PPP to challenge trust vote of President
LAHORE, May 5: The People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has decided to challenge the vote of confidence taken by President Gen Pervez Musharraf from Senate, the national and the four provincial assemblies as president of the country in January last....
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Govt, SGS reach settlement: PPP criticizes 'propaganda'
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pakistan and the Societe Generale de Surveillance SA (SGS) have reached a settlement to withdraw respective civil claims and counter-claims against the termination of the 1994 pre-shipment inspection agreement reached...
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Militants: no extension in deadline, says govt
PESHAWAR, May 5: The government has announced that it will not extend the deadline that expires on Friday as tribal militants and a team of parliamentarians meet for a crucial meeting on Thursday to work out modalities for the registration of foreign militants in the tribal region....
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Plot to hijack plane from Islamabad uncovered
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pakistan on Wednesday claimed to have uncovered a plot to hijack a plane from Islamabad to the United Arab Emirates. According to reports on private TV channels, the claim was made by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali during an interview with a foreign news agency....
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More teams join Gwadar inquiry
QUETTA, May 5: Police detained three more suspects on Wednesday for interrogation in connection with the Gwadar car-bomb explosion that killed three Chinese engineers and wounded 11 others in the coastal town on Monday....
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Cabinet bans wheat export: Provinces asked to curb smuggling
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The federal cabinet on Wednesday imposed an immediate ban on export of wheat in order to ensure food security in the country and directed the interior ministry and provincial governments to ensure that the decision was fully enforced....
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Abbasi-led body to finalize water data: Building of new dams
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Parliamentary committee on Water Resources led by Senator Nisar Memon on Wednesday decided to leave to the ANG Abbasi-led technical committee to finalize the overall water availability figures to plan any future dam....
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Stand on talks with India unchanged: FO
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Reiterating its commitment to a "composite dialogue" between India and Pakistan, the Foreign Office on Wednesday expressed the hope that New Delhi would demonstrate statesmanship and engage constructively and substantially in the dialogue...
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3 die, 50 hurt as Tezrau derails
SANGHAR, May 5: Three persons were killed and more than 50 others were injured when the Rawalpindi-bound 5-up Tezrau derailed near the Khudabad railway crossing, about half a kilometre from Tando Adam railway station on Wednesday afternoon....
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Incursion was not deliberate: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, May 5: US troops crossed into Pakistani territory from Afghanistan in recent days despite Pakistan expressly prohibiting such actions but the Pentagon said on Wednesday the incursion was inadvertent....
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Two Britons killed
LONDON, May 5: London-based security firm Global Risk Strategies confirmed on Wednesday that two of its British employees had been killed in Afghanistan.
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3 US soldiers dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 5: Three US soldiers were killed in the Iraqi town of Diwaniya on Tuesday night during clashes with the militia loyal to Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr....
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Bush admits Iraqis abused
WASHINGTON, May 5: US President George W. Bush acknowledged on Wednesday that incidents of torture in Iraq were not just allegations, but 'actual abuse' and promised to bring those responsible to justice....
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Bomb blast
ATHENS, May 5: Just 100 days before the start of the Athens Olympics, three bombs exploded on Wednesday outside a police station here, raising security concerns about the world's biggest sporting event.
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