Musharraf's remarks criticized: National Assembly session
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The opposition in the National Assembly on Saturday urged Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain to ask President Gen Pervez Musharraf to desist from passing derogatory remarks against members of parliament
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Opposition's demand for cut in defence budget rejected
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The Senate on Saturday rejected Opposition's demand for a cut in defence budget but adopted a resolution asking the National Assembly to withdraw proposed collection of TV licence fee with electricity bills.
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President justified to meet MPs: PM
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said here on Saturday that General Pervez Musharraf's conduct as president was aboveboard and that it was his prerogative as part of parliament to summon any individual member or a group of legislators for consultations.
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MNAs meet President
ISLAMABAD, June 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf met on Saturday a delegation of the members of the National Assembly in his chambers at the Parliament House. During the meeting, views were exchanged on matters of national importance, including the ongoing developmental projects.
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Consultations delay Ibad's return
KARACHI, June 19: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad's return from London has been delayed by at least another couple of days because he has been asked by Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain to "stay back for consultation", MQM sources said.
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CBMs talks on nuclear issues show progress
NEW DELHI, June 19: India and Pakistan reported good progress in their nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) talks on Saturday, saying the discussions on the first day were result-oriented and positive.
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Estimated nuclear strength of India, Pakistan
NEW DELHI, June 19: India and Pakistan on Saturday begin their first talks on easing the risk of nuclear war since they became nuclear powers with tit-for-tat test blasts in 1998.
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Military urges fighters to surrender: Wana operation
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Military officials on Saturday renewed their calls to local and foreign fighters to surrender after Nek Mohammad and seven others were killed in a security force raid in Wana on Thursday night.
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Aim to have 1,500 PhDs every year: Atta
KARACHI: In the next five years, Pakistan's education system will produce between 1,200 and 1,500 PhDs every year. The scheme will cost Rs six billion with 1,000 PhD applicants being given scholarships this year
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Pakistan to sign amity treaty at Asean meet
MANILA, June 19: Pakistan, Japan and Russia are expected to sign Asean's "treaty of amity and cooperation" when foreign ministers from the 10-member grouping meet in the Indonesian capital later this month
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Rocket attack on Sui town injures one
QUETTA, June 19: Over a dozen rockets were fired in Sui township area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday, wounding a security man, official sources said.
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Taliban ousted
KABUL, June 19: US helicopter gunships flushed out Taliban men on Saturday from a government headquarters they overran the night before, a Taliban commander said.
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US forces' airstrike leaves 22 Iraqis dead
FALLUJA, June 19: US forces killed 22 people on Saturday in a "precision strike" on a house in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Falluja that the military said was being used as a safehouse by militants linked to Al Qaeda.
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Saudi forces kill top militant
RIYADH, June 19: Saudi authorities said on Saturday they had killed Al Qaeda's top leader in the kingdom and three other prominent militants, hours after the group carried out its threat to behead US hostage Paul Johnson.
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Iran backs off from threat
TEHRAN, June 19: Iran on Saturday reacted angrily to being slapped with yet more criticism from the UN's nuclear watchdog, but after several hours backed away from a threat to resume uranium enrichment activities.
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Blast claims 14 lives
KATHMANDU, June 19: Fourteen policemen were killed and four injured in southwestern Nepal on Saturday when their bus hit a landmine planted by Maoist rebels, a senior police official said.
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