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 | "The parties agreed that the establishment of the joint taskforce is a sign of the increasing level of trust between the parties and of their willingness to work together towards the establishment of a provisional adminstrative structure for the north-east," the statement said. |
 | It said that the party was confident that an impartial investigation would "establish beyond any doubt the bogus credentials of this organisation and the malafide intentions of the sponsors of this advertisement campaign". |
 | The action was taken by the party state committee on the basis of a panel appointed to probe the allegations of factionalism during the district conferences held in January this year. |
| Khaleej Times - Online (13487 words) |
 | Mr Vajpayee's ruling BJP party is alleged to have gifted operating rights of state gas stations and cooking gas facilities to the wives, sons or friends of party figures. |
 | With the deadline of filing nomination papers extended till midnight some major parties were still reviewing the final list of their candidates till yesterday afternoon in order to further assess their position for future bargaining with other parties in talks for seat adjustments and electoral understanding. |
 | While its smaller parties have no problems in nominating their leaders for various seats, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has been reported to be busy over the pat few days persuading the two main ARD parties, PML (N) and PPP, to try to accommodate each other as well as other coalition partners. |