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PPP with opposition
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has assured Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed that the PPP would go along with the other opposition parties over participation or boycott of elections....
18 die in Rawalpindi suicide attacks
RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: Two suicide bombers struck in the city during the morning rush, targeting military personnel and installations, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others....
EC notifies presidential polls result
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Election Commission on Saturday notified the result of the Oct 6 presidential polls, removing the last hurdle for Gen Pervez Musharraf to becoming a civilian head of the state....
Fazl submits papers in Bannu
BANNU, Nov 24: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Saturday that his party would contest the election at any cost and would not leave the field open for the pro-Musharraf coalition....
Aziz not to contest polls
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz announced on Saturday that he would not contest the coming elections....
Munir may be put on dialysis
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Munir Malik, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association who was arrested after the imposition of emergency, has been diagnosed by a medical board as suffering...
Mirali villages pounded: three dead
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 24: Three people were killed and five others, including children, injured when security forces pounded three villages in Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan on Friday night....
Clashes continue in Kurram Agency
PARACHINAR, Nov 24: Contrary to the government’s claim that the situation was returning to normalcy in Kurram Agency, clashes continued between rival groups in several areas on Saturday....
Blast suspends Quetta rail link
QUETTA, Nov 24: Four employees of the Pakistan Railways were injured when a landmine went off in Dashat area on Saturday....
Rocket hits minister’s home
QUETTA, Nov 24: The home of a caretaker minister, Sardar Sadat Ali Hazara, was hit by a rocket fired from the Sariab area on Saturday night....
Indian new C’wealth secretary-general
KAMPALA, Nov 24: Commonwealth leaders unanimously appointed an Indian as secretary-general on Saturday, two days after the 53-nation federation suspended Pakistan....
Threatening email for Pakistan team in India
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Indian authorities were investigating an email on Saturday that warned the Pakistan cricket team to leave the country....
Election defeat ends Howard’s 11-year rule
SYDNEY, Nov 24: Australians elected a Chinese-speaking former diplomat as their first new prime minister in more than a decade on Saturday, embracing left-leaning Kevin Rudd as a next-generation leader who rates tackling global warming his top priority....
Oil prices to be raised shortly: minister
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Oil prices would be increased shortly as the government could no more absorb a loss of Rs13 billion per month on account of the phenomenal rise in international oil prices....
Bomb blasts in Swabi, Mardan
MARDAN / SWABI, Nov 24: Three video shops were blown up near Mardan and a bomb went off near Chota Lahor police station in Swabi....
Two LHC Registries close down
BAHAWALPUR, Nov 24: The Bahawalpur and Multan registries of the LHC have been closed till further order....
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