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Gilani set to win overwhelming NA approval
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The new National Assembly will put President Pervez Musharraf’s political opponents in power on Monday after more than eight years of exclusion when it elects Pakistan People’s Party...
Pervaiz to put up token challenge
ISLAMABAD, March 23: Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani of the PPP, whose nomination papers were accepted by Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Sunday, is set to be elected prime minister by a huge majority on Monday....
Nawaz opposes MQM’s inclusion in govt
MANSEHRA, March 23: Pakistan Mulism League-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif has expressed reservations over inclusion of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the coalition government....
MQM reiterates its support is unconditional
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, March 23: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) team met PPP’s candidate for the post of prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Parliament House on Sunday to assure him of MQM’s support....
Musharraf ‘prepared to work with coalition’
ISLAMABAD, March 23: President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday expressed the hope that new governments at the centre and in provinces would work for political stability....
PPP, MQM plan talks for Sindh coalition govt
KARACHI, March 23: The Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement are likely to hold another round of talks next week to discuss a power-sharing formula in Sindh....
Raisani may be elected CM unopposed
QUETTA, March 23: Pakistan People’s Party nominee for the post of Balochistan Chief Minister, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, is likely to be elected unopposed with all parliamentary groups having announced their support for him....
50 injured in Torkham oil tanker blaze
LANDI KOTAL, March 23: At least 50 people suffered burn injuries when a series of explosions triggered a huge blaze, destroying about 30 to 40 oil tankers in a parking area near the Torkham border town on Sunday....
Website for film against Quran suspended
AMSTERDAM, March 23: The website where Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders was promoting his not-yet-released film against the Holy Quran has been suspended by its US hosting service, Network Solutions....
Pakistan-specific missile tested by India
NEW DELHI, March 23: India on Sunday testfired a medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a capacity of hitting most targets in Pakistan, a defence official said....
10 Iraqi soldiers among 54 killed in wave of attacks
BAGHDAD, March 23: A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 54 people, while armed men fighting occupation fired a barrage of mortars at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers....
Four policemen, militant killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 23: Four policemen and a militant were killed on Sunday after a gun battle in occupied Kashmir’s main city, police said. The encounter in Srinagar broke out after police raided a militants’ hideout....
Breakthrough in cancer detection and cure claimed
WASHINGTON, March 23: A new test that analyzes genetic material can tell doctors the source of some mysterious cancers and perhaps help provide a short-cut for treating them, researchers reported on Sunday....
US forces bust network of suicide bombers
BAGHDAD, March 23: US occupation forces raided a “suicide bombing network” in Iraq’s restive Diyala province on Sunday, killing 12 men, six of whom had shaved their bodies in preparation for becoming human bombs, the US military said....
Suspected terrorist held in Singapore
SINGAPORE, March 23: Local authorities have arrested a member of a suspected terror group who once trained with militants in Afghanistan, the government said on Sunday....
Transmission line, girls’ schools blown up
DARRA ADAMKHEL, March 23: Militants have intensified their activities in the Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel and blew up two government girls’ schools and the main transmission line on Saturday....
Labourer killed in Sui mine blast
QUETTA, March 23: A labourer was killed by a landmine in Sui area on Sunday. According to police sources, a landmine planted by militants on an under-construction road exploded when labourers started work....
Raza quits as Senate opposition leader
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The leader of opposition in Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani, quit his post on Sunday a day after the resignation of Leader of the House Wasim Sajjad....
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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, March 23: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) team met PPP’s candidate for the post of prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Parliament House on Sunday to assure him of MQM’s support....
ISLAMABAD, March 23: President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday expressed the hope that new governments at the centre and in provinces would work for political stability....
