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| January 26, 2006 | Thursday | Zilhaj 25, 1426 |
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Senate condemns Bajaur attack: Unanimous resolution spares US
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The treasury and opposition benches in the Senate on Wednesday jointly condemned the recent US air strike in the Bajaur tribal area, calling it a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty but a unanimous resolution spared Washington of direct blame.... 
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13 locals were killed in Bajaur; Fazl refutes govt claim
KARACHI, Jan 25: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has refuted President Musharraf’s statement suggesting that foreigners were killed in the Bajaur attack....
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Musharraf calls for harmony between West, Muslim world
OSLO, Jan 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called for intra-civilization harmony and dialogue and said Pakistan was trying to promote greater understanding between the Islamic world and the West....
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Aziz says US-Pakistan ties ‘strategic, vital’
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jan 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday night gave an upbeat assessment of his meeting with US President Bush noting that Mr Bush had described America’s relations with Pakistan as ‘strategic and vital’....
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Six killed in landmine explosion
QUETTA, Jan 25: Six passengers were killed and five others injured when a minibus hit a landmine in Kharcha, near Bekar, on Wednesday morning. The minibus was going from Rakhni in...
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WB urges progress on reforms
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The World Bank has expressed serious concern over obstacles to power sector reforms and national water policy’s approval in Pakistan, and linked the disbursement of the $300 million...
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Hamas puts up strong show in Palestine poll: Fatah’s monopoly on power dented
RAMALLAH, Jan 25: Hamas made a strong showing in a Palestinian parliamentary election on Wednesday, denting the ruling Fatah movement’s near-monopoly on power, first projections showed....
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India pressed to vote against Iran
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: The United States and Israel are pressing India to vote against Iran at the IAEA’s board meeting on Feb 2, the day when Israel’s national security advisor...
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Saudis sign anti-terror accord with India
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: India and Saudi Arabia signed a clutch of agreements here on Wednesday, including one to combat terrorism, but informed sources said a political dialogue started between Prime...
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Commitment to peace with India reaffirmed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: In a message to mark India’s Republic Day, President Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is committed to making peace with India. President Musharraf sent ‘warm felicitations’ to Indian President A.P.J....
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All-women crew pilots plane for 1st time
LAHORE, Jan 25: A unique record was set in the country’s aviation history on Wednesday when a woman pilot and her all-women crew flew a PIA Fokker plane without any assistance from men....
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Rockets fired on troops
PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Suspected militants on Wednesday fired six rockets at security forces in a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan, an official said. No casualties were reported....
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Six of a family killed in accident
KOHAT, Jan 25: Six members of a family were killed and 11 others seriously injured after a head-on collision between a coaster and a truck on the Indus Highway near the Banda Daud Shah area on Wednesday....
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Wali Khan still in coma
PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Khan Abdul Wali Khan’s condition remained critical for the second day on Wednesday. The veteran politician was shifted to Peshawar from his hometown Wali Bagh in Charsadda on Monday after he had suffered a stroke....
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Saudi Mufti calls for punishment: Blasphemous cartoons
RIYADH, Jan 25: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh has called upon Denmark to punish the newspaper that ran cartoons hurting Muslims’ sentiments. “I call upon officials of the...
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Interpol asked to arrest ‘Taliban funding link’
PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Pakistan has asked Interpol officials in Dubai to arrest Abdul Bari, the main accused linked to an Afghan trading group allegedly involved in funnelling money to the Taliban, a security official said....
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Anti-globalization drive begins
CARACAS, Jan 25: Activists from across the Americas on Tuesday kicked off an anti-globalisation gathering in Caracas with a march against war marked by slogans blasting the US president and hailing Venezuela and Cuba’s leftist leaders....
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Youth charged in US subway plot deposes
NEW YORK, Jan 25: A Pakistani youth who was charged with conspiring to blow up Herald Square near Macy’s department store in 2004 testified on Tuesday in a US federal court...
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No operation underway in Bajaur: official
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Secretary Interior Syed Kamal Shah on Wednesday said no military operation was under-way in Bajaur Agency. Speaking to reporters at a workshop on human trafficking, he said: “No...
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Pakistan and UN to host event with Mukhtaran
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25: The Pakistan mission and the United Nations have agreed to jointly host an event with Mukhtaran Mai at the world body headquarters, a UN spokesman announced here on Wednesday....
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