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| February 4, 2006 | Saturday | Muharram 5, 1427 |
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Egypt ferry with 1,400 sinks: 300 rescued, 185 bodies found
CAIRO, Feb 3: About 300 passengers were rescued after a ferry carrying nearly 1,400 people from Saudi Arabia to Egypt sank in the Red Sea on Thursday night....
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Disarming of militias needed for peace: President denies army action
RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: No military operation is under way in Balochistan, but private local militias must disarm and stop obstructing development projects aimed at socio-economic uplift of the people of the province, says President Pervez Musharraf....
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Parliament calls for government action: Blasphemous cartoons
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Senate and National Assembly on Friday unanimously condemned the publication of ‘blasphemous and derogatory’ cartoons by some European newspapers and demanded action by Pakistani and European governments to prevent such outrages in future....
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Saudi investment likely in pipeline, refinery projects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Saudi Arabia is likely to invest in gas pipeline and oil refinery projects in Pakistan, says Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah....
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‘Iran secretly tests missile’
BERLIN, Feb 3: Iran secretly tested a new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) on January 17, seeking to establish the measurements needed for long-range missiles, the German daily Die Welt reported in its issue to appear on Saturday....
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Musharraf condemns cartoons
RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday condemned the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European papers and said such acts would encourage those who speak of clash of civilizations....
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Senators want more provincial autonomy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Senators from both the treasury and opposition benches on Friday criticized the government’s policy on Balochistan and demanded increase in provincial autonomy and provinces’ control over natural resources....
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Islam in accord with modernization: Most Pakistanis religious: president
RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: There is no conflict between Islam and modernization as the religion has an inherent mechanism to adapt to the changing times, says President Pervez Musharraf....
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PPP, MMA stage walkouts in NA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) alliance staged separate token protest walkouts at the start of a National Assembly session on Friday. ...
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‘Negligence too may have caused crash’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Pakistan Railways administration on Friday said that the last week’s train accident near Jhelum could either be an act of sabotage or criminal negligence on part of the maintenance staff....
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Jaswant stresses need for expanding ‘constituency of peace’
KARACHI, Feb 3: India’s former external affairs minister and currently leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has emphasized the need for a constant endeavour by India and Pakistan to “expand the constituency of peace”....
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US relief team to start leaving in March
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Federal Relief Commissioner Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan has said the US relief contingent will start withdrawal from Pakistan in March. Speaking at a press briefing here on...
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‘Cooperation in N-technology unlikely from Washington’
WASHINGTON, Feb 3: Scholars at a seminar here have said that Pakistan realizes that it cannot receive civilian nuclear cooperation from the United States after the exposure and busting of the A.Q....
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Federation ruled out
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday ruled out the possibility of a federation between India and Pakistan. This he said when his attention was drawn to a statement by Indian President A.P.J...
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Publication of cartoons termed incitement
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3: Pakistan on Thursday condemned the publication of blasphemous and derogatory cartoons and caricatures of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in Danish and other European newspapers, describing it as...
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23 die in Afghan fighting
KANDAHAR, Feb 3: US-led coalition planes bombed on Friday an area of southern Afghanistan where a fierce battle had erupted between Taliban-linked militants and police, leaving about 23 dead, officials said....
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Two more cases logded against Nawab Bugti
QUETTA, Feb 3: Police in Sui registered two more cases on Friday against the chief of Bugti tribe, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, his grandson and an elder of the Kalpar clan of the tribe....
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Blasphemous cartoons unacceptable, says Crocker
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker said on Friday that the blasphemous cartoons published in certain European newspapers were offensive to Muslims and did not reflect respect for their religious beliefs....
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