NA adopts NSC bill amid uproar: MQM amendments incorporated
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The National Assembly passed on Wednesday the National Security Council (NSC) bill amid strong protests by the opposition and charges that the controversial act aimed at giving the military a legal role in governance.
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Opposition calls it a black day
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The combined opposition condemned the government on Wednesday for what it said bulldozing the parliamentary process to get the National Security Council (NSC) bill passed in a haste and described the episode as a black day in the country's history.
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PML-N joins MMA protest over issue of curriculum
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, joined by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), announced on Wednesday that it would resist the changes being made in the educational syllabus and launch a movement against "secularization" of the society.
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Senate session summoned
ISLAMABAD, April 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the session of Senate on Friday (April 9) at 10.00am at the Parliament House. This was announced here officially. The Senate will take up the National Security Council (NFC) bill that has been passed by the National Assembly. -APP
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Shahbaz free to return: SC
ISLAMABAD, April 7: A Supreme Court bench on Wednesday allowed president of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Mian Shahbaz Sharif to return to Pakistan and face the cases pending against him.
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Islamabad needs aid, not troops: President
CANBERRA, April 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Pakistan needed aid, not foreign troops, to help rid tribal areas of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants.
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US troops not to be allowed in Pakistan, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The government reiterated on Wednesday that it would not allow US-led forces in Afghanistan to extend their hunt for militants to Pakistani territory.
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Troops won't be sent to Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON, April 7: The US State Department has distanced itself from the statements of its envoy in Afghanistan, saying that so far there were no plans for sending troops into Pakistan to look for Al Qaeda suspects.
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Fresh action planned near Afghan border
MIRANSHAH, April 7: Pakistan is positioning hundreds of troops for a new operation to hunt down Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in its mountainous northwest Afghan border, security officials said on Wednesday.
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NA assured of judicious distribution of water
ISLAMABAD April 7: The government on Wednesday assured the National Assembly that irrigation water was being distributed among provinces strictly on the basis of the 1991 water accord and that the 1994 ministerial agreement on the matter had been abandoned.
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Kashmir bus talks postponed
ISLAMABAD, April 7: In an unexpected move Wednesday the crucial technical level talks between Pakistan and India on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service were put off less than 24 hours before they were to begin in Islamabad.
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US warns of new terrorism threat
WASHINGTON, April 7: The United States on Wednesday warned US citizens in Pakistan of the "real possibility" of fresh terrorist attacks in Karachi and advised Americans in south and south western Sindh and Balochistan to take security precautions.
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World urged to fight Afghan drug trade
UNITED NATIONS, April 7: Pakistan on Tuesday called for greater international efforts to combat the illegal drug industry in Afghanistan which "is a serious threat to the rule of law and development in Afghanistan as well as to international security."
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Taliban warn Afghans over polls
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers have warned Afghans against voting in September elections, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported on Wednesday.
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Assam fighters reject PM's peace offer
GUWAHATI, April 7: Rebels fighting Indian rule in the remote revolt-racked northeast rejected on Wednesday an offer by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to hold talks to resolve a decades-old insurgency. The rebels said only a referendum on the independence of tribal and ethnic groups could end the hostility.
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US planes attack Iraq mosque complex; 40 die: Fighting spreads to new areas; 4-day toll 200, including 12 Marines
BAGHDAD, April 7: US forces on Wednesday bombed a mosque complex in Fallujah, killing 40 people, and the army pressed a two-pronged offensive against stiff resistance from guerillas in different parts of Iraq.
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