Cracks widen in PML-Q: Jamali's policies criticized
LAHORE, May 9: Differences in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q came out in the open on Sunday at a meeting of party parliamentarians from all over Punjab held here under the chairmanship of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
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Shahbaz's plan intact: PML-N
LAHORE, May 9: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League (N) announced on Sunday that is president Mian Shahbaz Sharif would land in Lahore on Tuesday as scheduled, and would be warmly welcomed by leaders and workers of the PML(N) and other democratic parties.
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Tribesmen resist registration
WANA, May 9: A top tribal militant warned on Sunday that he and his colleagues would again take up arms if the government violated the agreement reached with them at Shakai last month.
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Govt rejects reports on fresh US incursions
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistan on Sunday rejected reports of a fresh incursion by US troops into Pakistani territory in the area bordering Afghanistan.
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Relief to consumers on cards: Sherpao - Wapda saved Rs9 billion
PESHAWAR, May 9: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday said the government would announce relief to power consumers next week.
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World Bank warns Pakistan against losses, liabilities
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistan's cumulative public enterprise losses and the cost of government guarantees through the end of this fiscal year are estimated at Rs400 billion or about 10 per cent of GDP
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Arabian Sea cyclone gaining strength
KARACHI, May 9: A tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea, which was 980km from the city on Saturday evening was gaining speed and moving in the north-north-westerly direction.
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One dies in Kashmir
JAMMU, May 9: A civilian was killed and three others critically injured on Sunday when freedom fighters lobbed grenades in a marketplace in the held Kashmir a day before elections, police said.
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Vajpayee in race even without a majority
NEW DELHI, May 9: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will seek to form the nation's next government even if his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) does not get the required majority in the Lok Sabha when the long drawn elections end on Monday
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Taliban commander arrested
KABUL, May 9: A senior Taliban commander has been arrested in a joint raid by US and Afghan forces in a troubled province in southern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday.
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Two stoned to death in Kabul
KABUL, May 9: Two foreigners, including one Swiss, were stabbed and stoned to death in Kabul, government officials said on Sunday. "There were various injuries you could see on the head caused by stones and bricks," said Ihsanullah Alimi
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25 killed in Iraq clashes
BAGHDAD, May 9: US forces clashed with fighters loyal to Shia leader Moqtada Al-Sadr in Baghdad's Sadr City suburb on Sunday and killed 18, a US military spokesman said.
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First court martial in Iraq abuse case
BAGHDAD, May 9: The first court martial of a US soldier charged with abusing Iraqi detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad will start on May 19 and be open to the public, a spokesman for the United States military said on Sunday.
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Blast in Grozny kills Chechen president: Victory celebrations blown upt
MOSCOW, May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin's top man in Chechnya was assassinated in a bomb attack on Sunday that killed at least six others and dealt a huge blow to the Kremlin leader's plans to stamp out uprising there.
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