Differences with Jamali not personal: Shujaat
LAHORE, June 6: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that all 193 MNAs of his party were eligible to become prime minister and some 50 of them could be serious contenders. Talking to reporters at his residence, he said if he had any difference of opinion with the prime minister on some issues, it should not be seen in a negative perspective.
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Anti-Musharraf move under way: Nawaz
NEW DELHI, June 6: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has lauded the smooth transfer of power in India and said he was working with ex-premier Benazir Bhutto to help an 'uprising' against President Gen Pervez Musharraf
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Decision on Sindh after consensus, says PM
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Sunday that President General Pervez Musharraf was involved in consultations on matters related to Sindh and Karachi and on measures needed to be taken to restore peace in the city.
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Lashkar begins search today
WANA, June 6: A lashkar will start on Monday a search for remnants of Al Qaeda network straggling in the tribal area of South Waziristan Agency. This was decided on the basis of a breakthrough reached in talks on Sunday
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Foreign relief agencies stop working in Balochistan
QUETTA, June 6: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Quetta, and five foreign NGOs have stopped working in Balochistan after receiving threats of suicide attacks at their offices
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3 killed in Gilgit for violating curfew
GILGIT, June 6: At least three people were killed and three others sustained injuries when security forces opened fire on a Swat-bound pick-up in Khomer area for violating curfew on Sunday.
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Suspect in Azam Tariq case held
GILGIT, June 6: Gilgit police have arrested a suspect in last year's high-profile murder of a religious leader and former MNA, Azam Tariq, the local police chief said on Sunday.
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Rs901bn budget finalized
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government has finalized the overall size of next year's budget at Rs901 billion, up by about 12 per cent from current year's estimates of Rs805 billion.
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Govt procures 13 Russian choppers
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government has purchased 13 new MI-17 helicopters from Russia, including 12 for the Army, for $50.7 million, informed sources told Dawn.
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Water claims another life
HYDERABAD, June 6: A two-year-old girl died of gastroenteritis at the Bhitai Hospital's paediatrics ward here on Saturday night, rising the death toll from diseases caused by consumption of contaminated water of the Indus river to 31 in the district since May 15.
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Seven die as storm, rain lash Lahore
LAHORE, June 6: At least seven people, three of them from one family, were killed and dozens others suffered injuries when a storm accompanied by heavy rain lashed the city on Sunday night.
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Natwar denied making negative remarks: Kasuri
LAHORE, June 6: Indian Minister for External Affairs Kunwar Natwar Singh during a telephone conversation with his counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Sunday denied some statements attributed to him by a section of the Press.
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Foreign ministers vow to continue peace process
NEW DELHI, June 6: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India spoke by telephone on Sunday and vowed to carry on their peace process. Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh told Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri
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UK to restrict immigration from India, Pakistan
LONDON, June 6: Britain has decided to tighten the immigration law to restrict immigration from "new Commonwealth" countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
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24 fall victim to attacks in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 6: Two US soldiers and at least four Iraqis died on Sunday in an attack on a Baghdad training centre for the Iraqi army, while to the south of the capital
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Tel Aviv court jails Barghouthi for life
TEL AVIV, June 6: An Israeli court on Sunday jailed Palestinian revolt leader Marwan Barghouthi for life on murder convictions but the man seen as Yasser Arafat's possible successor said his people's statehood quest would not be broken.
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AL rejects Barghouti's sentence
CAIRO, June 6: The Arab League rejected an Israeli court's condemnation of top Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti to life imprisonment on Sunday as "null and void".
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UK cameraman shot dead
RIYADH, June 6: A British cameraman was shot and killed and another British journalist was wounded after gunmen opened fire on them as they filmed in a militant area in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a Western diplomat said.
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