Names of Asif and Hamza removed from ECL
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The government on Tuesday issued a passport to Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari and removed his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) to enable him to travel to Dubai to celebrate the new year with his family
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NA speaker accepts Qadri's resignation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Pakistan Awami Tehrik chief Dr Tahirul Qadri.
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Local polls in March on non-party basis
RAWALPINDI, Dec 28: The federal government decided on Tuesday to hold local bodies' elections in March next year on non-party basis, and approved certain changes in the composition of union councils
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Irshad to quit CEC post on Jan 15
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan said on Tuesday that he would relinquish his office on Jan 15 after completing three years in office.
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HRW questions govt's claim about democracy
NEW YORK, Dec 28: Human Rights Watch has criticized the government of Pakistan for its 'repression' of a PPP demonstration in Islamabad on Dec 21. In a press release, Human Rights Watch recalled that the aborted demonstration was called by Asif Ali Zardari, husband of former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, who had announced he would lead a rally in Islamabad and Rawalpindi....
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Pakistan again offers safe gas supply to India from Iran: Aziz's meeting with Kharrazi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan reiterated on Tuesday that it would be able to ensure safe supply of natural gas to rival India should New Delhi join a proposed project to bring gas from Iran via Pakistan.
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Accord to take peace process forward: Fresh CBMs to be explored
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The second round of Indo-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks concluded here on Tuesday with a joint pledge to carry the peace process forward and explore other confidence-building measures (CBMs).
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Wanted militant surrenders
PESHAWAR, Dec 28: A wanted militant in the South Waziristan tribal region, Maulvi Sharif, accepted the government amnesty offer here on Tuesday.
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Madressah searched
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 28: Army troops searched a madressah in Darpa Khel Danadai village here on Tuesday night. A large number of army troops surrounded the village
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No new phone till Nadra verifies details
LAHORE, Dec 28: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao announces the establishment of provincial chapters of the National Crisis Management Cell to fight terrorism.
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Power load shedding from January 1
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Most parts of the country will start facing major power shutdowns from Jan 1, 2005, owing to serious water shortage in all dams of the country and the resultant reduction in hyro-electric generation, it is learnt.
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More US troops sent to Baghdad for polls
BAGHDAD, Dec 28: An extra 5,000 US troops have been deployed in Baghdad ahead of January's elections, a top US commander said Tuesday, sketching a plan to tackle an expected surge in violence in the run up to polling day.
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String of attacks leaves 42 dead in Iraq
SAMARRA, Dec 28: At least 42 people were killed in a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces and other targets on Tuesday after Osama bin Laden declared Jordanian radical Abu Musab al Zarqawi his "amir" in the country.
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Tsunami toll exceeds 60,000
GALLE, Dec 28: The sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's tsunami past 60,000.
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