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Accord in NA to work out code of conduct
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The ruling coalition and opposition vowed in the National Assembly on Tuesday to formulate a code of conduct against using unparliamentary language in the lower house after rare peace moves by speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain.
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Two bills on honour killing tabled in NA
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The treasury members tabled on Tuesday two bills on honour-killing in the National Assembly during lacklustre proceedings on a private members day.
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NA adopts resolution on women's rights
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution, initiated by women members, through which it pledged to ensure women's rights in the country.
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The JUI approach to the NSC
PESHAWAR, March 8: Those who know Maulana Fazlur Rehman would tell you what a shrewd politician the JUI-F leader is. While Jamaat-i-Islami Amir, Qazi Hussain Ahmad chose to blow hot, hitting out at the military establishment
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US lawmakers alarmed over Benazir's missile remarks
WASHINGTON, March 8: US lawmakers have reacted with concern to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's claim that she personally brought missile blueprints from North Korea while she was prime minister.
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'Energy corridor' proposal accepted by India: Aziz
KARACHI, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that India had accepted Pakistan's proposal for an 'energy corridor' and the Indian petroleum minister would be invited for talks on the project.
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Islamabad responds to WB queries on Baglihar
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan has responded to another set of queries made by the World Bank following the response it received recently from New Delhi on questions regarding its talks with Islamabad on the controversial Baglihar dam issue
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700 Indian fishermen released
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan on Tuesday announced release of 700 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture and to boost peace process. The prisoners are mostly Indian fishermen arrested after straying into Pakistan's territorial waters.
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Balochistan police claim arresting 5 saboteurs
QUETTA, March 8: Police have arrested from Killi Qambrani, a village in the suburbs of the city, five members of a gang involved in bomb explosions and rocket and hand grenade attacks. Balochistan Inspector-General of Police Chaudhry Yaqoob told a news conference on Tuesday: "We have arrested five important members of a terrorist gang involved in subversive activities."
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Pakistan made US more secure, says Bush
WASHINGTON, March 8: President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that Pakistan had made the United States "more secure" by arresting more than 100 extremists across the country.
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Nepal protest
KATHMANDU, March 8: Over 170 political activists were arrested on Tuesday in Kathmandu and south eastern Dhanusha district during the largest anti-monarchy protests staged in Nepal since King Gyanendra seized power
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Troops kill Chechen leader Maskhadov
MOSCOW, March 8: Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov has been killed by Russian troops fighting to quell a long independence movement in the mainly Muslim Caucasus region, the Russian army announced on Tuesday.
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Pro-Syria camp holds massive anti-US rally
BEIRUT, March 8: Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese flooded central Beirut on Tuesday for a pro-Syrian rally called by Hezbollah that dwarfed previous protests demanding that Syrian troops quit Lebanon.
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ONBOARD PRESIDENT'S AIRCRAFT, March 8: Describing his visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as successful, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday it paved the way for improved economic and trade ties
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