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| January 3, 2006 | Tuesday | Zilhaj 2, 1426 |
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Ruling coalition retains 27 seats, opposition 19: Draw held to retire 50pc senators
ISLAMABAD Jan 2: The ruling coalition parties in the Senate on Monday retained 27 seats and the combined opposition parties 19 for the next three years — till March 2009 —... 
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Results of draw for senators
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Following are the senators who have retained their seats for the next three years:...
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Mirwaiz criticizes complex procedure: Opening of LoC at five points
LAHORE, Jan 2: The objective of opening of five checkpoints along the Line of Control (LoC) to facilitate travel of Kashmiris across the LoC had been defeated by the tedious procedure adopted by the Indian government for issuance of travel documents....
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Govt treads softly on dam row
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: After bearing up with the opposition’s harsh criticism for days in the Senate, the ruling party on Monday seemed to adopt a softer line on the proposed Kalabagh...
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Fighting continues near Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Jan 2: Fighting between security forces and tribesmen continued for the second straight day on Monday, with Jamhoori Watan Party sources claiming that two persons were killed and eight women and children suffered injuries in the exchange of fire....
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FO asks India not to vitiate atmosphere
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs....
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ARD, Ponam hold protest rally: Operation in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Leaders of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) on Monday held a joint protest demonstration outside the Parliament House against the ongoing military operation in Balochistan....
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Foreign secretaries to discuss Kashmir options
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: India is unwilling to consider proposals coming through the media and argues it would prefer back-channel contacts, both official and unofficial, to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem....
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Dams needed to meet water, energy requirement
KARACHI, Jan 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that several dams are required to be built keeping in view the interest of all stakeholders and to meet the growing water and energy requirements of the country....
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Seven police recruits among 19 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 2: At least 19 people were killed in Iraq on Monday, including seven new police recruits blown up by a suicide bomber as they travelled on a bus....
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Suicide attack injures US soldier, Afghans
KANDAHAR, Jan 2: A suicide attacker drove a car bomb into a convoy of foreign troops in southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding a US soldier as well as an Afghan woman and a child, officials said....
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3 Palestinians die in air raids
GAZA CITY, Jan 2: Three Palestinian militants were killed late on Monday when an Israeli aircraft fired missiles at their car in the Jabaliya refugee camp of the northern Gaza Strip, security sources said....
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Tribesmen threaten to kill Italian hostages
SANAA, Jan 2: Yemeni tribesmen holding five Italian tourists threatened on Monday to kill the hostages if government forces besieging their hideout launched an assault, a tribal source close to the captors said....
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New SBP governor takes charge
KARACHI, Jan 2: Shamshad Akhtar, the first woman ever to be appointed as governor of State Bank of Pakistan, took up her position on Monday. Formerly a senior official at the...
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Bad weather halts relief work
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 2: Relief operations in the earthquake region came to a grinding halt with snow blanketing mountainous areas and heavy rain continued to lash the region for the second consecutive...
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Struggle to continue: Bugti
QUETTA, Jan 2: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that Baloch people will never give up the struggle for their rights. In a statement issued on Monday,...
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Maulana Nadvi passes away
TORONTO, Jan 2: Maulana Wasi Mazhar Nadvi, a former federal minister for religious affairs, died in Canada on Monday, family sources told Dawn....
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Opposition boycotts briefing on water reservoirs
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Only a few senators from the treasury benches attended the government briefing on the construction of large water reservoirs on Monday following a boycott by opposition members....
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