By-polls in Attock, Tharparkar today
KARACHI, Aug 17: All is set for crucial by-elections today in two National Assembly constituencies, one in Punjab and the other in Sindh, which Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz hopes to win to become the country's next prime minister. Violence and acrimonious exchanges have been the hallmark of the election campaign in which Mr Aziz escaped a terrorist attack on his life...
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Transfer of power under constitutional rules: PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the transfer of power to the incoming prime minister Shaukat Aziz will take place "strictly under constitutional provisions and the set procedure after completion of the by-polls and announcement of results".
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Uproar, protest cut short NA session: Minister's remarks on JI, PPP men's killing
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Opposition's protest cut short National Assembly proceedings on Tuesday after Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain disallowed moves to discuss Monday's shooting during a by-election campaign in Attock and the interior minister's stance against the Jamaat-i-Islami.
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Al Qaeda suspect's father moves LHC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Engineer Hayat Noor Khan, the father of detained Al Qaeda suspect Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, seeking protection for his son and an order to stop his possible extradition.
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Seminary, mosque raided in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Law-enforcement agencies personnel raided the Lal Mosque and its seminary here on Tuesday and searched it for the Imam and his brother for their alleged links with the Al Qaeda network and issuing a fatwa against the army and the ongoing operation in Wana
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Soldier killed in Shakai attack
WANA, Aug 17: An army soldier was killed and five others suffered injuries when suspected militants attacked a military outpost in the Shakai valley of South Waziristan, officials said on Tuesday.
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NAB gets control of two FIA wings
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The federal government on Tuesday issued a notification under which two wings of the Federal Investigation Agency have been handed over to the National Accountability Bureau, interior ministry's spokesman Chaudhry Abdul Rauf told Dawn.
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Irsa to reduce provinces' share by 10pc
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The Indus River System Authority on Tuesday decided to impose a 10 per cent cut on provincial water shares for the remaining period of the Kharif season and projected that water might not be available in dams for the Rabi season.
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'Bhasha dam construction from 2006'
ISLAMABAD Aug 17: There are indications that work on the Bhasha dam project will start in June 2006 because of the government's failure to muster sufficient political support for the Kalabagh dam project.
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Nine killed as van falls into ravine
SKARDU, Aug 17: Nine persons were killed and 10 others injured when a van plunged into a ravine here on Tuesday, sources told Dawn. They said that the van was on its way to Skardu from Markanja.
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FMs to review talks progress
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: The dialogue between the Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers, when they meet here on Sept 5-6, would set the tone for a proposed meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York, sources said on Tuesday.
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Peace team urges Sadr to call off uprising: Militia positions pounded
NAJAF, Aug 17: An Iraqi peace delegation urged Shia leader Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday to call off his uprising in Najaf, and on the battlefront US troops pounded militia positions near the country's holiest sites.
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Eight British terror suspects charged
LONDON, Aug 17: Britain framed charges against eight terror suspects on Tuesday, including conspiracy to murder and possession of surveillance plans of the New York Stock Exchange and other US-based financial institutions.
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Sharon okays 1,000 more settler homes
JERUSALEM, Aug 17: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank to defuse a ruling party mutiny but the move was likely to anger Washington.
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