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| February 7, 2006 | Tuesday | Muharram 8, 1427 |
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FO stresses need to speed up peace process
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Foreign Office on Monday expressed the hope that India-Pakistan peace process would speed up and underscored the need for addressing the Kashmir dispute in a forthright manner with sincerity, flexibility and courage.... 
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Mukherjee sees more troop cuts in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: The Indian Army removed 5,000 troops from the Jammu and Kashmir following much improvement in the situation there and more could be redeployed if violence further decreases, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday....
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Sugar crisis dominates NA session
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government offered some hope in the National Assembly on Monday for a possible relief in high sugar prices and that it said could emerge from a meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday....
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Retail sugar price hits Rs42 per kg
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The retail sugar prices set a new record of Rs42 per kg on Monday following reports of future sugar contracts in the market in anticipation of more supply shortages and rising international prices....
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Opposition criticizes use of force in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The opposition and Baloch senators criticized the government for use of force in Balochistan while the government reiterated its resolve to continue the paramilitary action till the removal...
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Rs60bn plan unveiled for Balochistan roads
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The National Highway Authority (NHA) on Monday unveiled five-year package for Balochistan road network amounting to Rs60 billion. The package was announced by NHA Chairman Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed at a press briefing held at the authority’s headquarters....
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Parliament can re-elect Musharraf, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that parliament can re-elect President Pervez Musharraf for a second term in 2008....
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Provinces to get more funds for security
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government has decided to provide more funds to provinces to improve the deteriorating law and order situation. The sources said on Monday that the fresh funds would...
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12 suspects detained for bus blast interrogation QUETTA, Feb 6: Police arrested 12 suspects on Monday during raids in different areas of Quetta, Mastung and Dashat for investigation into Kolpur bus explosion that killed 13 and injured 18 others....
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Rockets hit FC camp in Kohlu
QUETTA, Feb 6: Saboteurs on Monday fired two rockets on a Frontier Corps camp in Kohlu township and damaged a portion of a mosque in the premises....
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Bush seeks record increase in defence budget, funds for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: US President George W. Bush sent a historic $2.77 trillion budget request to Congress on Monday, including $600 million pledged to Pakistan under the Camp David agreement three years ago....
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US sympathizes with Muslims but condemns violence
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: The White House on Monday expressed sympathy with Muslims hurt by the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in a section of the European press but also condemned violent protests spreading across the Islamic world....
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5 die in global furore over cartoons
JALALABAD, Feb 6: Global protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) escalated on Monday, with five demonstrators killed in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Somalia and warning shots fired outside a US consulate in Indonesia....
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Protests held in front of UN offices in New York
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6: Hundreds of Muslims held a peaceful demonstration in front of the United Nations on Sunday to condemn the caricatures of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)...
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Israeli, Afghan officials hold talks
AL QUDS, Feb 6: Senior Israeli foreign ministry officials held talks over the weekend in London with counterparts from Afghanistan about providing economic assistance to Kabul, a newspaper reported on Monday....
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Indian experts see trap in N-deal with US
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Indian scientists engaged in the country’s nuclear weapons programme have expressed fears over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States because they see a possible trap...
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WB sees vast investment potential in rural Sindh
KARACHI, Feb 6: The World Bank sees tremendous investment and tourism potential in rural Sindh endowed with an extensive irrigation system and rich mineral deposits. Investment flow and tourism would generate...
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Senate’s HR body to visit Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Senate’s standing committee on human rights on Monday constituted a sub-committee to visit Balochistan soon after the current session of the upper house of parliament to ascertain first hand knowledge of the situation in the volatile province....
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