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| January 9, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 8, 1426 |
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Gas output price hike rejected by govt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The government has decided in principle to reject a demand for 25 per cent increase in gas production prices recently put forth by petroleum companies operating in the country, it is learnt.... 
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4 die in Sahiwal as chill continues
SAHIWAL, Jan 8: Four people fell victim to cold wave in Sahiwal during the last 24 hours. They were identified as Shabbir Ahmed, 70, a resident of Chak 174/9-L; Karam Bibi,...
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Musharraf holds talks with Altaf: Ultimatum withdrawn
KARACHI, Jan 8: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement withdrew on Sunday night an ultimatum it had issued earlier in the day to quit the ruling coalition on Jan 14 if the government...
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Balochistan action denied
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 8: Federal Information and Broadcast Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that no military operation is taking place in Balochistan and that action is being taken against terrorists and...
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Waziristan deadline extended
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 8: Military authorities here on Sunday gave a one-week deadline to the Utmanzai tribe in the North Waziristan Agency to hand over the accused involved in the killing and kidnapping of paramilitary troops....
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ARD postpones rally in ‘protest’
LAHORE, Jan 8: The ARD called off its Sunday rally in the city on the Balochistan situation in ‘protest’ against the local government invoking for three days a law which prohibits...
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FC crackdown in Bolan area
QUETTA, Jan 8: Paramilitary forces launched a crackdown on armed men in the coalmine area of Margat in Bolan district on Sunday after Saturday’s rocket attack on Mach town....
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Manmohan ‘declines’ cricket offer
NEW DELHI, Jan 8: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to have declined President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s invitation he made in a TV interview to watch a cricket match between their...
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Nawaz unlikely to meet Benazir
DUBAI, Jan. 8: PML-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is in Dubai on a three-day visit, has no plans to meet another former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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Nato starts winding down relief operations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Nato will begin winding down emergency relief operations in Pakistan later this week. “Our intention is to withdraw from Kashmir by Feb 1, to have all our personnel...
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N. Areas cold wave toll soars to 47
GILGIT, Jan 8: Five more children have fallen victim to pneumonia in the bitter cold in the Northern Areas. Gultari District Council Member Fida Hussain told an emergency press conference that...
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Stoves for survivors
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 8: Authorities have decided to distribute kerosene stoves among earthquake survivors in Pakistan to save them from freezing temperatures despite fears of tent blazes that have claimed several lives, the United Nations said on Sunday....
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US helicopter crashes in Iraq: 12 killed
BAGHDAD, Jan 8: A US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Iraq on Saturday night, killing all 12 aboard in one of the worst incidents of its kind since the war began in 2003, the US military said on Sunday....
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2.5 million pilgrims perform Haj today
MINA (Saudi Arabia), Jan 8: Around 2.5 million pilgrims from 160 different countries across the globe reached the valley of Mina by Sunday afternoon, as Haj 1426 Hijrah began....
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HRCP delegation for Dera Bugti attacked
QUETTA, Jan 8: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jahangir and other members of her delegation escaped an armed attack in the Kashmore area of Punjab on Sunday....
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‘No miscreants in Dera Bugti’
QUETTA, Jan 8: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that the people of Pakistan and other parts of the world appear to be ignoring “the atrocities being...
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Over 12,600 deported by Oman last year
KARACHI, Jan 8: Over 12,600 jobseekers, smuggled by the human traffickers to Muscat, were deported during last year. As many as 10,294 jobseekers were deported in 2004....
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Disease data system hit by fund, staff shortage
PESHAWAR, Jan 8: Health officials have said that an information system developed for health management in the province has been hampered by fund and staff shortages as well as widespread mismanagement....
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