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Premier orders rapid relief
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Prime minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday directed all relevant federal and provincial agencies and administrative units to immediately start relief and rescue operations in parts of Balochistan
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C'wealth urges Musharraf to quit one post by 2007
LONDON, Feb 11: A bid by some members of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) to re-suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth failed when a majority of its members acknowledged Pakistan's democratic progress here on Friday.
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Govt blocks Senate debate on price hike
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The government on Friday blocked an opposition move in the Senate for a promised debate on increases in petroleum and gas prices as speculation about the ruling coalition's political worries swirled like dark clouds
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PPP denies talks over seat adjustment
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: People's Party Parliamentarians spokesman Senator Farhatullah Khan Babar has refuted claim made by Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed that the government is in contact with the PPP
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Pakistan to get $300m for military programmes
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Allocations for Pakistan in the 2006 US budget are equally divided between economic assistance and military financing of $300 million each.
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Amnesty for Abdullah Mehsud ruled out
PESHAWAR, Feb 11: A senior military commander on Friday ruled out amnesty for Abdullah Mehsud, the most-wanted tribal militant in the South Waziristan region, and said the combatant leader would have to surrender and face the law.
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Terror suspect held in Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 11: Police have recovered a huge quantity of high-explosive material and arrested a suspect after an exchange of fire in the Western Bypass area on Friday.
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Oil pipeline blown up near D.I. Khan
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 11: A pipeline carrying crude oil from Karachi for the Parco refinery was blown up near Kot Chutta in Muzaffargarh district on Friday morning.
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32 army men killed by avalanche in Tirah
PESHAWAR, Feb 11: At least 109 people, including 32 army men, have so far been killed and hundreds injured by week long unprecedented rains and snowfall in the NWFP and Northern Areas of the country.
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Breakthrough on Kashmir bus service likely
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Pakistan and India are likely to achieve a major breakthrough on the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service at their foreign minister-level talks to be held here early next week, it is learnt.
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Peace process speeding up, says Singh
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: The peace process between India and Pakistan is gathering speed and the atmosphere between the nuclear-armed neighbours is improving, Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Friday.
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India, Iran to sign gas deal in June
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: India said on Friday it will sign a gas supply agreement with Iran in June, but will leave the issue of its supply through a $ 4.5 billion pipeline to be resolved between Iran and Pakistan.
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Arthur Miller dies
NEW YORK, Feb 11: Arthur Miller, the great American playwright and author for nearly 60 years, died on Thursday night, his assistant announced on Friday. According to Mr Miller's assistant, the 89-year-old giant of American literature passed away at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut.
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S. Arabia frees two reformists
RIYADH, Feb 11: Saudi authorities have released two reformists earlier this week after more than two months of detention, a Saudi human rights group said in a statement on Friday. Eissa Al-Hamed and Ahmed Al-Qaffary were arrested in December after arguing with police while trying to attend a trial of three pro-democracy advocates in Riyadh.
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Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Tahir Mirza
NEW YORK, Feb 11: Arthur Miller, the great American playwright and author for nearly 60 years, died on Thursday night, his assistant announced on Friday. According to Mr Miller's assistant, the 89-year-old giant of American literature passed away at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut.
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