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| December 21, 2005 | Wednesday | Ziqa’ad 18, 1426 |
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Decision on F16 after rebuilding estimates: Cheney’s visit significant: FM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Tuesday Pakistan would take a final decision on the purchase of F16 aircraft by next year, after studying the needs for reconstruction of quake-devastated areas and international assistance it had received.... 
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Part of Sibi-Harnai track blown up: Nationalists to observe ‘black day’ today
QUETTA, Dec 20: Helicopter gunships continued their attacks on ‘hideouts and camps’ in different areas of the Kohlu district on Tuesday and reports were received about intense fighting between paramilitary forces and Marri tribesmen using heavy weapons....
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Interior Sindh hit by anti-dam strike
HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Normal life was paralysed in upper Sindh and a partial strike was observed in other parts of the interior and in some areas of Karachi on Tuesday on...
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Opposition declines to join committee
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Parliamentary leaders of the combined opposition in the National Assembly and Senate on Tuesday rejected the parliamentary committee on earthquake relief and reconstruction and decided against the opposition taking part in its activities....
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Deal reached with Etisalat on PTCL
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The government of Pakistan and M/s Etisalat of UAE reached an agreement in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to complete the privatization of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) at the original bid price of $2.598...
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23 killed in AJK bus accident
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 20: At least 23 people, including women and children, were killed and more than 30 injured when an overloaded passenger bus veered off the road, fell about 150 feet...
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US wants long-term ties, says Cheney
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: US Vice-President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday Pakistan was an important ally of the United States. “The United States wants to boost its multi-faceted ties with Pakistan on...
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Bugti accuses govt of violating accord
QUETTA, Dec 20: Veteran Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that security forces have established around 46 new bunkers in and around Dera Bugti in violation of the agreement...
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Musharraf’s assurance on SC strength
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday assured lawyers that the government would consider their suggestion about constitutional amendments, uniformity in the retirement age of judges and for increasing...
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‘Kathmandu arms deals worry Delhi’
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: India is worried about reports that Pakistan and China are giving Nepal military help, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted by an Indian newspaper as saying on Tuesday....
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Talks on joint survey of Sir Creek begin
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: The Pak-India Technical Experts meeting for the joint survey of the Sir Creek — one of the eight areas covered by Composite Dialogue Process — began on Tuesday here....
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Musharraf plans public meetings in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has decided to visit Sindh to campaign for the Kalabagh dam and other reservoirs to the people of the province....
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Delegation likely to visit Gaza next month
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The proposed visit of a Pakistani delegation to Palestine, which was earlier deferred due to the Oct 8 disaster, is likely to take place next month....
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Strike brings New York transport to halt
NEW YORK, Dec 20: The New York city subways and buses came to a grinding halt early on Tuesday morning as over 33,000 transit workers walked off their jobs at the...
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India to get LNG from Iran by ’09
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Iran has assured India it will honour its commitment to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG), India’s oil minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Tuesday....
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3 Nato troops injured in Afghan attack
HERAT, Dec 20: Three Italian soldiers were wounded on Tuesday in an apparent suicide attack against Nato-led troops in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, military and government officials said....
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Iran-EU meeting today
VIENNA, Dec 20: Iran and the European Union are to meet on Wednesday to try to break a deadlock over Tehran’s insistence on its right to make nuclear fuel....
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Probe into US spying orders sought
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Rebuffing assurances from President George W. Bush, bipartisan members of the US Senate’s Intelligence Committee called on Tuesday for an immediate inquiry into his authorization of spying on Americans....
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