C'wealth restores Pakistan's membership: Group to monitor progress
LONDON, May 22: Pakistan, suspended from the Commonwealth after the 1999 military takeover that brought General Pervez Musharraf to power, was welcomed back into the 53-nation body on Saturday with a hope that it will stick firmly on the road to true democracy.
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Politicians' mixed reaction over re-entry
LAHORE, May 22: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have expressed divergent views about the restoration of Pakistan's membership of the Commonwealth. ARD Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim insists that there is no democracy in Pakistan
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ARD meeting on 25th
ISLAMABAD, May 22: A meeting of the heads of ARD component parties will be held here on Tuesday (May 25) to review the political situation after the restoration of Pakistan's membership to Commonwealth and forced deportation of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif.
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President vows to eliminate foreign fighters
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan's top military officials demanded Saturday that hundreds of Al Qaeda-linked fighters near the Afghan border surrender or face "elimination" after the government failed for months to control militants in the country's tribal regions.
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Conventional arms sought from US: Kasuri deplores troop incursions
WASHINGTON, May 22: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who concluded his three-day visit to Washington on Saturday, has urged the United States to help boost Pakistan's conventional defence capabilities.
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PM convenes meeting to finalize NFC Award: Last-ditch effort to evolve consensus
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has convened a crucial meeting of the four chief ministers and all the official and non-official members of the National Finance Commission on Sunday
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Gas pipeline damaged in exchange of fire
QUETTA, May 22: Heavy exchange of fire between unidentified armed men and Frontier Corps personnel in the Sui area in the early hours of Saturday damaged the gas pipeline, disrupting the gas supply to Guddu Thermal Power Plant.
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Polluted water claims more lives in Sindh
HYDERABAD/DADU, May 22: Gastroenteritis claimed lives of two fishemen in Dadu on Saturday and of a boy in Kotri on Friday as the disease continued to spread due to consumption of contaminated water of the River Indus.
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PM leaves for Riyadh today
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will pay a five-day official visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 to 27.
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Pakistan, India to come closer, hopes Syedna
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin has expressed the hope that Pakistan and India will come closer as a result of the ongoing peace process.
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Musharraf, Jamali greet Singh
ISLAMABAD, May 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf Saturday greeted Dr Manmohan Singh on assuming the office of the Prime Minister of India and said Pakistan welcomed his resolve to improve relations between the two countries.
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Manmohan Singh sworn in as Indian PM
NEW DELHI, May 22: Teacher-turned-politician Dr Manmohan Singh was sworn in as India's 13th prime minister on Saturday.
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16 Pakistanis, Indians held in Cyprus
NICOSIA, May 22: Some 16 people thought to be mainly from India and Pakistan were remanded in Cypriot police custody on Saturday after they were found hiding in two containers in a ship ready to sail for Greece, police said.
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5 Iraqis die in suicide attack
BAGHDAD, May 22: Five people were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing against the Baghdad home of a senior Iraqi official, while US troops and Shia militiamen moved out of the Karbala city centre after weeks of clashes.
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Bahrain king sacks interior minister
RIYADH, May 22: The king of Bahrain has sacked his interior minister after clashes broke out on Friday between police and angry protesters demonstrating against the presence of US-led forces in Iraq.
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Qadhafi walks out of summit
TUNIS, May 22: Libyan leader Moamar Qadhafi announced that he was pulling out of the Arab summit here on Saturday and called for Libya's withdrawal from the 22-member Arab League.
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