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Pak sets deadline for independents to join parties
Islamabad: Pakistan has set a four-day deadline for independents who win National
Assembly seats to side with a political party, or miss out on a say in the
allocation of 70 seats reserved for women and minorities, a minister said on October 10.
4 dead, scores hurt amid low turnout in Pak polls
Islamabad: Four persons were killed in poll-related violence on October 10 in
Pakistan as the country went for its first Parliamentary elections ostensibly meant to return power to civilians after three years of military rule of General Pervez Musharraf.
Transfer of power in November: Musharraf
Islamabad: Confirming that he would transfer all the executive powers to the party, which emerges victorious in today's (Oct 10) polls, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf indicated the new civilian administration would be installed in the first week of November.
One killed, two injured in Pak poll violence
Islamabad: One person was killed and two others injured on October 10 during a clash between pro-government and Opposition supporters at a polling booth in Pakistan where the general elections are taking place for the first time since military coup of 1999.
8 killed as civilians raid police camp in Lanka
Colombo: In a serious incidents that may pose difficulties to Sri Lanka's ceasefire, eight people were killed and over a dozen injured when police opened fire on a huge crowd that attacked a camp of special task force in East, apparently after being instigated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), police said.
Pak hopes for return of Democracy as polls begin
Islamabad: Polls in Pakistan opened on October 10 morning to elect the National Assembly and four provincial Assemblies in the first general elections of the country since President Pervez Musharraf grabbed power in a bloodless coup in 1999.
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