Asif refuses to leave for Switzerland: PM rejects PPP allegation
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Mr Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has refused, on medical grounds, to go to Switzerland to attend an inquiry being conducted by a Swiss magistrate into a case of money laundering.
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Shahbaz due next month
LAHORE, April 20: PML-N President Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif will come back to Pakistan in May. This was decided at a meeting of leaders of the party from all four provinces in London on Tuesday. A final date is likely to be decided on Wednesday.
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NA to merge with PML
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Millat Party president and leader of the three-party National Alliance Farooq Leghari announced on Tuesday merger of the alliance with the unified Pakistan Muslim League. Speaking at a press conference here, Mr Leghari said the NA had decided to merge with the PML
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Jamali opposes bargain in graft cases: Ratification of Convention hinted
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday he hoped that ratifications of UN Convention against corruption would help Pakistan in bringing back looted money deposited in offshore banks.
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Jirga seeks deadline extension
PESHAWAR, April 20: An inter-tribal jirga has sought an extension in the deadline given to South Waziristan tribes and clemency for five most wanted tribesmen accused of sheltering and supporting foreign militants.
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Pakistan has disrupted Al Qaeda network: US
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Top US military commander in Afghanistan has credited Pakistan for successfully disrupting the Al Qaeda network in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
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Gas pipeline blast affects supply to many cities
SUKKUR, April 20: The supply of Sui gas to Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Nawabshah and several cities in the Punjab was affected when the main gas pipeline from Sui to Shikarpur on the Sindh-Balochistan border was damaged by a bomb attack...
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Punjab bans wheat movement
LAHORE, April 20: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced a "temporary ban" on the movement of wheat from 18 districts, at a news conference here on Tuesday, after presiding over a meeting which reviewed situation relating to procurement of wheat.
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KESC tariff reduced
ISLAMABAD, April 20: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday allowed three to four paisa per unit tariff reduction for commercial, industrial and bulk supply consumers of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC).
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EU set to vote on Pakistan trade ties
BRUSSELS, April 20: Relations between Pakistan and the European Union face a crucial test on Wednesday as members of the European Parliament prepare to take a make-or-break decision on the future of a new trade and cooperation agreement linking the two sides.
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19 perish in accident near Isakhel
MIANWALI, April 20: Nineteen people were killed and 11 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up near Isakhel, some 90km from here, on Monday night.
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Moon not sighted
KARACHI, April 20: The Rabiul Awwal moon was not sighted on Tuesday. The first of Rabiul Awwal will, therefore, fall on Thursday while Eid Milad-un-Nabi will be celebrated on May 3
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First phase of Indian polls claims 19 lives
NEW DELHI, April 20: At least 19 people were killed in poll-related violence in the first phase of India's five-stage parliamentary election on Tuesday in which the principal contenders
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Mortar attack kills 22 Iraqi prisoners
BAGHDAD, April 20: Twenty-two prisoners were killed and nearly 100 were injured on Tuesday when 12 mortar rounds slammed into a US-run detention facility west of Baghdad, military officials said.
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