Bush comes to the aid of old ally Musharraf
WASHINGTON, May 30: US President George W. Bush indicated on Friday that his administration still backed President Pervez Musharraf in his conflict with political rivals who wanted to oust him....
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Asif stresses dialogue, evades questions about impeachment
ISLAMABAD, May 30: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday parried a volley of questions about the possibility of impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf and kept it vague who would decide about the matter....
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Six youths shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA, May 30: At least six youths were shot dead and four others were injured in an ambush on Samungli Road on Friday....
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Formal request for Benazir probe being sent to UN
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The United Nations has been formally requested to investigate Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and a formal note has been handed over to Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Munir...
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Memon says PML-Q will continue to defend Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Former minister Senator Nisar A. Memon has denied reports that President Pervez Musharraf is stepping down and termed such rumours part of conspiracies being hatched ‘against Pakistan’s solidarity for a couple of years’....
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Dr Khan ‘clarifies’ remarks about Shujaat, S.M. Zafar
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has clarified his remarks about two senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and S....
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Al Qaeda on the defensive, says CIA
WASHINGTON, May 30: CIA chief Michael Hayden has said that Al Qaeda has been weakened in its ‘presumed’ safe havens along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border....
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Taliban announce ceasefire in Mardan
MARDAN, May 30: Welcoming the provincial government’s offer for talks, a spokesman for the local Taliban on Friday announced a ceasefire in the district....
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Govt believes in dialogue: PM
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government believes in supremacy of parliament and independence of the judiciary and it will never compromise on democratic principles....
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Bramdagh refuses to hold talks with govt
QUETTA, May 30: The chief organiser of the Baloch Republican Party, Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, has refused to hold talks with the government within the framework of the federation....
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FC may be helping militants, alleges US
WASHINGTON, May 30: A US-backed paramilitary force in Pakistan’s border area may be aiding Taliban fighters, according to American officials who say the support may cause Congress to freeze some security funds for Islamabad....
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India ‘deports Ansar Burney’
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Former federal minister for human rights Ansar Burney, who got Indian death-row prisoner Kashmir Singh released and repatriated to India and the execution of another death-row convict, Sarabjeet...
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Mosques’ surveillance report alarms Muslim rights groups
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30: Alarmed by a report that mosques in Los Angeles and San Diego are under surveillance, Muslim civil rights groups have called for Congressional hearings on the matter....
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Minor girls engaged to settle feud!
SUKKUR, May 30: Fifteen under-age girls of the Chakrani tribe were engaged to “marry” Qalandari tribesmen on Friday to settle a blood feud between the two tribes....
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Gyanendra given Marching orders
KATHMANDU, May 30: Nepal’s government said on Friday it had started an audit of palace property and sent an official letter telling King Gyanendra to leave after a historic assembly abolished the monarchy....
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Muslims in UK: team due to remove misconceptions
ISLAMABAD, May 30: A six-member delegation of prominent British Muslims is arriving here on Sunday to meet people from different walks of life, share with them their experiences and achievements and remove misconceptions about the lives of Muslims in the UK....
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Zakat funds distribution policy may be changed
ISLAMBAD, May 30: A cabinet subcommittee on Zakat has recommended distribution of Zakat funds among the provinces on the basis of backwardness and poverty, instead of population....
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European fishermen, truckers protest over rising fuel prices
LONDON, May 30: Spanish fishermen handed out free fish while European truckers and seamen from Portugal to Bulgaria blocked roads and ports on Friday, demanding government action to curb rising fuel prices....
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