Aziz elected as opposition boycotts vote: Premier-elect outlines future policy; speaker refuses to call Hashmi to NA
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Amid opposition protests and boycott, the ruling coalition in the National Assembly on Friday elected former finance minister Shaukat Aziz as prime minister, who vowed to give the country a competent government.
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ARD, MMA pledge joint struggle
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: All opposition groups, alliances and parties in the National Assembly on Friday announced that they would work together for the restoration of true democracy in the country. Speaking at a press conference after walking out of the National Assembly following their boycott of the election for the leader of the house, they said they would work in close coordination to put an end to the political role of the civil and military bureaucracy and salvage the image of Pakistan as a democratic nation
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Cabinet will be announced by Sept 1: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday that the new cabinet of prime minister-elect Shaukat Aziz would be inducted by Wednesday (Sept 1)....
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Kuwait, Pakistan pledge closer ties in all areas
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Muhammad Sabah bin Salem Al Sabah called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday and held discussions centring on bilateral relations...
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Trade deficit with India rises
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Pakistan's trade deficit with India rose by 201 per cent to more than $288.6 million during the fiscal 2003-04 against $95.845 million registered in the previous year.
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Aziz to visit India this year
NEW DELHI, Aug 27: Prime Minister-elect Shaukat Aziz will visit New Delhi later this year as the Saarc chairman, when he is also expected to hold bilateral talks with Indian leaders, official sources said on Friday.
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Strategy for talks with Pakistan discussed
NEW DELHI, Aug 27: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Friday discussed issues to be negotiated at a meeting of foreign ministers of India and Pakistan to be held on Sept 5 and 6.
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Shia militia leaves Najaf shrine
NAJAF, Aug 27: Shia fighters left the holiest shrine in Iraq on Friday and began turning in their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a peace agreement that ended the uprising in Najaf.
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5 points of peace pact
NAJAF, Aug 27: Shia religious leader Moqtada Sadr and his Mehdi Army handed over the keys to the Imam Ali shrine on Friday after Sadr agreed a peace initiative by top Shia leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
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Bush admits he misjudged Iraq situation: Interview with NYT
WASHINGTON, Aug 27: President George Bush, in an interview with The New York Times published on Friday, said he miscalculated post-war conditions in Iraq and that the long insurgency was the product of a "swift victory".
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Turkish hostages shot dead
DOHA, Aug 27: The bodies of two Turkish hostages shot dead in Iraq have been found in Baiji the north of the country, Al-Jazeera television said on Friday night in a news flash.
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Israel plays down missile test failure
AL QUDS, Aug 27: Israeli officials on Friday tried to downplay the failure of a joint test with the United States of a new missile system designed to intercept incoming missiles.
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Eritrean deportees seize plane, give up
GENEINA, Aug 27: A group of 78 Eritreans being deported home from Libya hijacked their plane on Friday and diverted it to Khartoum in Sudan, where they surrendered, UN and Sudanese officials said.
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Australia win Olympic hockey gold
ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men's hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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