Musharraf ‘won’t resign’
ISLAMABAD, June 7: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday declared in categorical terms that he had no immediate plan to resign or go into exile, but said he was ready to face impeachment and would accept any decision taken by the parliament....
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PPP, PML-N reject Musharraf’s claims
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N on Saturday rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s reasons for sticking to the presidency....
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Abdullah’s assurance to Gilani, Asif over oil price concession
JEDDAH, June 7: Saudi Arabia has assured Pakistan that it will consider a request for deferred payments on oil imports....
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India to speed up work on Kishanganga
NEW DELHI, June 7: India said on Saturday that work on the Kishanganga water project would be expedited citing the reason that Pakistan was also constructing a power project on the same river on its side....
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Shahbaz set to take oath as CM today
LAHORE, June 7: With the PML-Q out of the race, PML-N President Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected unopposed as the Punjab chief minister after his election papers were found in order on Saturday....
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7 officials kidnapped in Darra Adamkhel
KOHAT, June 7: Seven officials of the local political administration were kidnapped at gunpoint from their houses in Darra Adamkhel on Saturday morning....
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Attempt to smuggle flour by UN vehicle foiled
QUETTA, June 7: The Frontier Corps personnel on Saturday seized a UN vehicle near Shella Bagh area in the Qila Abdullah district, foiling an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of flour to Afghanistan....
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Hillary Clinton bows out
WASHINGTON, June 7: The former American first lady Hillary Clinton on Saturday endorsed Senator Barack Obama and urged her supports to do all they can to help him move to the White House on Nov 4....
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US getting frustrated with Karzai, says NYT
WASHINGTON, June 7: US officials are growing increasingly frustrated with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, arguing that he is not up to addressing Afghanistan’s many troubles, according to the New York Times....
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Pakistani kidnapped
KANDAHAR, June 7: Unknown gunmen kidnapped a Pakistani road construction engineer in Kandahar on Saturday, the provincial police chief said....
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US has become world’s biggest jailer: HRW
NEW YORK. June 7: With an incarceration rate of 762 per 100,000 US residents, the United States has become the world’s largest jailer, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW)....
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Russia blames US for global economic woes
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 7: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday blamed “aggressive” US policies for the world’s current economic woes and put forward Russia’s growing energy power as a possible solution....
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Rains bring more bad news for cyclone survivors
YANGON, June 7: A severe shortage of housing has left hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Myanmar exposed to heavy rains as the monsoon season begins, according to aid agencies....
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Five European divers survive ‘dragon’ ordeal
LABUANBAJO (Indonesia), June 7: Five European divers battled a komodo ‘dragon’ during 36 hours stranded on an Indonesian island reserve for the deadly reptiles after getting caught in strong currents....
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Monkey means business at Indian school
LUCKNOW, June 7: He’s a monkey, he’s a god, and now he’s a business school chairman....
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Six ‘militants’ released in Mingora
MINGORA, June 7: Six suspected pro-Taliban militants were released here on Saturday as part of a peace deal between the NWFP government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban of the Swat chapter....
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Suspected militant killed
QUETTA, June 7: A suspected militant was killed during a search operation in Sangsella area of the Dera Bugti district on Saturday....
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Notice issued to TV channel
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued notice to the GEO television network for “acting in an irresponsible manner and deceiving public at large by...
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