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| January 4, 2006 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 3, 1426 |
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Musharraf pledges to restore govt’s writ
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said that paramilitary forces would take action against miscreants and restore the writ of the government.... 
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Gas pipeline to Uch plant damaged in fighting
QUETTA, Jan 3: The gas pipeline to the Uch power plant was blown up in an attack on Tuesday night suspending supply to the plant while sporadic rocket and artillery duels...
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Munda dam should follow KBD: Wapda
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Construction of Kalabagh dam would necessitate immediate follow-up building of $1.1149 billion (Rs70 billion) Munda dam to save Nowshera from flooding. Therefore, work on Munda dam should be started before Bhasha dam....
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Mirwaiz rejects LoC as permanent border
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 3: APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday reiterated the Kashmiris’ willingness to talk on all options to resolve the dispute but rejected the idea of converting the Line of Control into permanent border....
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Kashmir weather likely to worsen
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Severe cold weather is likely to intensify in earthquake-hit areas in Azad Kashmir in the next 24 hours as landslides and deep snow cover hindered relief operations in many high-altitude areas for the third consecutive day on Tuesday....
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ADB forecasts lower economic growth
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: A sharp decline in the growth of large-scale manufacturing, textile, food and two major crops coupled with constant inflation and increase in international oil prices is expected to bring down the growth of Pakistan’s economy to 6.5...
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Iran must ‘come clean’, says US
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: Iran must abide by international agreements and “come clean” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as giving its full cooperation to the UN agency’s nuclear inspectors, the White House said on Tuesday....
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Kidnapped guards in Pakistan: Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 3: Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday the members of a border patrol abducted in the southeast of the country are in Pakistan and Tehran is negotiating with Islamabad for their release....
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Pakistanis insist they were mistreated
ATHENS, Jan 3: Three Pakistanis at the centre of an alleged detention case that embroils Greece and Britain on Tuesday insisted that they were abducted, interrogated and mistreated by men claiming...
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No reactor talks with China: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Pakistan has denied a report published in a British news paper that it was engaged in talks to purchase eight nuclear reactors valuing seven billion US dollars from China....
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Bari Imam attack suspects arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said that law-enforcement agencies personnel had arrested ‘terrorists’ involved in the last year’s suicide bomb blast near the Bari Imam shrine....
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PR delegation leaves for India today
LAHORE, Jan 3: A four-member Pakistan Railways delegation will be leaving for India on Wednesday to finalize modalities for reopening the Khokhrapar-Monabao link....
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Ahmadinejad slams Iran’s past policy
TEHRAN, Jan 3: Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday criticized the foreign policy of ‘détente’ with the West of his predecessors, an MP said....
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Eight bodies recovered from Iraqi house
BAIJI, Jan 3: Eight corpses, including those of two children, were pulled on Tuesday from the rubble of a house in northern Iraq after it was bombed the previous night by US aircraft....
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Saddam prefers execution by firing to hanging
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: Jailed former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told two of his lawyers that if he is sentenced to death for war crimes, he would rather die by firing squad than by hanging, The Washington Times said on Tuesday....
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Eid holidays from 10th
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The federal government has announced three-day official holidays for Eidul Azha. According to a notification issued by the Interior Ministry, holidays will be observed from Jan 10 to 12.—Online...
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MQM seeks early opening of Indian consulate in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: A member of the National Assembly from Karachi has sought early opening of Indian consulate in the port city of Pakistan....
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Flights rescheduled
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Fog, rain and snowfalls in the Northern Areas have disturbed flights from the federal capital. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled and rescheduled its domestic Skardu and Gilgit bound flights....
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