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Cabinet to discuss Sui situation today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: A special meeting of the federal cabinet will be held on Monday to discuss the Balochistan situation in the wake of the provincial cabinet's request for help to maintain security in Sui and the Dera Bugti area.
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Situation in Sui calm but tense
QUETTA, Jan 16: The situation in Sui was improving but a complete normality has not yet been restored as atmosphere is still tense in view of the strict security measures adopted by law-enforcement agencies
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Millions of consumers hit by gas supply cut
KARACHI, Jan 16: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has stopped supplies to several major industrial units after its main plant was damaged in attacks by tribesmen in the south western province of Balochistan
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Sindh agrees to early discharge of water
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The Sindh government has agreed to an early water discharge from Tarbela Dam to help the federal government to generate maximum power from hydel sources to avert a threat of load shedding
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Power tariff likely to go up this month
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: A significant increase in electricity tariffs is expected during the current month owing to a rise in Wapda's fuel cost, high cost of power purchased from independent power producers
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Curfew break in Gilgit, no respite in Skardu
GILGIT, Jan 16: People heaved a sigh of relief when the local authorities allowed a two-hour curfew break, from 2pm to 4pm, in Gilgit on Sunday.
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Eight more Pakistani pilgrims die
MAKKAH, Jan 16: Eight more Pakistanis have died in Saudi Arabia, increasing the number of pilgrims' deaths to 52. According to the Directorate General of Hajj, all the pilgrims died of natural causes.
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12 die in bus-trailer collision
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 16: Twelve people, including four women, were killed and 23 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a trailer near Noor Wahi Jan Mohammed Adda, some 30km from here, on the Bahawalpur-Ahmedpur section
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Mother, 4 children found slaughtered
HYDERABAD, Jan 16: A woman and her four children, two girls and two boys, were found murdered in the Sarfaraz colony on Sunday. They were identified as Naseem, wife of Saindad, five-year-old Guddu, seven-year-old Asiya
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Rebels' siege ends in occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 16: A 25-hour stand-off between Islamic guerillas and Indian forces in Kashmir's main city ended on Sunday after two militants holed up inside an indoor stadium were killed by troops, police said.
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US sets free 81 Afghan prisoners
KABUL, Jan 16: US forces in Afghanistan have freed 81 Taliban prisoners from a jail at the Bagram air base, north of the capital Kabul, the Afghan chief justice said on Sunday.
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Many Muslims like US policies: Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: President George W. Bush has said that if some Muslims do not like America, there are others who do and praise the role the US is playing in bringing stability to the Islamic world.
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US soldier jailed for abusing Iraqi inmates
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: A former US Army prison guard Charles A. Graner Jr., who was sentenced to 10 years in military jail, has said he was following his superiors' orders when he tortured prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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PLO calls halt to attacks
AL QUDS, Jan 16: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday gave his army orders to crush militants in the Gaza Strip as the Palestine Liberation Organisation called for an end to attacks that "harm the national interest".
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US personnel active in Iran: report
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The United States has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, The New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday.
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First Kuwaiti detainee reaches home
KUWAIT, Jan 16: The first of 12 Kuwaitis held at Guantanamo Bay has returned home after more than three years' captivity, a Kuwait-based detainees' committee said on Sunday.
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