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PML-N to brief PPP on meeting with MMA
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-N will soon brief the local leadership of the People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on the meetings held between Nawaz Sharif and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders in Jeddah
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Shahbaz seeks free, fair elections
NEW YORK, Jan 28: The leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahbaz Sharif on Friday called upon President Pervez Musharraf to hold free, fair and transparent elections in the country at the earliest.
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APC calls for talks to resolve issues
QUETTA, Jan 28: A roundtable conference organized by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday adopted a seven-point resolution urging the government to desist from the use of force or launching a military operation
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World urged to adopt UN reforms agenda: Pakistan calls for consensus
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: Pakistan on Thursday called on the international community to adopt the UN reforms agenda by consensus saying that any division will derail the entire reform process and further discredit the world body .
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Ghani rejects governor's rule in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD Jan 28: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has ruled out imposition of governor's rule or a military operation in Balochistan.
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Three held in Sui gang-rape case
QUETTA, Jan 28: Police on Friday arrested a senior official of the Pakistan Petroleum Ltd and two former doctors of the Sui hospital in a gang-rape case that took place on Jan 3.
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FC men deployed to protect gas plant, says ISPR
SUI, Jan 28: The law enforcement agencies have tightened security at Sui to protect valuable installations and thwart any attempt by miscreants, said Brigadier Shahjehan of ISPR here on Friday.
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'No operation in tribal areas'
HANGU, Jan 28: Peshawar Corps Commander, Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain, said on Friday that the government had no intention to launch any military operation in tribal agencies....
SBP bans car premium financing
KARACHI, Jan 28: From now on, banks and development finance institutions or DFIs will give auto loans only up to the extent of the ex-factory tax-paid prices of cars
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Stocks lose 155 points
KARACHI, Jan 28: Karachi stocks on Friday received a battering and fell across the board as the long-awaited technical correction made deeper inroads in the bull domain.
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Kidnapped judges freed
SHIKARPUR, Jan 28: Two kidnapped judges, Abdul Wahab Abbasi and Farooq Ahmed Channa, were freed on Friday. Mr Abbasi and Mr Channa were kidnapped from Shikarpur district some 57 days back while on their way to Shikarpur from Larkana.
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Three gas blasts rock Kasur
KASUR, Jan 28: Three gas pipeline blasts reportedly occurred after brief intervals in Chakkoke village, 4km off Chhanga Manga, late on Friday night.
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17 Afghans held in Quetta
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Police have arrested 17 Afghans suspected of being Taliban militants, including a former Kabul police chief and a provincial governor, police said on Friday.
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Rice speaks to Musharraf
NEW DELHI, Jan 28: State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Rice had started to make contact with world leaders, speaking by phone with President Pervez Musharraf and foreign ministers Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Gianfranco Fini of Italy.
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Tough security steps taken to safeguard landmark Iraq polls
BAGHDAD, Jan 28: Insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's landmark election killed 10 Iraqis and five US soldiers on Friday as the government announced the capture of two al Qaeda lieutenants.
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Hamas sweeps local councils elections
GAZA, Jan 28: Hamas swept seven out of 10 councils in the Gaza Strip's first local elections on Thursday, seen as a test of strength between the militant group and new President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Libyan envoy expelled
STOCKHOLM, Jan 28: Sweden said on Friday it had expelled a foreign diplomat, identified by a newspaper as a Libyan who had spied on his countrymen living in the Nordic state. -AFP
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