Bill tabled for changes in political parties law: Opposition resents move
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The government on Friday tabled in the National Assembly a bill aimed at enabling politicians to hold government and party offices simultaneously.
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US told to review body search mode: Armitage apprised of concerns, Kasuri tells Senate
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The government told the Senate on Friday that it had asked the United States to review body search procedures recently introduced at major US airports for Pakistani visitors
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PM seeks joint stand to fight internal, outside threats
ISLAMABAD, July 16: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday said that the country today was faced with some serious internal threats in the form of sectarianism, water issue, political polarization, unemployment
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Surrey Palace sold for £4.3m, says govt
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Rockwood Estate, known as Surrey Palace in Britain and allegedly owned by PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari, was sold on Friday for over 4.3 million pounds sterling, a Pakistan government spokesman said.
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US waives $495.3m debt
ISLAMABAD, July 16: Pakistan and the US signed on Friday an agreement that formally waived a $495.3 million debt owed by Islamabad to Washington.
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Talks with militants collapse
WANA, July 16: Talks between two wanted militants and tribal parliamentarians failed on Friday after the militants refused to surrender. At the same time differences persisted among the Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen
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Indian HC announces visa drop box facility
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Indian High Commission said on Friday that a visa drop box facility had been introduced through two courier companies for all Pakistani and foreign visa applicants to facilitate visas for bona fide travellers to India.
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Govt lifts ban on wheat movement
LAHORE, July 16: The federal government on Friday decided to lift the ban on the inter-provincial movement of wheat and conveyed the decision to provinces.
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Power charges for industries reduced
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday reduced tariff by 48-90 paisa per unit for industrial and agricultural consumers of Hyderabad, Peshawar and Quetta power supply companies.
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International call charges, connection fee reduced
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Friday unveiled a new tariff package from August 14 to provide free late-night local calls
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12 rockets fired at Mirani dam site
QUETTA, July 16: The site of the under-construction Mirani dam was rocked in the early hours of Friday when over a dozen rockets exploded in the residential area of the project, some 50Km from the Turbat city.
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Rockets fired at police lines
PESHAWAR, July 16: The district police lines in Tank came under a rocket attack in the early hours of Friday.
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80 children die in Indian school fire
KUMBAKONAM, July 16: Nearly 80 children were burnt to death on Friday when a fire raged through a primary school in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, officials said.
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Five French aid workers kidnapped
GAZA CITY, July 16: Five French aid workers were abducted by gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday and locked up in a building belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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N-technology at any cost, vows Iran
TEHRAN, July 16: One of Iran's top ruling scholars vowed on Friday that the Islamic republic will continue to pursue its nuclear programme "at any cost" and is determined to become fully self-sufficient.
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Philippines begins Iraq withdrawal
MANILA, July 16: The Philippines defied the United States and began to pull its troops out of Iraq on Friday, bowing to the demands of militants holding a Filipino hostage and risking souring relations with its key ally and trading partner.
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