PML, allies nominate Rahim for CM's post
 ISLAMABAD, June 8: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday announced the nomination of Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim as the party's candidate for the office of the chief minister of Sindh. Addressing a press conference at his residence, he said that before ratification of Arbab Rahim's name as chief minister they had taken into confidence their allies at the centre....
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No other candidate files papers
KARACHI, June 8: Dr Arbab Rahim appeared certain to succeed Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar as the chief minister of Sindh after he emerged as the only candidate to file nomination papers on Tuesday for the election of the leader of the house in the Sindh Assembly. Arbab Rahim submitted 11 nomination papers to the secretary of the assembly. There is no other candidate for the top slot. The assembly will meet at a special session at 11am on Wednesday to elect the leader of the house....
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Opposition accuses NA speaker of being partial
ISLAMABAD, June 8: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain faced opposition's ire for the second day running on Tuesday over his alleged partiality for frequently interrupting members during house proceedings
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Fahim sees more changes
LAHORE, June 8: ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said the resignation of Ali Muhammad Mehr as Sindh Chief Minister will lead to more changes and ultimately bring down the entire set-up.
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Senate meets on 12th
ISLAMABAD, June 8: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called the Senate to meet on Saturday to begin what will be the second budget session of the upper house.
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ARD wants president's remarks discussed
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Members of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy have submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly on the remarks of President Gen Pervez Musharraf regarding the Supreme Court verdict in the Shahbaz Sharif case.
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Steps for poverty reduction likely
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The federal government is expected to allocate Rs16 billion in the next budget for alleviation of poverty. The amount will be offered to 1.2 million deserving people in the country.
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Govt threatens to bulldoze Wana bazaar
WANA, June 8: The government on Tuesday warned of bulldozing the Wana bazaar after thousands of tribal volunteers appeared to have failed to capture any of the foreign militants hiding in the South Waziristan tribal region.
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Nine held during curfew break in Gilgit
GILGIT, June 8: At least nine persons were arrested for violating administrative orders during curfew break in Gilgit, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
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Punjab rejects cut in water share
LAHORE, June 8: Punjab on Tuesday rejected 6,000 cusecs cut in its water share by the Indus River System Authority. In a letter to the federal government, it sought 'immediate intervention' to avoid a possible law and order situation in the province.
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Gwadar project to be completed on schedule: China
ISLAMABAD, Jun 8: Li Tieying, vice-chairman, National People's Congress of China who met Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Tuesday afternoon said that Gwadar project would be completed on schedule.
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Eight die as bus falls into ravine
ABBOTTABAD, June 8: At least eight people were killed and 22 others injured when a Rawalpindi-bound bus fell into a deep ravine near Lora village Havelian on Tuesday morning.
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Five of a family killed
DERA BUGTI, June 8: Unknown armed men on Tuesday opened fire at a house in Goth Doda Bugti, some 35 kilometre south of Sui, which caused death of five people of a family.
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6,000 attend funeral of Kashmiri leader
SRINAGAR, June 8: Thousands of wailing Muslim mourners flocked on Tuesday to the funeral of a moderate Kashmiri leader gunned down by freedom fighters in Srinagar.
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Geelani and Shabbir placed under house arrest
NEW DELHI, June 8: Police on Tuesday placed Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Democratic Freedom Party Chief Shabbir Ahmad Shah under house arrest.
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US soldier, 13 Iraqis killed in blasts
BAGHDAD, June 8: Three bomb attacks killed 13 Iraqis and a US soldier on Tuesday. Two of the attacks took place in the northern city of Mosul, where a suicide car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded simultaneously, killing 10 people and wounding 37.
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UN council adopts Iraq resolution: New govt can order foreign troops to leave
UNITED NATIONS, June 8: The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday for a US-British resolution that formally ends the occupation of Iraq on June 30 and authorizes a US-led force to keep the peace.
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EU powers rebuke Iran in draft nuclear resolution
VIENNA, June 8: France, Britain and Germany circulated a draft UN nuclear resolution on Tuesday that sharply rebukes Iran for what it called sluggish cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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16 die in BD accidents
DHAKA, June 8: Two trucks veered off roads in separate accidents in Bangladesh, killing 16 people and injuring 25 others, police said on Tuesday.
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Venus makes rare transit across Sun
LONDON, June 8: Venus dazzled astronomers and stargazers around the globe on Tuesday as it made it first transit across the Sun in more than 100 years.
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