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ElBaradei gets Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Norway) Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their drive to curb the spread of atomic weapons by using diplomacy  >> >>
 

 
Growing Pak-China media interaction
 

Premier urges Opposition to accept defeat
By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has urged losers of the just-concluded local government elections to accept their defeat gracefully and let the winners serve their constituencies and the country. He was responding to questions by newsmen here on Friday. The prime minister emphasized the need to inculcate the positive thinking in politics and accept the verdict of the masses. He pointed out that by and large people had gave votes in favour of PML-backed candidates but in a number of districts candidates supported by other parties had also been elected as district and tehsil >> >>



 

ARD to observe Oct 12 as Black Day
By Zulfiqar Ahmad

ISLAMABAD—Asserting record rigging allegations by the ruling coalition during the third phase of local bodies elections, the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) announced to observe October 12 as black day to protest against government excesses. “We scorn this nasty game when historic rigging has been carried out under the government patronage and all borders of morality have been crossed by trampling elections code of conduct,” these views were expressed in the ARD meeting presided over by its chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim held at PML-N central secretariat on Friday >> >>

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