Opposition likely to boycott no-trust vote
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The opposition may boycott voting after making speeches in the National Assembly when the House takes up a no-confidence motion against Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday, sources told Dawn here on Wednesday.
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Talks soon with opposition: govt
RAWALPINDI, Oct 20: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said the three-member cabinet committee formed by the speaker of the National Assembly would soon hold talks with the opposition.
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Durrani likely to attend NSC meeting
PESHAWAR, Oct 20: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), NWFP, on Wednesday softened its stand on the National Security Council and indicated that Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani might attend NSC's forthcoming meeting in Islamabad.
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Musharraf underlines need for political stability
RAWALPINDI, Oct 20: Stressing the importance of internal stability for Pakistan to meet both internal and external challenges, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that the country needed political stability
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Pakistan calls for focus on causes of terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20: Pakistan on Tuesday called upon the UN's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) to broaden the strategy to fight terrorism and focus on the root causes of terrorism such as political injustice, non-resolution of long-standing disputes.
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Massive hunt launched for Mehsud: Two security personnel killed
PESHAWAR, Oct 20: Over 2,000 soldiers launched a hunt for the wanted militant commander, Abdullah Mehsud, and scores of his fighters in the South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday.
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Two Arab Al Qaeda suspects arrested
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Law-enforcement agencies have arrested a Yemeni national who is an important figure in Al Qaeda's new leadership and another foreign national who is one of the network's communications specialists, officials said on Wednesday.
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Next round of talks to begin on Nov 29: Rail, bus links and drugs control
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The Foreign Office on Wednesday announced a schedule for meetings with India beginning next month to discuss different issues, including narcotics control
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Raising Iran issue at UNSC not advisable now: Pakistan backs talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Pakistan does not consider it advisable to raise in the United Nations Security Council at this stage the issue of alleged fabrication of nuclear weapons by Iran.
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Sindh lifts ban on jobs
KARACHI, Oct 20: The Sindh cabinet on Wednesday announced lifting of ban on recruitment to fill 42,886 posts lying vacant in different departments. The annual financial bill under the head of salaries and perks is estimated to soar up to Rs3 billion following the recruitment.
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Beijing backs talks
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: China on Wednesday supported India's efforts to solve the Jammu and Kashmir issue through talks. "This question must be peacefully settled through dialogue," China's State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan said while talking to the media.
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India, China officials discuss border row
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Senior Indian and Chinese officials met on Wednesday to discuss a long-running border dispute between the two countries, India's foreign office said.
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Qanooni to accept vote result
KABUL, Oct 20: Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai's chief rival Yunus Qanooni told AFP on Wednesday he would accept the outcome of Afghanistan's presidential election despite his allegations of fraud.
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Aid group stops work; planes attack Fallujah
BAGHDAD, Oct 20: Iraq suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday as the foreign aid group CARE halted its operations in the violence-wracked country after the kidnapping of a top relief worker, while a car bomb blew up in Baghdad.
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US soldier pleads guilty to abuse
BAGHDAD, Oct 20: One of the US soldiers at the heart of the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison pleaded guilty to five charges of maltreatment and indecency at a court martial in Baghdad on Wednesday.
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Iran tests missile of 2000km range
TEHRAN, Oct 20: Iran carried out a new test on Wednesday of its upgraded Shahab-3 ballistic missile, which it says has a range of at least 2,000 kilometres, Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said.
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BD court sentences 3 to death in AL leaders' murder case
DHAKA, Oct 20: The Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to three former army personnel and life imprisonment to 12 former army officers
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Yudhoyono pledges end to corruption
JAKARTA, Oct 20: Indonesia's newly-elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took the oath of office on Wednesday, capping an intense election season that spanned six months and three separate ballots.
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