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| January 18, 2006 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 17, 1426 |
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Bhasha first, other dams later: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday announced that the construction of Bhasha dam would start next month to be followed by four others, including the Kalabagh dam, by 2016....
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Provinces to get more revenue: New resource distribution formula
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: President Pervez Musharraf announced on Tuesday a new resource distribution formula, which offers increased revenue to the provinces....
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Opposition terms it Musharraf’s ‘retreat’: Leaders criticize speech
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The opposition on Tuesday termed President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to build Bhasha dam first a ‘retreat’ and declared his National Finance Commission (NFC) Award ‘unconstitutional and illegal’....
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Altaf welcomes president’s decision
KARACHI, Jan 17: MQM leader Altaf Hussain welcomed President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to give priority to Bhasha and Munda dams and termed it a “historic victory”for the people of Pakistan, especially of smaller provinces....
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Explosions continue in Balochistan
QUETTA, Jan 17: A Frontier Corps man was killed in a mine blast near Kahan on Tuesday. In the same area, security forces arrested a man and found six bombs, six Kalashnikovs and two light machine-guns in his possession....
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Kashmir toughest challenge in talks
NEW DELHI, Jan 17: Pakistan and India began their third round of composite dialogue here on Tuesday reasonably pleased with the gains from their outings so far, but watchful of what...
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‘PM to raise Bajaur attack with Bush’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The cabinet on Tuesday condemned Friday’s US airstrike on the Bajaur Agency and decided that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would take up the matter with President George W....
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Opposition seeks US apology
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The opposition in the National Assembly on Tuesday called for US apology and compensation for Friday’s deadly airstrike in the Bajaur tribal area after defeating a government move...
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Bush Senior’s efforts will help raise more funds: PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday expressed the hope that the personal interest and efforts of UN Special Envoy for Pakistan Earthquake Relief George H.W....
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Kashmir violence claims seven lives
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: Suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party in occupied Kashmir, while Indian troops killed five militants in two separate gunbattles, police and the army said on Tuesday....
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US strike killed five foreigners: official
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: At least four to five foreign elements had been killed in the missile attack on Damadola village in the Bajaur Agency on the night between Jan 12 and...
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US defends raid
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: The White House on Tuesday expressed no apparent regrets over the US airstrike aimed at Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, which missed its target and killed several civilians in Pakistan on Friday....
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Seven missiles fired on Bannu cantonment
BANNU, Jan 17: At least seven missiles were fired on the Bannu cantonment on Monday night. One of the missiles fired from Baka Khail area near Kachkot canal hit a house...
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Washington believes Osama is alive
LONDON, Jan 17: The United States believes Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is alive and hiding around the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, the US counter-terrorism coordinator told BBC radio on Tuesday....
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Aziz-Bush meeting on 24th
NEW YORK, Jan 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will meet US President George Bush at the White House on Jan 24 against the backdrop of the recent US airstrikes in Northwest Pakistan which have sparked countrywide demonstrations against the United States....
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Saudi king to visit Pakistan next month
RIYADH, Jan 17: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will start his first tour outside the Middle East on Sunday with visits to China, India, Malaysia and Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday....
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Russia, China oppose UN sanctions on Iran
MOSCOW, Jan 17: Russia and China made clear on Tuesday they did not favour UN sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear programme, and Tehran urged the European Union to return to the negotiating table....
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Gas supply from Uch to be restored
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The repair of gas pipeline of Uch power plant is in progress and its supply with full production capacity will be restored on Tuesday....
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