Jamali ready to accept party post
ISLAMABAD, May 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Monday formally announced his candidature for the office of secretary-general of the unified Pakistan Muslim League for which he got instant support from smaller factions who will cease to exist on May 12
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Musharraf, Shujaat discuss situation
ISLAMABAD May 4: PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at his Rawalpindi camp office to discuss national issues and current political situation, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
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Shahbaz to 'return on 11th'
LAHORE, May 4: Pakistan Muslim League-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif has decided to end his 'forced exile' and return to Pakistan on May 11. According to his spokesman, he will land at the Lahore airport.
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President, PM pledge to eradicate terrorism
ISLAMABAD, May 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali at a meeting on Tuesday reviewed the overall regional, global as well as internal security situation and reiterated the government's pledge to stamp out the bane of terrorism from Pakistan.
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13 held on charge of killing 3 Chinese: Gwadar bomb attack
QUETTA, May 4: Police have arrested 13 suspects in connection with a car bomb attack that killed three Chinese engineers and wounded 11 other people in the coastal town of Gwadar on Monday, official sources said.
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China calls for probe into blast
BEIJING, May 4: China has urged Pakistan to investigate a car bomb attack which killed three Chinese engineers helping to develop a seaport in Gwadar and will send a team of officials to handle the issue, state media said late Tuesday.
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Red alert on all airports
RAWALPINDI, May 4: All airports in the country have been put on red alert in the wake of credible reports of a plane hijacking plot, official source told Dawn on Tuesday.
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Punjab, NWFP reject Sindh's demand: Sixth NFC award
ISLAMABAD, May 4: Punjab and the NWFP have rejected Sindh's demand for considering revenues to finalize the already delayed 6th National Finance Commission (NFC) award.
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Coalition troops search shops on Pakistan soil
MIRAMSHAH, May 4: US-led coalition forces intruded into Pakistani territory and searched a number of shops before moving back into Afghanistan on Monday evening, official sources told Dawn.
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Plot foiled to kill two religious leaders
PESHAWAR, May 4: Law-enforcement agencies on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate two key religion-political figures and arrested three Afghan nationals hired for this purpose
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2 MQM men shot, injured
KARACHI, May 4: Two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were shot and injured in Memon Colony late on Tuesday night, said Edhi sources.
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18 rockets fired at FC checkpoint
QUETTA, May 4: Eighteen rockets were fired on Tuesday at a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Sui area of Dera Bugti district, police said. The police said that the rockets were fired from a nearby mountain and landed in the open area.
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Accident kills 17 on motorway
SARGODHA, May 4: The death toll in a road accident which occurred on Monday night on the motorway went up to 17 while seven injured were reported to be in critical condition.
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Pakistanis' murder: ex-minister of Macedonia goes missing
SKOPJE, May 4: A former Macedonian interior minister accused of ordering the murder of seven migrants in a stunt to win Western approval for fighting "Islamic terrorism" went missing on Tuesday
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Taliban kill 14 Afghan troops and police
KANDAHAR, May 4: Taliban guerrillas have killed nine government troops and five policemen as violence intensifies in Afghanistan's troubled south, Taliban officials said on Tuesday.
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25 prisoners died in captivity: US Army
WASHINGTON, May 4: Twenty-five prisoners have died while being held by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and two of them were murdered in Iraq by Americans, US Army officials said on Tuesday.
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