It's Aziz vs Hashmi for PM's post: Vote in NA today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Former finance minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday appeared set to be voted by the National Assembly on Friday as country's second prime minister in less than two months and third in less than two years
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Amin says Hashmi's naming dismayed ARD foes
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: ARD president Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Thursday the nomination of Javed Hashmi would bring disappointment to those who were keen to see differences in the ranks of the alliance.
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Exiled party leaders save ARD from split
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) surrendered to the demand of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to nominate Makhdoom Javed Hashmi as ARD candidate for the office of prime minister.
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MMA likely to back Hashmi
LAHORE, Aug 26: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami, hinted on Thursday at supporting the candidature of Makhdoom Javed Hashmi for the prime ministership against Mr Shaukat Aziz.
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US envoy meets Baloch leaders
KARACHI, Aug 26: US Ambassador Ms Nancy Powell met Chairman Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal and veteran politician Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari and exchanged views with them on the overall situation in Balochistan.
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Two soldiers killed near Wana
WANA/MIRAMSHAH, Aug 26: Two soldiers were killed and six others wounded when a military truck was blown up by a remote-controlled device in the troubled South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday.
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Pakistan asks Nato to deploy more troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 26: Pakistan has challenged America's Western allies to match the 75,000 troops Islamabad has deployed to prevent cross-border terrorist attacks along the Afghan border.
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Water data briefing for Abbasi panel on Sept 4
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The second formal meeting of the technical committee on water resources (TCWR) constituted by the president in August last year has been convened on Sept 4, 2004
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Pakistan slams mosque attack
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Pakistan on Thursday condemned mortars' attack on a Kufa mosque in which more than 70 people died and hundreds were injured. Foreign Office spokesman Masood said that Pakistan denounced bloodshed of Iraqis
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Sikh man's nationality a problem for Sweden
LAHORE, Aug 26: A Swedish police team brought here on Thursday a Sikh man claiming to be Pakistani national. Officials said that Inspector Peter Nadhal, along with a policewoman, brought Par winder Singh by a PIA flight for confirmation of his nationality.
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India asked to stop HR violations in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The special committee of Parliament on Kashmir on Thursday called upon India to stop human rights violations and withdraw its armed forces from the held valley to enable Kashmiris to live a normal life.
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China, India to hold war games
BEIJING, Aug 26: China and India will hold their armies' first joint mountaineering exercise in Tibet this week, state media said on Thursday. The training, the first of its kind between the two armies
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India to induct Brahmos missiles next year
NEW DELHI, Aug 26: India has commenced production of the Russian-designed 290-kilometre-range Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles for induction by the Indian Navy next year, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told parliament on Thursday.
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Sistani, Al Sadr reach accord for Najaf peace: Militiamen, US troops to leave; over 74 die in firing on mosque, protesters
NAJAF, Aug 26: Iraq's most revered Shia leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani persuaded Moqtada Al Sadr on Thursday to accept a deal ending a three-week uprising in Najaf
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