Senate adopts PPO Bill
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Senate on Wednesday passed the Political Parties Order (Amendment) Bill that allows the holders of public office to keep the party office as well.
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Saarc accord to boost all-round collaboration: Ministers' meeting ends on positive note
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The two-day meeting of the Saarc Council of Ministers ended here on Wednesday with specific proposals for collaborative projects promising benefits to the peoples of the region.
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Peace will boost progress of Saarc states: PM
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Wednesday that promotion of peace and security in the region would contribute to the overall economic development in South Asia.
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President, PM discuss Saarc, other issues
ISLAMABAD, July 21: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met on Wednesday and exchanged views on a host of issues, including the political and regional situation with reference to the Saarc meeting held here.
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Key Indo-Pakistan issues discussed
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Wednesday discussed in a 'forthright manner' the substantive issues of concern to both sides - the cross-border terrorism and Kashmir.
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Tribesmen hand over 6 relatives of militants
PESHAWAR, July 21: Tribal leaders in Wana, South Waziristan, on Wednesday handed over six relatives of two local militants suspected of supporting Al-Qaeda to authorities, a local source told Dawn by telephone.
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Court confirms $2.4m restitution: NAB
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) claimed on Wednesday that the Geneva Court of Appeals has confirmed restitution of $2.4 million to the government of Pakistan in the Ursus tractor case.
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German FM arrives
ISLAMABAD, July 21: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day official visit to Pakistan to discuss bilateral and regional issues.
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Private jail: American puts blame on Rumsfeld
KABUL, July 21: A US citizen appearing in court on Wednesday charged with running a private "war on terror" in Afghanistan claimed he and two other Americans were working with the full knowledge of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld....
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Three Indians among six kidnapped in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 21: A new hostage crisis erupted in Iraq on Wednesday, just a day after a kidnapped Filipino was freed, with guerrillas saying they had seized three Indians, two Kenyans and an Egyptian
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US missed chances to stop hijackers: TV network's preview of 9/11 report
WASHINGTON, July 21: The final report of the commission investigating the Sept 11, 2001, attacks will not conclude definitively that the terrorist strike could have been prevented
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Israel must obey ICJ ruling, demands UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 21: The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to demand that Israel obey the world court ruling, which declared the construction of a separation barrier in and around the West Bank to be illegal.
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2 militants killed in clash with Saudi forces
RIYADH, July 21: Two wanted militants, Eisa bin Saad Al Oshan and Mujab Abu Ras Al Dossary, were killed during an exchange of gunfire with security forces in the King Fahd area in Riyadh on Wednesday morning.
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EU told to shed 'fears of Islam': Turkey's membership
BRUSSELS, July 21: Dutch Prime Minister and current president of the 25-nation European Union Jan Balkenende on Wednesday urged the bloc's governments not to give in to "fears of Islam"
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