards.
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Khokhrapar bus service talks begin today
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The 8-member Indian delegation led by Mr Alok Rawat, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, arrived in Islamabad via Lahore on Monday
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Rule change bans N-material export
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The commerce ministry has introduced amendments in the Export Policy and Procedures Order 2000 to restrict the export of certain products. According to the SRO111 released on Monday, the amendments were introduced in the schedule-III of the export order.
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Extradition treaty with UAE inked
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat and the UAE Minister for Justice Islamic affairs and Auqaf, Mohammad bin Nakhera al Zahri signed an extradition treaty here, said a press release on Monday.
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Parliamentary body calls for implementing 1991 Accord
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Senator Nisar Ahmad Memon, chairman of parliamentary committee on water resources said on Monday that 1991 Water Apportionment Accord should be implemented in letter and spirit.
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90 flour mills closed in Sindh
LAHORE, March 8: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced closure of 90, out of a total 140, flour mills in Sindh against the "provincial government's decision of stopping millers from procuring fresh harvest."
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Suicide bombers' network traced: IGP
LAHORE, March 8: Punjab IGP Syed Masud Shah on Monday claimed that the network behind the recent suicide bombings in the country had been traced. "We have come to know the organisations and groups involved in the suicide attacks.
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Four killed in Karachi as protests turn violent
KARACHI, March 8: Four men were killed and nine others, three of them women, wounded during protests in different parts of the city on Monday in protest against the killing of MPA Abdullah Murad.
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Road blasted, 5 UTPs escape jail in Chilas
GILGIT, March 8: Unknown persons in Thack-Niyat valley of Diamer district destroyed 15 kilometres of a jeepable road on Saturday and Sunday night using dynamite in some sections and pushing boulders on to the road, police sources said on Monday.
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Chinese defence team due on 22nd
BEIJING, March 8: A top-level Chinese military delegation will visit Pakistan this month to boost bilateral cooperation in the defence sector. Defence sources told APP that the visit would take place from March 22 to 26.
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Iraqi leaders sign interim constitution
BAGHDAD, March 8: Iraq's Governing Council signed an interim constitution on Monday after weeks of wrangling, in a key step towards a planned handover of sovereignty by US-led occupying powers to Iraqis on June 30.
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Iran's call to drop N-probe rejected: Tehran hid information: IAEA
VIENNA, March 8: The head of the UN atomic watchdog voiced "serious concern" on Monday at omissions in Iran's declarations about its nuclear activities and rejected a call from Tehran to drop investigations.
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Kuwaiti troops launch exercises
KUWAIT CITY, March 8: Armed forces of the Gulf Arab state of Kuwait kicked off on Monday their largest manoeuvres since the 1991 Gulf War when the oil-rich emirate was liberated from Iraqi occupation, a defence official said.
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