Entire coalition endorsed change, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Prime Minister-designate Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday justified President Gen Pervez Musharraf's decision to remove Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali from the office of the prime minister.
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Shujaat and Fahim file papers
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and People's Party Parliamentarians Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim will be contesting the election for the leader of the house slot in the special session of the National Assembly
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MMA sets terms for supporting Fahim
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday set three conditions for extending support to People's Party Parliamentarians candidate Makhdoom Amin Fahim in the election for the leader of the house to be held on Tuesday.
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Shaukat to continue as finance minister
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The prime minister in-waiting, Shaukat Aziz, is most likely to retain the portfolio of the finance minister after becoming the chief executive of the country in order to ensure continuity and consistency in economic policies.
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Benazir for Geneva to face SGS probe
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto would personally appear before an 'inquiry' into the SGS pre-shipment inspection case in Geneva on Wednesday, June 30, said a statement issued here on Monday by the People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP).
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Delhi talks on Kashmir make progress: HCs' full strength to be restored
NEW DELHI, June 28: Pakistan and India sealed their first round of talks on Kashmir on Monday with a warm embrace and a promise that they will work relentlessly to find acceptable solutions to all problems
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Commanders discuss strategic issues
ISLAMABAD, June 28: President General Pervez Musharraf presided over a conference of corps commanders at the General Headquarters on Monday. The conference was attended by all corps commanders and the principal staff officers, says a press release issued by the ISPR.
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Rocket hits Karachi wedding lawn
KARACHI, June 28: A rocket hit a marriage lawn near the Guru Mandir roundabout on Monday night and another 'live rocket' was recovered in Hijrat Colony near the PIDC bridge. No loss of life or injury was reported.
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Islamabad rejects demands of kidnappers
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan on Monday declined to accede to demands of the captors who kidnapped its national Amjad Hafeez in Iraq but instructed its mission in Baghdad to make necessary efforts for his release and also sought help of the Iraqi authorities.
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Relatives of Pakistani hostage in Iraq appeal for his release
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Amjad Hafeez, the 26-year-old Pakistani who has been abducted by militants in Iraq, hails from Parati, a village 16km north of Azad Kashmir's Rawalakot (Poonch) district, Dawn has gathered.
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Wapda signs Rs13.7bn Mangla dam deal
LAHORE, June 28: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Monday signed Rs13.79 billion Mangla raising contract with CWE Joint Venture, led by a Chinese company, for main works of the project.
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KSE index shoots up
KARACHI, June 28: The nomination of Shaukat Aziz as the future prime minister on Monday sent a wave of optimism on the stock market on the perception of continuity in financial and economic policies.
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Indian PM briefed on Kashmir
NEW DELHI, June 28: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was briefed by the army chief on Monday about developments in Kashmir, a move notable for its timing with the successful conclusion of rare talks on the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan.
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Afghan DPs killed by Taliban
KABUL, June 28: Most of the 16 people killed in a bloody attack by suspected Taliban in south-central Afghanistan were recently returned refugees who wanted to participate in upcoming elections threatened by violence, the government said on Monday.
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US apex court allows Guantanamo prisoners to challenge detention
WASHINGTON, June 28: The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in American courts.
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Nato to train Iraqi, Afghan forces
ISTANBUL, June 28: Leaders from 26 Nato nations on Monday approved training for Iraqi security forces only hours after the surprise early handover of Iraqi sovereignty and also pledged to expand Alliance security operations in Afghanistan.
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US denies Zarqawi captured
BAGHDAD, June 28: The US military denied reports on Monday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant who Washington says is allied to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, had been captured in Iraq.
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US hands back power in Iraq before schedule
BAGHDAD, June 28: The United States handed sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government two days earlier than expected on Monday, aiming to forestall guerilla attacks with a secretive ceremony formally ending 14 months of occupation.
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Two Israelis killed in Palestinian rocket strike
SDEROT, June 28: Two Israelis, including a three-year-old boy on his way to nursery school, were killed on Monday when the Hamas group carried out its first-ever deadly rocket attack on the Jewish state.
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Blast damages ministry in Ankara
ANKARA, June 28: An explosion Monday damaged a defense ministry building in central Ankara on Monday, but police said the blast was not the result of a bomb. There were no casualties, said Ankara police chief Ercument Yilmaz.
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