NA takes up no-trust motion today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The National Assembly is likely to witness an interesting legal battle on Friday when it takes up an opposition's no-confidence motion against Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain.
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Opposition demands secret ballot for no-confidence vote
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government had asked its MNAs to abstain in 'secret ballot' in the no-confidence motion against the speaker to avoid the embarrassment of a defeat
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President vows to eradicate terrorism: Corps commanders conference
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan will not be deterred by sporadic terrorist activities aimed at tarnishing the image of the country and sabotaging internal peace.
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Bilateral deal on Baglihar ruled out: Experts to inform Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: An inter-ministerial meeting convened to discuss the Baglihar power project unanimously decided to request President Gen Pervez Musharraf to use all channels to stop
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Aziz orders KCR restoration
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday ordered the Ministry of Railways to immediately start work for restoration of the Karachi Circular Railways.
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Bill against honour killing presented
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government on Thursday presented in the National Assembly a bill on honour killing, seeking to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
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New pay scales under consideration
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government is considering a proposal to make major changes to the basic pay-scale structure under which approximately a 100 per cent increase in the salary of military and civilian bureaucracy is envisaged, documents available with Dawn show.
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India protests against proposed sale of F-16s to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 Alarmed by reports that the US administration may sell some F-16s to Pakistan if President George Bush was re-elected, India has strongly protested to Washington against the proposed sale
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India to get N-powered submarine from Russia
MOSCOW, Oct 21: Russia will lease to India a nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing nuclear and conventional missiles, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.
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UK Army chief visits LoC
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: British Army Chief, General Sir Mike Jackson, visited the Line of Control Thursday as both countries discussed the efficacy of the ceasefire holding there between Indian and Pakistan troops.
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Ex-Kashmir minister shot dead
SRINAGAR, Oct 21: Suspected Muslim freedom fighters on Thursday shot dead a former minister in India's insurgency-racked Kashmir, police said.
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Mortars miss Iraqi PM's residence
MOSUL, Oct 21: Guerillas fired mortars close to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his entourage, which included the interior minister and his national security adviser
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UK to move troops close to Baghdad
LONDON, Oct 21: Britain agreed on Thursday to a request from US commanders to redeploy 850 troops into a US-controlled section of Iraq, west of Baghdad, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said.
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US soldier jailed in abuse case
BAGHDAD, Oct 21: A US military court on Thursday sentenced a US army reservist to eight years in jail for abusing Iraqi detainees at the US-led Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
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No countries named for new UN council membership
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: A UN advisory panel on reforming the Security Council does not recommend any country, including Japan, Germany and India, as potential contenders to the permanent seat
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Turkey jails builder using inferior material
ANKARA, Oct 21: A Turkish court sentenced on Thursday one of the country's most notorious contractors to 25 years in jail over the deaths of 195 people who perished in a 1999 quake in shoddy houses he had built, Anatolia news agency reported.
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150 feared dead in China mine explosion
XINMI, Oct 21: An underground gas explosion which ripped through a mine in central China killed at least 60 workers and left 88 missing in one of the country's worst mining disasters in recent memory
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Castro hurt
HAVANA, Oct 21: Cuba's President Fidel Castro injured himself, possibly fracturing an arm and a knee, in a fall after giving a speech in Santa Clara, Cuban television reported.
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