By-polls: MMA withdraws in ARD's favour
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Tuesday announced that it had withdrawn its candidates on both the National Assembly seats, NA-59 Attock and NA-229 Tharparkar-I, on which the finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, is contesting in the August 18 by-elections.
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General debate on PPO begins in Senate
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Senate on Tuesday began a general debate on a bill seeking amendment to the Political Parties Order 2002 after chairman Mohammedmian Soomro rejected several objections raised by opposition members in an effort to block the introduction of the legislation.
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Opposition presses karo-kari bill
ISLAMABAD, July 20: While the government is yet to come up with a promised law to curb honour-killing, the People's Party Parliamentarians pressed one of its own in the National Assembly on Tuesday to provide a legal remedy for customs like karo-kari.
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Jets, gunships pound militants' positions: 'Several mountain posts secured'
WANA, July 20: Pakistan Air Force jets and army helicopter gunships bombed militants' positions in Santoi and Mantoi mountain regions in the South Waziristan tribal area on Tuesday.
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Saarc should work to build trust: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, July 20: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday emphasized that Saarc should institute a confidence-building process among the member states. Talking to the foreign ministers of Saarc states, the president underlined the importance of peace
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Settlement of political disputes stressed: Saarc ministerial session opens
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The 25th session of the Saarc Council of Ministers opened here on Tuesday amid emphatic calls to resolve political disputes in the region to enable the association to achieve its goal of poverty alleviation and development.
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FMs' talks dates may be changed
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The dates for meetings between the foreign ministers and foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India may be changed owing to 'scheduling conflict', foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said on Tuesday.
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PM seeks stronger ties with Maldives
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday underscored the need for enhancing bilateral relations with Maldives in all fields. He was talking to Maldivian Foreign Minister Fathulla Jameel who paid a courtesy call on him.
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German FM due today
ISLAMABAD, July 20: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer will begin a three-day visit to Pakistan from July 21 for talks on counter-terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation and other bilateral and regional issues, a foreign office spokesman announced on Tuesday.
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No consensus on large dams
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The parliamentary committee on water resources on Tuesday failed to evolve a consensus on the construction of large dams as Sindh and the NWFP rejected Kalabagh dam as an option while all provinces were unanimous in implementing the 1991 water accord in its totality.
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Troops to Iraq if it's in national interest: Public opinion to be considered - Ashraf
WASHINGTON, July 20: Pakistan will send troops to Iraq if it's in its national interests to do so and not because a Pakistani is heading the UN mission in Baghdad, says Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.
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Five shot dead in Kashmir
JAMMU, July 20: Suspected freedom fighters overnight burst into a house in occupied Kashmir, lined up a trooper and four members of his family and gunned them down, police said on Tuesday.
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Omar's relative held in Uruzgan
KABUL, July 20: Afghan forces captured a brother-in-law of Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar on Tuesday after a shootout in which one soldier was killed, officials said.
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15 Taliban killed
KABUL, July 20: The Afghan National Army killed 15 Taliban members in central province of Urzgan, the state-run television reported late on Tuesday night. Troops also arrested 10 Taliban in the operation in Deh Rawood district, a military spokesman said.
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Muslim brigade for Iraq pledged
WASHINGTON, July 20: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Monday that his country was ready to mobilize an international Muslim force to rehabilitate Iraq.
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'N-inspectors to return to Iraq'
CAIRO, July 20: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will return to Iraq in the coming days, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said here on Tuesday.
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