Thousands of mourners attend Chehlum: Zardari vows to accomplish Benazir’s mission
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Feb 7: Thousands of People’s Party supporters converged on Garhi Khuda Bakhsh to attend the Chehlum of Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, expressing determination to carry on her mission....
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Two suspects held in Benazir case
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Police said on Thursday they had arrested two more suspects in connection with the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, as a Scotland Yard team helping Pakistani investigators...
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FFC told to keep prices of edible oil under control
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: While the flour crisis has eased, the government is fearing a rise in prices of cooking oil and ghee, prompting President Pervez Musharraf to ask the Federal Food...
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Plan to withdraw army officers from civil departments
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said the army will have no role in the electoral process except maintaining law and order....
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Rice urges ‘innovation’ in Afghan strategy
KABUL, Feb 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here on Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying it was incomplete and needed innovation to crush “determined enemies.”...
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Imran Khan calls for provincial autonomy
QUETTA, Feb 7: Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has said that there can be no stability in the country without provincial autonomy and independence of the judiciary....
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What next in South Waziristan?
THE wheel has come full circle in South Waziristan. It has been a little over three and a half years since the launch of the military operation in areas dominated by...
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Election Focus — PML-N: ‘Never agains’ of Nawaz Sharif
NAWAZ Sharif, the Quaid of his own PML faction, is in a bitter-sweet mood....
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Development fund may be doubled to $16bn
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The government has finalised a plan to double its annual development expenditure from $8 billion to $16 billion with the help of private sector to improve the crumbling infrastructure....
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India plans wargames at Pokhran
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: India will invite western observers and diplomats to a major wargame exercise near its border with Pakistan next month, officials said on Thursday....
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Turkish students allowed to wear headscarves
ANKARA, Feb 7: The Turkish parliament on Thursday adopted a constitutional amendment allowing women to wear headscarves in universities, a move that is strongly opposed by secularists....
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Soomro approves ‘Bachat Card’ scheme
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has approved the Utility Store ‘Bachat Card Scheme’ under which five essential items will be provided at reduced prices to people of low income....
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Deposed judge seeks dictators’ accountability
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Rule of law can only be established by making dictators and their supporters accountable for their misrule and abrogation of the Constitution....
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Commonwealth observers only if membership is restored
QUETTA, Feb 7: Caretaker Information Minister Nisar Memon has said that the government will not allow Commonwealth observers to monitor the Feb 18 elections till they restore the membership of Pakistan....
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Three killed as wagon crashes into trailer
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Three people were killed and six others injured when a passenger wagon smashed into a trailer parked on a roadside near Kallar Syedan early Thursday morning, police said....
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CPJ condemns move against TV channels
NEW YORK, Feb 7: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday condemned President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to remove independent broadcaster Aaj TV from air for more than 12 hours....
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Security weighs heavy as polls draw near
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: With security concerns weighing heavy on its mind, the local administration has asked transporters to arrange more than 100 buses to carry polling staff and security personnel on the election day, February 18....
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Trans-boundary cooperation on climate change urged
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Pakistan’s Environment Minister Syed Wajid Hussain Bokhari, attending an international environment meeting here, invited India and the global community on Thursday to trans-boundary cooperation to fight climate change....
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