Musharraf may face corruption, murder charges
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The government’s charge-sheet against President Pervez Musharraf will comprise hundreds of pages containing charges of misconduct, financial irregularities, violations of the Constitution and ‘criminal acts’ that could lead...
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US wants ‘honourable’ stay for president in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 10: The United States does not want to interfere in the impeachment process but should President Pervez Musharraf agree to step down, the Americans would like to ensure a secure and honourable stay for him in Pakistan....
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Musharraf misused US aid, alleges Asif
LONDON, Aug 10: President Pervez Musharraf has been dealt his latest and most serious blow with the accusation from co-chairman of the ruling party Asif Ali Zardari that he misappropriated hundreds...
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Aide rules out resignation
ISLAMABAD: President Musharraf will not resign, despite mounting calls that he step aside to spare Pakistan the trauma of a bitter impeachment process, his spokesman said on Sunday....
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Thousands flee Bajaur area
KHAR, Aug 10: Air force planes and Cobra helicopters bombed Lowi Sam and other areas of Bajaur Agency on Sunday, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes for safe places....
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Karzai wants action by allied forces in Pakistan
KABUL, Aug 10: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday urged his western military allies to change their strategy in the war on terror and instead target extremist hideouts in neighbouring Pakistan....
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Balochistan militants urged to join talks
QUETTA, Aug 10: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has again called upon militants to leave the mountains and take part in dialogue to solve problems of the province....
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Oil ministry asked to cap subsidy at Rs140bn
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: As international oil prices recede, a high-powered committee on oil has directed ministries of finance and petroleum to ensure that petroleum subsidy does not cross Rs140 billion envisaged in the budget to contain fiscal deficit....
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Fahim’s son ‘quits Sindh cabinet’
KARACHI, Aug 10: Sindh Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman is reported to have resigned from the provincial cabinet....
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Move for State Bank jurisdiction over some NBFCs assailed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) has criticised a move to empower the central bank to regulate a number of non-bank finance companies, saying it has not been consulted on the matter....
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Zawahri assails president
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: A rare English-language message claimed to be from Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman Al Zawahri, aired on Sunday said Pakistan was being “virtually ruled from the American embassy”....
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No ECL move against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: A senior official of the interior ministry said on Sunday that the government had no intention to put the name of President Pervez Musharraf on the exit control list....
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NA session begins today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The sixth regular session of the National Assembly begins here at 5pm on Monday....
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President may resign: Rashid
GUJRANWALA, Aug 10: Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf will be decided within a week....
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Punjab ‘resurrects’ divisional set-up
TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 10: In a major shift in the administrative setup of the province, the Punjab government has decided to control officialdom by invoking good old eight divisions, this...
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Mirwaiz, Geelani under house arrest
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: Authorities placed two leaders under house arrest in occupied Kashmir on Sunday to prevent them from leading a march to Azad Kashmir in protest against a Hindu trade blockade, police and one of the detainees said....
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Palestinian poet Darwish passes away
RAMALLAH, Aug 10: Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday --- an honour only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat....
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Blasts, clash claim 11 lives in China
BEIJING, Aug 10: Suspected Muslim separatists and suicide bombers launched a dozen attacks in west China on Sunday, killing 11 people in the blasts and a subsequent shootout with police....
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