PML-N hits out at PPP
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Acting parliamentary leader of the PML-N Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has admitted that the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is facing a 'serious threat due to the ongoing tussle between the PPP and the PML-N over nomination of a candidate for the prime minister's office.
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Aziz, Jamali discuss political issues
ISLAMABAD Aug 23: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday went to the Balochistan House and meet former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to discuss political issues with him. Mr Jamali told Dawn that Mr Aziz had in particular discussed the issue of Balochistan with him.
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Senate panel on Balochistan proposed: Shujaat stresses political solution
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that efforts would be made to find a political solution to Balochistan's problems .
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PM's address today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will address the nation on Tuesday at 8pm. The address will be broadcast over Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television. -APP
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Senate debates Iraq situation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The Opposition in the Senate on Monday blasted the government's policy on Iraq and condemned what it said was the barbaric bombing, and killing of large numbers of innocent Iraqi people.
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PML-N leader files pre-arrest bail plea
PESHAWAR, Aug 23: A former member of the National Assembly of PML-N Haji Javed Ibrahim Paracha, accused by the federal interior minister of having links with militants, on Monday filed a pre-arrest bail petition in the Peshawar High Court.
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Three foreign militants killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 23: Four militants, three of them foreigners, were killed and one was captured along with a Pakistani accomplice in an operation in South Waziristan tribal region on Monday, officials said. Security forces conducted an early morning raid in the rugged Bangi Dar area near the Afghan border, about 18 kilometres north of Miramshah, the administrative headquarters of the region.
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Joint anti-terror fight pledged: Pakistan, Afghan Presidents meet
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Pakistan and Afghanistan vowed on Monday to enhance their capability to fight terrorism as President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai resolved to further expand relationship in various fields.
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President of Bosnia due today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Bosnia and Herzegovina President Sulejman Tihic will arrive here on Tuesday on a four-day official visit to Pakistan. During the visit, Sulejman Tihic will exchange views with President Gen Pervez Musharraf on issues
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Oman demands deportation charges
LAHORE, Aug 23: Oman has asked Pakistan to take strict measures to control human smuggling through sea routes. Official sources said that the Gulf state had expressed its serious concern following an increase in the number of Pakistanis entering its territory through illegal means.
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Confidence-building process launched: Construction of big dams
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The government has started a process of confidence building among provinces to resolve water-related issues on a long-term basis and to start construction of big dams with consensus.
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EU Committee assails abuses in held Kashmir
STRASBURG, Aug 23: Human Rights abuses by the Indian troops in the occupied Kashmir continue to feed cycle of violence and the average custodial killings of innocent Kashmiris stands at 17 per day.
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New Delhi withdraws assistance to EU visit
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Apparently irked by the remarks of a European official who called Jammu & Kashmir the world's most beautiful prison, India has withdrawn its patronage to future visits to the Valley by European parliamentary delegations, news reports said on Monday.
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US lists military deals, special ties with India
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: The United States said on Monday that new military ties with India was a key plank of its emerging policy in South Asia and listed an impressive catalogue of arms deals with New Delhi that would inevitably
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Missile damages wall of Hazrat Ali shrine: US troops pound cemetry
NAJAF, Aug 23: The US forces in Iraq pounded Najaf's cemetery and historic centre near the Imam Ali Mosque on Monday, dimming hopes of a peaceful end to a nearly three-week stand off.
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Nepal says its nationals kidnapped in Iraq
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Nepal confirmed on Monday that 13 of its citizens had been kidnapped by an Islamic group in Iraq and appealed for their release.
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Riyadh boosts border security
RIYADH, Aug 23: Amid reports of cross-border infiltration from neighbouring countries into Iraq, Saudi Arabia has adopted strict security measures to protect its borders in view of the volatile situation in the region, a security official said.
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Blast kills one in Turkey
ISTANBUL, Aug 23: An explosion rocked Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least another, the state-run Anatolian news agency said.
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