Shujaat suggests accountability by judiciary: People in power should also be answerable
ISLAMABAD, July 3: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain suggested on Saturday that the accountability process should be brought under the supervision of judiciary aimed at making it 'more transparent'.
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Senators assail govt over law and order: Politicians' murders
ISLAMABAD, July 3: The opposition in the Senate on Saturday blasted the government for its failure to provide security of life and honour to the people and to nab those involved in target killings.
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Ministers' absence causes uproar: Senate session
ISLAMABAD, July 3: It was all brickbats and no bouquets for the new federal cabinet at the start of a Senate session on Saturday for some key ministers' absence that provoked uproars and protests from both the opposition and treasury benches.
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PML wins all four PA seats
LAHORE, July 3: The ruling PML on Saturday won bypolls all four Punjab Assembly seats - one in Lahore and three in Bahawalpur. In PP-156 (Lahore), the PML capitalized on the failure of the opposition - PPP and PML-N - to field a joint candidate.
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Two militants given surrender deadline
WANA, July 3: Tribal leaders and volunteers on Saturday gave a two-day deadline to two sub-tribes of the Ahmadzai Wazir in the South Waziristan region to hand over two wanted militants by Tuesday or face a collective action.
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Two doctors remanded in police custody
KARACHI, July 3: A Pakistan court on Saturday remanded to police custody two doctors accused of having links with Al Qaeda and a local terror group involved in last month's attack on a military convoy which killed 11 people, officials said.
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Shaukat wants eight per cent GDP growth rate achieved: Directive to Finance Ministry
ISLAMABAD, July 3: Prime minister-in-waiting Shaukat Aziz has directed the officials of the ministry of finance to focus on achieving 8 per cent GDP growth rate by 2006-07.
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Three new collectorates for tax appellants
ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has decided to establish three new collectorates of appeals at Hyderabad, Multan and Peshawar for speedy disposal of cases to facilitate the taxpayers.
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Cameras along Afghan border installed
CHAMAN, July 3: Frontier Corps Commandant Col Abdul Basit Rana has said that a secret camera, having 500 metres visibility range, has been installed here on Pakistan-Afghan border.
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18 die in Kashmir bomb blast, gunbattles
SRINAGAR, July 3: Eighteen people were killed and 59 others injured on Saturday in separatist-linked violence in occupied Kashmir which included an explosion in the heart of Srinagar, police said.
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10 shot dead, six hurt in Indian caste clash
NEW DELHI, July 3: Ten people were shot dead and six others injured in the Indian state of Bihar, police said on Saturday.
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Afghans unsure of polls in September
KABUL, July 3: Afghans held more talks on Saturday to try to iron out disagreements over a date for their first ever direct elections as a deadline for announcing the September polls expired.
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US operation claims lives of 12 Taliban
KABUL, July 3: US-led coalition troops have captured or killed close to two dozen suspected militants in southern Afghanistan during the past week, US military spokesman Major Jon Siepmann said on Saturday.
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Pleas filed in US court by Camp X-ray prisoners
WASHINGTON, July 3: Lawyers filed habeas corpus petitions in a US federal court here on Friday demanding the immediate release of nine war-on-terror detainees being held at a US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the legal group representing them said.
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Muslim visa seekers facing difficulties
WASHINGTON, July 3: All Muslim and Arab visa seekers are not cleared by Washington and most of the applications are still processed at the US missions abroad, US officials say.
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51 detained as US forces unearth car bomb factory in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 3: US forces in Iraq uncovered a car bomb factory and arrested 51 members of a group suspected of planting bombs
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Bahrain says it is ready to thwart any terrorist attack
MANAMA, July 3: Bahrain's prime minister said on Saturday his country was secure and able to protect residents after Washington warned of possible attacks in the Gulf state and issued a mandatory evacuation order for some US citizens.
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Two wanted militants killed
RIYADH, July 3: Two militants named on Saudi Arabia's most-wanted list were killed in clashes with security forces last April, the interior ministry announced on Saturday.
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