NA likely to amend PPO today
ISLAMABAD July 18: The National Assembly appears set to pass on Monday a bill seeking to amend the Political Parties Order, 2002, to allow holders of elected public offices to also occupy political parties' posts.
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Shujaat rules out Kargil investigation
LAHORE, July 18: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday categorically rejected a PML-N demand for the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the Kargil episode, saying that such a step would amount to opening a Pandora's Box.
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Stress laid on Saarc energy tie-up: Standing committee meets
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The 30th session of the Saarc Standing Committee comprising foreign secretaries of the seven member states opened here on Sunday, advocating project-approach and greater cooperation in the energy sector.
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N-safety talks with US held
WASHINGTON, July 18: A team of Pakistani nuclear scientists left for home on Sunday after participating in the first-ever talks on nuclear safety between Pakistan and the United States.
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Missile technology bought from N. Korea: Benazir
TOKYO, July 18: Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Sunday said that Pakistan bought long-range missile technology from North Korea following a visit she made to Pyongyang in 1993.
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New round of clashes in Shakai: Exchange of heavy fire reported
WANA, July 18: One person was killed in a heavy exchange of fire between militants and security forces on Sunday in the Shakai valley of the South Waziristan tribal region.
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JUI leader escapes attempt on life
QUETTA, July 18: Provincial president of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani MNA and three other JUI leaders escaped an assassination attempt when a powerful bomb exploded
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CMs' meeting on water scheduled
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Chief ministers of the four provinces are scheduled to attend a crucial meeting of the parliamentary committee on water resources here on July 20 (Tuesday) to give their viewpoints on the construction of big dams, Dawn has learnt.
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Afghanistan releases 66 Pakistanis
KABUL, July 18: Afghanistan has released 66 Pakistani prisoners who had been in jails since the US-led war toppled the hardline Taliban regime in late 2001, officials said on Sunday.
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Jumadi-us-Sani moon sighted
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The Jumadi-us-Sani moon was sighted on Sunday and the 1st of Jumadi-us-Sani 1425 will be on Monday, July 19, it was officially announced on Sunday night.
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Five suspected Taliban arrested
KABUL, July 18: The Afghan defence ministry has arrested two members of the former Taliban regime here, a spokesman for Nato-led peacekeeping forces said on Sunday.
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Saddam's top aide arrested
BAGHDAD, July 18: A senior Iraqi leader in Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard has been captured near the ousted dictator's hometown of Tikrit, a United States military spokesman said on Sunday.
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All Filipino troops to leave next week
MANILA, July 18: All remaining Filipino troops in Iraq will leave the strife-torn country next week to meet the demands of militants holding a Filipino truck driver, the Philippine government said on Sunday.
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Gunmen battle with police in Gaza
RAFAH, July 18: Palestinian gunmen battled forces loyal to Yasser Arafat's new security chief in southern Gaza on Sunday in a fresh spate of internal violence that signalled a growing breakdown of law and order.
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Iran court ends trial of intelligence agent: Key evidence ignored: lawyers
TEHRAN, July 18: Iran's hardline judiciary abruptly ended the trial on Sunday of an intelligence agent accused of killing a Canadian journalist
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Tehran says suspects may have crossed illegally
TEHRAN, July 18: Iran said on Sunday that suspected Al Qaeda members involved in the Sept 11, 2001, attacks may have passed through its territory, but insisted they would have done so "illegally".
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Riyadh given custody of 27 militants
RIYADH, July 18: Foreign governments have handed over 27 wanted Saudi militants to Riyadh, a Saudi security official said on Sunday. But neither names of the accused handed over to Riyadh nor those of the countries which turned them over have been made known.
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Pilot who dropped A-bomb on Nagasaki dies
BOSTON, July 18: The pilot of the US bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan in the last days of World War II died in a Boston hospital on Friday.
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