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Fazl hopeful of alliance with ARD
PESHAWAR, Jan 9: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, has said he is optimistic about prospects of the Muttahita Majlis-i-Amal forging a grand alliance with the ARD
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Deletion of sect column in all forms proposed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The government is expected to direct the law ministry shortly to scrap declaration of sect in all recruitment and other application forms issued by the state and semi-government institutions
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Fresh troops for S. Waziristan
WANA, Jan 9: Military authorities have sent fresh troops to the Sara Rogha area to the South Waziristan Agency where wanted militant Abdullah Mehsud is believed to be hiding.
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Gilgit calm, unrest in Skardu
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Gilgit was tense but calm on Sunday as troops patrolled streets of the city which was hit by widespread violence following a terrorist attack on Saturday on a top prayer leader.
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Sui rocked by heavy gunbattle
QUETTA, Jan 9: Heavy gun battle erupted in Sui on Sunday night when armed men launched an attack on positions of the Frontier Corps and the Defence Security Guards.
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Musharraf appeals for relief: Tsunami victims
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday appealed to the masses to donate generously in his relief fund for the tsunami victims to enable the government to continue its relief effort.
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Release of wheat stocks ordered
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The federal government, which is expecting the production of wheat to exceed the target of 20.2 million tons, has directed the provincial governments to release stocks from their godowns to the mills quickly
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Baglihar issue to indirectly affect CBMs: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Foreign Office Spokesman Masood Ahmed Khan has said Pakistan did its best to resolve the Baglihar issue with India through talks but could not succeed.
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Mirwaiz rejects LB polls in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Senior Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that the Indian announcement about holding of local bodies elections in the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) is just an effort to deceive the international community.
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Three Indian soldiers, Hizb leader killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: Three Indian army soldiers and a wanted commander of a major Kashmiri group were among seven people killed in latest violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
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BD expects Saarc summit from Feb 7 to 9
DHAKA, Jan 9: Bangladesh expects the postponed summit of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation to take place in the second week of February as all members, except India, have agreed to attend it from Feb 7 to 9.
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7 Ukrainian troops killed in Iraq
KIEV, Jan 9: Seven Ukrainian soldiers serving in the US-led coalition in Iraq were killed in an explosion, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The ministry's press service said it could not immediately provide any other information.
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Abbas poised for landslide victory
RAMALLAH, Jan 9: PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas was set for a landslide victory in the Palestinian presidential election Sunday with exit polls suggesting he had won some two-thirds of the vote.
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US to raise tsunami aid to $1 billion
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: US officials and lawmakers said on Sunday that they expect the Bush administration to increase its $350 million financial commitment to the tsunami-hit nations by as much as threefold to nearly $1 billion.
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Four militants killed in shootout in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Jan 9: Four wanted militants were killed on Sunday in a shootout with security forces in a desert area in Saudi Arabia, where the government is battling a wave of attacks by Al Qaeda linked militants
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