Shujaat calls for consensus govt in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday invited the People's Party Parliamentarians and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to join a 'national consensus government' in Sindh in order to restore peace in Karachi. The PPP, however, turned down the offer, terming it an attempt to sideline its chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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Opposition in NA demands Sindh govt's sacking
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Thursday demanded sacking of the Sindh government for having failed to check violence and crime while the ruling coalition gave contradictory signals for a possible change in the province.
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Musharraf says action being considered
ISLAMABAD, June 3: President Pervez Musharraf has said that the government is considering a political or administrative action in Sindh in the wake of recent incidents of terrorism in the province.
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Muttahida rejects move
KARACHI, June 3: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has rejected a proposal put forward by PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain for the formation of a government of national consensus
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Sindh needs political changes, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday hinted at some political changes in Sindh in view of deteriorating law and order situation.
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Pakistan may seek WB's help if issues not taken up: Baglihar Project
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri has said if India does not stop construction work on the Baglihar Hydro-Electric Project and does not agree to address Pakistan's concerns on the design of the plant
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Pakistan, India agree to end media rhetoric: Natwar telephones Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan and India agreed on Thursday to avoid publicising differences ahead of peace talks later this month, the foreign ministry said.
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GDP may increase by 9.4pc in 2004-05
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan's total consumption for next year (2004-05) is projected at $85.6 billion (Rs4,944.3 billion), up by around 10 per cent from current year's $77.86 billion (Rs4,495.8 billion).
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Employees, pensioners to get raise: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The government is finalizing a set of relief measures to increase salaries of its employees and the pension, and extend new incentives to farm sector in the budget for 2004-05.
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Curfew in Gilgit; protester killed
GILGIT, June 3: A curfew was imposed on the city of Gilgit early yesterday morning to maintain law and order in view of a protest call given by Agha Ziauddin Rizvi and other Shia leaders against the school curriculum
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Benazir serves notice on Swiss firm
ISLAMABAD, June 3: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has served a legal notice on the Swiss pre-shipment inspection firm, SGS, demanding a copy of the letter which it had apparently written to the government of Pakistan about the contract awarded to it
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FSC seeks details about death cells
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Federal Shariat Court on Thursday asked the federation to provide it complete information about the number of death cells in different jails of Punjab, their sizes and condemned prisoners actually being incarcerated in them.
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Suspected Uzbek militant killed
PESHAWAR, June 3: Security forces killed a suspected Uzbek militant and arrested two Uzbeks, four Afghans and an unidentified person in two incidents in the North Waziristan tribal region, officials said.
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No Al Qaeda hand in Karachi killings: US
WASHINGTON, June 3: The United States has said that so far there is no evidence to suggest that Al Qaeda was involved in the recent violence in Karachi.
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Briton shot dead in Multan
MULTAN, June 3: A British citizen was gunned down here on Thursday night reportedly by six assailants near the city's busiest Ghanta Ghar Chowk.
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Philippines seeks support for OIC observer status
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan and Philippines are currently negotiating three concrete draft agreements on counter-terrorism, cultural exchange and lifting of visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders.
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CIA director resigns
WASHINGTON, June 3: The Director of CIA, George Tenet, who presided over spectacular lapses in US national security, including the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, has resigned and will leave next month, President Bush announced on Thursday.
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Opec to raise production
BEIRUT, June 3: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Thursday to raise output by two million barrels a day from July, at the bottom end of expectation.
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