Opposition threat to quit NA
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The National Assembly session on Friday was marred by the combined opposition's slogan-chanting protests, lack of quorum and then a boycott of the proceedings.
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No-trust motion to be taken up on 22nd
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said the no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against him on Thursday will come up before the house for debate and voting on Oct 22.
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Ulema asked to help curb terrorism
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday asked ulema to help government promote religious harmony and prevent extremist elements from committing terror acts in the country.
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Efforts stepped up to capture Mehsud
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Security forces on Friday stepped up their hunt for Abdullah Mehsud, an Al Qaeda-linked former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who had masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers, government officials said.
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Engineer's body to be flown home today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The body of the Chinese engineer killed during a commando operation against his kidnappers in South Waziristan on Thursday will be flown to China on Saturday morning, a Foreign Office source said.
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China urges effective safety for its nationals
BEIJING, Oct 15: China has asked Pakistan to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals in the country after a Chinese engineer was killed in a hostage crisis.
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Pakistan not rigid on time frame, says Aziz: Progress on Kashmir urged
NEW DELHI, Oct 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is not rigid about a timeframe for the resolution of the Kashmir issue but sought instead tangible progress on it within a reasonable period of time
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Islamabad played useful role, says Khalilzad: Afghan presidential election
WASHINGTON, Oct 15: US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday praised Pakistan for preventing cross-border attacks during the Afghan election and said Islamabad played a useful and important role in ensuring peace at that critical stage.
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EC suspends 16 MPAs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Election Commission on Friday suspended the membership of 16 members of provincial assemblies for failing to submit their annual statements of assets and liabilities by the Sept 30 deadline.
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Ramazan begins
PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Friday announced that Ramazan moon had been sighted and Saturday is the first of Ramazan.
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Landslide kills nine of a family in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 15: At least nine members of a family, including two children and an infant, were killed by a landslide in a Neelum valley village on Thursday night.
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Pakistani pilgrims arrested in Iraq
MUNZIRIYA, Oct 15: Over 100 people from Afghanistan and Pakistan recently arrested in Iraq were pilgrims who had been abandoned at the border by their Iranian tour guides, a National Guard officer said on Friday.
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Troops surround Fallujah in hunt for Zarqawi
FALLUJAH, Oct 15: US and Iraqi troops encircled the city of Fallujah on Friday in the hunt for Abu Mussab al Zarqawi as locals protested Iraq's most wanted man was not there and a car bomb explosion killed 10 people in Baghdad.
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UN officials to question former Macedonian minister
ZAGREB, Oct 15: United Nations war crimes investigators are seeking to question a former Macedonian minister detained in Croatia on suspicion of masterminding the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants two years ago
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Five UNSC members elected
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15: Japan, Argentina, Denmark, Greece and Tanzania were elected non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council by the UN General Assembly on Friday for two years.
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G8 powers discuss Iran nuclear issue
WASHINGTON, Oct 15: Top officials from the Group of Eight (G8) powers met here on Friday to discuss ways of making Iran give up its alleged nuclear weapons programme.
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