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Decision on Sindh soon: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD March 18: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president and its parliamentary leader, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, parliamentary leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar and PPP president and Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Friday met Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
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Opposition team to visit Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Friday accepted a government offer to visit Dera Bugti under official arrangements to find out the exact death toll in Thursday's clashes and to see if a military operation was under way in the area.
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Balochistan PA admits motion: Debate on Dera Bugti situation
QUETTA, March 18: The Balochistan assembly speaker on Friday admitted an adjournment motion tabled by opposition members seeking a debate on the Dera Bugti incident. The motion will be taken up on Monday.
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Dera Bugti calm but tense
QUETTA, March 18: An uneasy calm prevailed in Dera Bugti and other parts of the tribal area on Friday following Thursday's fierce clashes between Frontier Corps and Bugti tribesmen that left scores of people dead and many more injured.
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People urged to back moderate forces
BAHAWALPUR, March 18: President General Pervez Musharraf has urged the people to vote for moderate and enlightened people in the upcoming local government elections and later in parliamentary elections in 2007.
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NRB proposes heavy raise for govt employees
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) on Friday asked the government to introduce a non- negotiable increased remuneration package for the transaction cost sector - judiciary, revenue
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No restriction on wheat movement
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The federal government and the provinces agreed on Friday that there should be no restriction on inter-provincial movement of wheat to avoid shortage in any part of the country.
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Mukhtar Mai case accused arrested
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has assured Mukhtar Mai that the government will take necessary steps to ensure her safety. The prime minister said this during a meeting with Mukhtar Mai at the Prime Minister's House on Friday.
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Sui assault victim flies to UK
RAWALPINDI, March 18: The Sui assault victim, Dr Shazia Khalid, left Islamabad for London, along with her husband, early on Friday morning.
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Two killed, 10 injured in train blasts
QUETTA, March 18: Two persons were killed and 10 others, three of them women, were injured on Friday when bombs exploded in two passenger trains running between Quetta and Sibi.
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25 missing after hill torrent
DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 18: About 25 people went missing on Friday when a violent hill torrent swept away a tractor-trolley in the Suleman range, tehsil tribal area, some 75km from here.
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Malaysia to hire 100,000 Pakistanis
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18: Malaysia plans to recruit 100,000 Pakistanis to relieve an acute labour shortage caused by a crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands of illegal workers fleeing.
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US revokes Gujarat CM's visa
WASHINGTON, March 18: The United States on Friday revoked the visa issued to the Chief Minister of Indian state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.
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