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| January 30, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 29, 1426 |
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Musharraf wants West to see beyond terrorism
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: President Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and its allies do not understand the threat of extremism and confuse terrorism with extremism.... 
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Six rail coaches fall into ravine: Four killed in accident near Jhelum
RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: A train carrying over 600 passengers from here to Lahore derailed and six of its coaches fell into a deep ravine at Domaili near Jhelum, railway and police sources said....
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Nawaz in London
LONDON/LAHORE, Jan 29: Ending his five years of exile in Saudi Arabia, former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Sunday night....
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Gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, Jan 29: The Uch power plant was shut down while operations of the Loti gas purification plant was affected when significant portions of the pipelines supplying gas to the two...
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‘WB credit may be delayed’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The World Bank-funded $300 million Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-II) to Pakistan is likely to be delayed owing to the government’s non-compliance with criteria on the power sector reform, it is learnt....
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Washington expanding plan to use drone attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Despite continued protests in Pakistan against the Jan 13 drone attack in Bajaur, the United States is expanding its top-secret plan to kill suspected terrorists with drone-fired missiles, US officials said....
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Sindh to lose Rs51bn in 5 years under new NFC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Sindh is estimated to lose Rs10 billion in its share from the federal divisible pool in the first year of the amended National Finance Commission Award and Rs41...
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‘Governance is weakest link’
KARACHI, Jan 29: Former federal finance minister and one of the founding members of the Pakistan People’s Party, Dr Mubashir Hasan, has said the system of governance in Pakistan is becoming...
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Thousands attend marathon
LAHORE, Jan 29: The second Lahore Marathon was held peacefully amid tight security here on Sunday as Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced making it a permanent event....
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MI5 probes links between terror groups
LONDON, Jan 29: The British spy agency, MI5, was investigating the significance of a training camp established in Northern Pakistan where July 7, 2005 London suicide bombers visited along with other...
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US ’copter warned for violating airspace
PESHAWAR, Jan 29: Pakistan had to warn off an American helicopter which violated its airspace above its northern border with Afghanistan, the military said on Sunday....
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Jaswant due today with 80-member delegation KHOKHRAPAR, Jan 29: Opposition leader in Indian Rajya Sabha and former minister for external affairs Jaswant Singh will arrive here on Monday (today) by train through Khokhrapar-Munabao border along with an 80-member delegation for a week-long visit to Pakistan....
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‘Prevarication cost US chance to kill Osama’
LONDON, Jan 29: Pakistani government has been accused of ‘prevarication’ in a report carried by the Sunday Telegraph, which according to the paper’s sources, cost America the chance to kill Osama...
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19 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Jan 29: At least 19 Iraqis were killed in rebel attacks and bombings on Sunday, including six coordinated car bombs set off near churches, while a roadside bombing wounded a US television news anchor and his cameraman....
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Two Pakistanis among 9 held in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 29: Afghan security forces have arrested nine people, including would-be suicide bombers and two Pakistan nationals, for allegedly planning attacks, a provincial governor said on Sunday....
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UN inspectors visit Iran N-site
VIENNA, Jan 29: UN nuclear inspectors have visited sites related to the former Lavizan military complex in Tehran in what is a key concession in the UN investigation of the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear programme, diplomats said on Sunday....
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Blast halts rail traffic
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 29: A second bomb blast in less than two days suspended rail traffic between Multan and Jacobabad on Sunday night. The site of the fresh blast is...
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‘US used British technology in Bajaur attack’
LONDON, Jan 29: The drones used by the US to kill innocent women and children in the failed attempt to target Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman Al-Zahawiri in Bajaur were using technology supplied...
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