Eidul Azha today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Eidul Azha will be celebrated throughout the country on Monday with religious fervour and enthusiasm to pay homage to the sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS).
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Dr Khan 'admits'he transferred N-technology: Action to be decided by NCA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Dr A.Q. Khan, who is credited to have set up Pakistan's nuclear programme, has admitted to having transferred nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya
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Senate to meet on Feb 13
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the Senate to meet at 5:30pm on Feb 13 in the Parliament House, it was officially announced here on Sunday. -APP
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Centre turns down provinces' demand: Inclusion of PDL in divisible pool
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The federal government has turned down a demand of the four provinces to include petroleum development levy (PDL) in the federal divisible pool under the sixth National Finance Commission (NFC)
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President, PM shocked over Mina tragedy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali expressed their deep shock and grief over the death of 244 pilgrims during a stampede in Mina on Sunday.
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244 Haj pilgrims killed in Mina stampede: Tragedy during devil stoning
MINA, Feb 1: At least 244 Haj pilgrims were trampled to death and the same number injured in a stampede during a devil-stoning ritual here on Sunday.
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38 Pakistanis among dead
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Thirty-eight Pakistani pilgrims were trampled to death in an stampede while performing the Haj ritual of throwing pebbles at pillars symbolizing the devil in Mina on Sunday, a TV channel said on Sunday night.
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Moderate Kashmiris to be welcomed: Kasuri - Indian film media criticized
NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Pakistan would welcome a visit by a moderate Kashmiri separatist group from the occupied valley, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Sunday.
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Search for Punjab minister to continue
KOHAT, Feb 1: After failing to get closer to any kind of tip about the captors of Punjab minister for sports and culture, Naeemullah Shah Shahani and his three companions in the southern tribal belt of NWFP
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Groups barred from hide collection
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The government has put police on high alert and barred the banned extremist outfits from collecting hides of sacrificial animals on Eidul Azha to prevent them from raising funds, officials said.
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Gen Niazi passes away
LAHORE, Feb 1: Gen A. K. Niazi (retired) died of a cardiac arrest here at the CMH on Sunday. He was 89. His daughter, Ms Rauf, told Dawn that he had suffered another heart attack some two weeks ago but his condition improved.
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Five of a family shot dead
QUETTA, Feb 1: Five members of a family were shot dead by their rivals in Nasirabad district on Sunday. Talking to Dawn by phone from Dera Murad Jamali, levies officials stated that four armed men entered the house
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34 prisoners freed in held Kashmir
JAMMU, Feb 1: Indian authorities in Kashmir said on Sunday they had freed 34 prisoners and announced new incentives to woo militants to give up the gun, aimed at boosting moves to bring peace to the troubled region.
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Kabul under tight security as Eid holiday begins
KABUL, Feb 1: Afghanistan's capital is under tight security following two suicide bombings in the city last week, with authorities worried that more potential bombers were waiting to strike as Eid holiday begins.
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Afghan official, family die
KABUL, Feb 1: An Afghan official and seven family members were killed in a bomb attack by suspected Taliban guerrillas and their allies in central Afghanistan, regional officials said on Sunday.
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Iranian reformist MPs resign
TEHRAN, Feb 1: A group of 117 Iranian reformist MPs resigned on Sunday in protest at the mass barring of candidates from forthcoming elections, plunging the Islamic republic into one of its worst-ever crises
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56 die in Iraq suicide blasts
ARBIL, Feb 1: Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives blew themselves up in near-simultaneous attacks on two Kurdish parties in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 56 people and wounding many more, medics and officials said.
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Occupation of Palestine and Iraq condemned
MAKKAH, Feb 1: The imam of the Khana-i-Kaaba lashed out at Israel, condemned the "occupiers in Iraq" and called for Muslims to unite against those who want to oppress them in Eid-ul-Adha sermon on Sunday.
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Hamas warned after kidnap threat
AL QUDS, Feb 1: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz on Sunday said a threat by the Hamas group to kidnap Israeli soldiers strengthened Israel's resolve to go after Islamic militant leaders, a top official said.
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More flights to US cancelled
NEW YORK, Feb 1: More US-bound flights from England, Scotland and France were cancelled on Saturday and Sunday amid fears Al-Qaeda may be planning a chemical or biological attack on an aircraft.
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