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MMA asks Musharraf to resign from both offices
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday held protest demonstrations in different cities as part of its anti-uniform campaign and demanded that President Pervez Musharraf should step down both as president and army chief.
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Justice Dogar likely to be acting CEC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, is likely to replace Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan
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Sindh govt expands cabinet
KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh cabinet was expanded further with the induction of one more Minister Altaf Hussain Unnar, raising its strength to 37.
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House-to-house search launched
QUETTA, Jan 14: The law-enforcement agencies on Friday launched a house-to-house search operation in Sui and other adjacent areas to seize weapons and arrest elements involved in recent attacks on the Sui gas plant
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Load shedding of gas in Sindh and Balochistan
KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Friday announced that the protracted closure of the Sui purification plant has resulted in a significant reduction in the supply of gas across the country.
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Military has tightened grip on economic resources of Pakistan: HRW
NEW YORK, Jan 14: Pakistan's military government has tightened its grip on power, and "has acted with increasing impunity to enforce its writ over the state and to protect its grip on Pakistan's economic resources
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Domestic users to face gas shortage: Load-management plan
LAHORE, Jan 14: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Friday announced start of load-management and warned domestic and commercial consumers in Punjab and the NWFP of drop in pressure from Saturday.
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Agha Rizvi laid to rest in Gilgit
GILGIT, Jan 14: Prominent religious leader, Agha Ziauddin Rizvi, who succumbed to his injuries in Rawalpindi on Thursday, was laid to rest here on Friday amid tight security.
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Wapda told to stop water flow from Tarbela
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has asked Wapda to stop forthwith the release of water from Tarbela dam for power generation to avoid water shortage for agricultural requirements, it is learnt.
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Water body report sought after Eid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR) to submit its report soon after Eid-ul-Azha after addressing the remaining issues of water needs
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Kidnapped Wapda employees set free
RAJANPUR, Jan 14: Eleven Wapda employees, who had been kidnapped on Tuesday evening from the Shahwali area, were recovered by police on Thursday with the help of influential tribal leaders.
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Group claims killing Sistani aide
DUBAI, Jan 14: A little-known group said on Friday it was behind the killing of an aide to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shia scholar and a main driving force behind the Jan 30 elections, according to an Internet message.
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Six Israelis killed
GAZA CITY, Jan 14: Palestinian leader-elect Mahmoud Abbas came under Israeli and US pressure on Friday to carry out a campaign pledge to end armed violence after six Israelis were killed in an overnight Gaza Strip bomb attack
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Haj will be performed a day earlier
RIYADH, Jan 14: Saudi Arabia said on Friday the peak of this year's Haj pilgrimage will be on Jan 19 - a day earlier than it had previously announced.
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Prayer held for tsunami victims in Dhaka
DHAKA, Jan 14: Several hundred people from different walks of life attended a mass prayer session on Friday in the capital for the tsunami victims.
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