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| December 28, 2005 | Wednesday | Ziqa’ad 25, 1426 |
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NFC award reaches broad consensus: Differences on some issues still hang: adviser
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: “Disagreement still persists between the centre and the provinces over the new National Finance Commission award but a broad consensus has been reached over the issue,” said Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr.... 
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Pakistan, UAE vow to revitalize OIC: Musharraf, Khalifa to strengthen ties
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday agreed to bolster trade and investment relations as President Pervez Musharraf and his counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan discussed...
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Strike observed in Balochistan
QUETTA, Dec 27: Complete wheel jam and shutter-down strike was observed on Tuesday in Quetta and other parts of the province on the call of opposition parties to denounce government policies....
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Two camps overrun; gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Dec 27: Paramilitary forces on Tuesday seized control of two more camps of Mari tribesmen in Bakar and Peekal on the border of Dera Bugti and Mari tribal agency and recovered a huge cache of weapons....
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No let-up in crackdown, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government said on Tuesday it would not relent its crackdown against what it called a momentum of militancy in Balochistan though it was ready for a dialogue to solve the troubled province’s problems....
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New Delhi’s concern over operation
NEW DELHI, Dec 27: India on Tuesday expressed concern over operations in Balochistan and expressed the hope that the issue would be resolved peacefully through discussions....
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Pakistan rejects statement
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected an Indian statement about the law and order situation in Balochistan and said the Indian comments in this regard were “unwarranted and baseless.”...
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Spain offers military training to Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Spain has offered technical training for the country’s armed forces, specially for the Pakistan Navy. The offer came during a meeting between Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and his Spanish counterpart Jose Bono, here on Tuesday....
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Councillors to elect naib nazims today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Councillors will elect, from among themselves, 267 naib nazim of district, tehsil and town councils in all the four provinces, except Ghotki district, on Wednesday through an open ballot or show of hands....
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Opposition leaders to meet on 30th
ISLAMABAD Dec 27: A meeting of the combined opposition leaders scheduled for Tuesday morning was postponed and rescheduled for Dec 30 due to the naib nazim elections falling on Wednesday, sources told Dawn....
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‘Seminaries to resist arrest of students’
LAHORE, Dec 27: Opposition leader in the National Assembly and MMA secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman says seminaries’ management will prefer to court arrest instead of handing over foreign students to police....
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Government classifies control lists: Goods related to N-material
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government on Tuesday classified the control lists of goods, technologies, materials and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems, which will be subject to strict export controls....
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Militants kill five Saudi policemen
RIYADH, Dec 27: Five Saudi policemen were killed on Tuesday during a shooting spree by a gunman whom security sources said was a wanted militant and who was later arrested....
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Six Al Qaeda men awarded death penalty in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 27: Six men from a group linked to the Al Qaeda network were sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court on Tuesday for their roles in deadly clashes with police in January....
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Israel strikes Gaza after warning of buffer zone GAZA, Dec 27: Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday after threatening to enforce a buffer zone to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets from the territory that Israel evacuated three months ago....
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No visa counter for Indian fans
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government has rejected a plan to open a visa counter at the Pakistan-India border to grant visas to cricket lovers from Indian Punjab for the forthcoming cricket...
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Iraqis find 31 bodies in mass grave
KERBALA, Dec 27: Iraqi officials said they found the skeletal remains of 31 people in what they described as a mass grave in the holy city of Kerbala on Tuesday....
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Japan FM to visit India, Pakistan
TOKYO, Dec 27: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he will visit India and Pakistan in January in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties with the South Asian nations....
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