Shahbaz against talks with Musharraf
LAHORE, June 8: No one can work with President Pervez Musharraf because he is an unconstitutional head of state, according to PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, who became the Chief Minister of Punjab for a second time in eight years....
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Saudi Arabia to help improve oil reserves: Asif
JEDDAH, June 8: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia would help Pakistan improve its strategic oil reserves and consider a request for special oil facility....
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Shortage of wheat in all provinces except Punjab
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Except for Punjab, the entire country is facing a shortage of wheat even after the arrival of new crop, largely because the government has missed this year’s production target....
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Biometric system to be installed at three border points
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Peace efforts in Fata and some settled areas of the NWFP will not lead to increase in militancy in Afghanistan, according to adviser to the prime minister on interior Rehman Malik....
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Tidal waves inundate 40 villages near Thatta
THATTA, June 8: About 40 villages along the Hajmaro Creek and Keti Bandar have been flooded by tidal waves, forcing hundreds to leave their homes....
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PML-N prepares chargesheet against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has formulated a 10-point chargesheet for a resolution to impeach President Pervez Musharraf and hopes that its coalition partners will move it if Gen (retd) Musharraf does not resign....
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Ex-diplomats join forces with lawyers
ISLAMABAD, June 8: A group of retired senior diplomats, including former foreign secretaries, announced on Sunday support for the lawyers’ community and said they would actively take part in the ‘long...
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Long march schedule announced
LAHORE, June 8: Lawyers will start their long march from the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam in Karachi on Monday, according to president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan....
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Mengal calls for scrapping international agreements
QUETTA, June 8: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F and Balochistan National Party-A are responsible for the sufferings of the Baloch people because these parties approved the military operation in Balochistan,...
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Laura Bush visits Afghanistan
BAMIYAN, June 8: US First Lady Laura Bush, on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, appealed to the international community not to abandon the country in the face of resurgent Taliban violence....
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Iraq says it won’t be used as launching pad for Iran attack
TEHRAN, June 8: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday sought to ease Iranian fears over a proposed US-Iraq security deal, saying his government would not allow Iraq to become a launching pad for an attack on Iran....
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Balochistan minister booked in murder case
KARACHI, June 8: A 62-year-old man was shot dead on Sunday in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, police and hospital sources said....
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US planning to raise domestic oil output: Economy to be protected: White House
WASHINGTON, June 8: Experts in the United States warned on Sunday that soaring oil prices could reach as high as $200 a barrel in next 18 months while the White House...
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Producers urged to increase oil production
AOMORI (Japan), June 8: Eleven nations that guzzle nearly two-thirds of the world’s energy called on Sunday for an urgent hike in global oil production as host Japan warned the world could plunge into recession....
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Afridi, Riaz bowl Pakistan to easy win
DHAKA, June 8: Shahid Afridi and Wahab Riaz shared six wickets to script Pakistan’s emphatic 70-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening match of a triangular one-day series here on Sunday....
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UAE plans for education, medical treatment visas
ABU DHABI, June 8: A new fee structure for the UAE visit visa will be in place from August 1. The government has also decided to issue special visas for education and medical treatment....
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Malaysia’s opposition to exploit petrol price rise
KUALA LUMPUR, June 8: Malaysia’s opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim said on Sunday his bid to seize power with the help of defecting government lawmakers had been boosted by an unpopular fuel price hike....
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‘Tired of living’ man kills seven in Tokyo
TOKYO, June 8: A man went on a stabbing spree on Sunday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed for comic-book subculture, killing at least seven people and leaving around a dozen injured in Japan’s deadliest crime in years....
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