Karachi by-poll results stayed
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Irshad Hasan Khan on Thursday stayed the publication of official results of by-elections to three National Assembly and one provincial assembly seats in Karachi
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Anti-terror group formed with Tajikistan
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Pakistan and Tajikistan on Thursday formed two joint working groups for cooperation to counter terrorism and seek regional stability and agreed to open embassies in each other's capitals.
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NFC talks inconclusive
ISLAMABAD, May 13: An informal meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) on Thursday could not reach a consensus on the distribution of resources under the sixth award
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Shahbaz seeks SC intervention
ISLAMABAD, May 13: PML-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday moved an appeal before the Supreme Court to direct the government to arrange for his immediate return to Pakistan from Jeddah.
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Tribe refuses to pay penalty for attacks
WANA, May 13: Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen on Thursday refused to pay millions of rupees in fine imposed in March as a penalty for attacks on government and military installations in their areas by suspected tribal militants.
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PPP seeks Senate debate on ties with India
ISLAMABAD, May 13: A number of issues pertaining to Pakistan-India ties, Hamoodur Rehman Commission report, civil-military relations and prisoners' rights will come up for discussion in the next session of Senate
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Kasuri hopes peace process will continue
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday hoped that the next Indian government would join Pakistan's quest for peace in South Asia by carrying forward the dialogue process.
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$500m Chinese credit likely
ISLAMABAD, May 13: China is expected to finalize on Friday a $500 million supplier's preferential credit for Pakistan through the Exim Bank of China. The credit includes $350 million for the Chashma-II Nuclear Power Plant.
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Quake hits Sibi, Bolan
QUETTA, May 13: An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted vast areas of Sibi and Bolan districts on Thursday morning, seismologists said on Thursday.
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Dialogue with Pakistan to go on: Sonia
NEW DELHI, May 13: The new Indian government will continue to be engaged with Pakistan in peace talks, but the markedly pro-American policies of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's administration is expected to give way to New Delhi's more familiar stance of measured non-alignment
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Congress, allies poised to form government: BJP defeat seen as rejection of Hindutva
NEW DELHI, May 13: India turned sharply to the left on Thursday, rejecting Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's pro-rich economic policies while giving an unexpected chance to the main opposition Congress Party to form the new government
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5 Taliban killed
KANDAHAR, May 13: Five Afghan Taliban guerrillas were killed when they attacked a US military convoy in the Kandahar province, a senior militant commander said on Thursday.
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Rumsfeld visits Abu Ghraib prison
BAGHDAD, May 13: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Thursday, touring the Abu Ghraib prison at the centre of the scandal over tortured detainees as outrage over the beheading of a US businessman continued to grow.
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Israelis kill 12 Palestinians
GAZA, May 13: Israel killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after two ambushes claimed the lives of 11 of its soldiers in the worst blow to the Middle East's mightiest army in two years.
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