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| January 28, 2006 | Saturday | Zilhaj 27, 1426 |
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Muslim leaders call for harmony: Discourse in Davos
DAVOS, Jan 27: Leaders from Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan and Pakistan met here on Thursday to discuss the Muslim countries’ fractious relations with the West and urged the world community to foster better understanding of Islam to promote cultural harmony.... 
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India changes tune, defends Iran
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: India on Friday distanced itself from US-led calls to isolate Iran at next week’s meeting of the IAEA after controversial remarks on the issue by Washington’s envoy to Delhi enraged the nation as seldom seen before....
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Wali Khan laid to rest
PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Thousands of mourners turned up at the funeral of Khan Abdul Wali Khan here on Friday at the Jinnah Park. Leaders from almost all political parties and official...
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Homage to Wali; debate on Bajaur attack delayed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Both houses of parliament adjourned on Friday to mourn the death of veteran Pukhtun leader Abdul Wali Khan, delaying until Monday debates on the deadly US air-strike in...
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Move to bring down sugar price: Regular import from India allowed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The government on Friday decided to start regular sugar imports from India, impose 15 per cent duty on gur export and double the supply of sugar to the...
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Lahore marathon: MMA activists baton-charged; 400 arrested
LAHORE, Jan 27: Over 400 activists of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal were arrested here and elsewhere in Punjab after they clashed with police during their protest against a planned marathon in Lahore on Sunday....
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‘Pakistan, India among fake drug hot spots’
LONDON, Jan 27: British MPs ranked Pakistan, along with India, China, Russia and Mexico as the world’s counterfeiting hot spots where counterfeit medicines are produced and the proceeds from the illegal trade could be used in money laundering and sponsoring terrorism....
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Aziz wants ties with Russia enhanced
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday stressed the need to enhance cooperation between Pakistan and Russia in the fields of education, science and technology, energy, defence and trade and investment....
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‘Vital role played by Pakistan in anti-terror fight’
DAVOS, (Switzerland) Jan 27: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday underlined Pakistan’s critical role in the fight against terrorism and said the country’s sharing of vital intelligence had helped pre-empt terror attacks in a number of countries....
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Declaration backs India’s talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah ended a landmark visit to India on Friday with a Delhi Declaration he signed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which among other agreements stressed the importance of talks between his hosts and Pakistan....
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Supporters of Hamas, Fatah trade fire
GAZA, Jan 27: Hamas and Fatah exchanged fire on Friday as the long-dominant Palestinian faction was threatened with a violent backlash to its crushing election defeat by the hardline group....
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‘Quatret’ hails free polls in Palestine
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27: The diplomatic ‘quartet’ on the Middle East — the United Nations, United States, Russian Federation and European Union — on Thursday congratulated the Palestinian people on holding...
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US envoy not summoned by FO over raid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Contrary to earlier reports that US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker was summoned by the Foreign Office on January 14, a day after the US aerial strike in Bajaur Agency, it has now been established that he was not....
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Nine PPP MLAs send resignation
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Nine members of the AJK Legislative Assembly and one newly-elected member of the AJK Council belonging to the People’s Party of Azad Kashmir, have sent their unconditional resignations to PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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Rail track blown up
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 27: Rail traffic on the Multan-Jacobabad section was suspended after a portion of the track was blown in a ‘bomb’ blast near here on Friday night....
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Six of a family among 7 shot dead
PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Six members of a family were among seven people shot dead in the Spinkay Dheray village of the Badhber area in the city suburbs on Friday morning, police said....
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Bangladesh seeks fair water share
DHAKA, Jan 27: A senior member of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s cabinet, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, on Friday urged Indian people to raise voice against their government’s injustice to Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries for depriving them of common resources, including water....
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Benazir ready to appear in ‘any court’
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that she is ready to appear before any court in Pakistan to face the charges brought against her by the government....
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