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News Source: Sify News
| about 1 year ago
Monday, 17 March , 2008, 15:17 Islamabad: Pakistan's newly elected MPs were on Monday administered the oath at the maiden session of parliament which is dominated by parties opposing President Pervez Musharraf who have vowed to clip his wings. "This..
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News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 year ago
IST(17/3/2008) Pakistan's 13th National Assembly was sworn in on Monday under tight security and hanging questions about who will lead the coalition government. Outgoing National Assembly speaker Amir Hussain chaired the session where 328 newly...
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News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan�s New Parliament Holds 1st Session Published: March 17, 2008 Filed at 3:52 a.m. Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan on Monday inaugurated a new parliament dominated by opponents of President Pervez Musharraf who have vowed to crimp his powers and.
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News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
The rejection by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf of mercy petition of Indian national Sarabjit Singh on Monday found its echoes in the Rajya Sabha with both ruling Congress and Opposition BJP demanding a House resolution against the move. As...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
March 17 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural session of Pakistan's National Assembly or the lower house of parliament begins at 11:50 a.m. local time Monday, in which the members-elected will take oath...The parties were still holding close consultations on...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan 's new parliament on Monday began its first session since Feb. 18 elections produced a landslide for parties opposed to U.S.-allied President Pervez Musharraf ...At stake are the future course and political stability of this nuclear-armed...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
A Lahore jail official said Sarabjit Singh would be executed on 1 April. He says he is a poor farmer and victim of mistaken identity who strayed drunk from his border village into Pakistan. The human rights minister of Pakistan, Ansar Burney, told...
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News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 year ago
The man, whose identity was yet to be established, was overpowered by Zardari's private security guards and handed over to police. It was not clear how the man had managed to enter the Parliament complex with a weapon despite the unprecedented...
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News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 year ago
A total of 334 members of the National Assembly will be sworn in by outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain. Following this, they will elect a speaker and deputy speaker for the 342-member lower house of Parliament. Ahead of the swearing in ceremony,..
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News Source: USA Today
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan's newly elected parliament convenes for the first time on Monday, packed with lawmakers who have vowed to crimp the powers of President Pervez Musharraf and review his U.S.-backed policies against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. At stake...