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| February 23, 2006 | Thursday | Muharram 24, 1427 |
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Bush plans to sign investment treaty: Greater cooperation with Pakistan on cards
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that a bilateral investment treaty that he is planning to sign during his visit to Islamabad will be the first step towards greater trade and commercial relations with Pakistan.... 
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Defence ties with China to get boost
BEIJING, Feb 22: Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangehuan called on President General Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday and discussed relations between the two countries in the field of defence....
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2 armymen killed, four injured in ambush
QUETTA, Feb 22: Two army personnel were killed and four others were injured on Wednesday in an ambush in Bolan area, some 100 km east of here....
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Iraq shrine bombing stirs protests, violence
SAMARRA, Feb 22: A bomb attack on Wednesday destroyed the dome of a major holy Shia shrine in the Iraqi town, prompting reprisal attacks against 27 mosques in Baghdad that left six dead....
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Bush not coming with a wish-list: envoy
SHINKIARI, Feb 22: US President George W. Bush is not coming to Pakistan with a wish-list, US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker said here on Wednesday....
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Musharraf, Bush to discuss key security issues
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will take up important security and energy-related issues with US President George W. Bush during his first state visit next week....
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Pro-govt tribal chief killed
WANA, Feb 22: A pro-government tribal chief was killed in an ambush in Wana, South Waziistan Agency, on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in the main...
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PTCL handover in two weeks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The government and the UAE telecom firm Etisalat reached an agreement on modalities and procedures for transfering the Pakistan Telecommunication Company’s (PTCL) management in the next couple of weeks....
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Opposition meeting on Brussels visit today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Leaders of the combined opposition will meet here on Thursday to decide whether to join the proposed parliamentary delegation going to Brussels for talks with European parliamentarians on the issue of blasphemous cartoons....
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Indian troops kill four in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The Indian security forces on Wednesday fired at a group of youths playing cricket in Kupwara district and killed four, including two teenaged boys....
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MQM MNA Khalid Wahab passes away
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNA from Hyderabad Professor Khalid Wahab died on Wednesday morning at the Federal Government Services Hospital here after suffering a massive heart attack....
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Omar Abdullah to visit Pakistan
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: National Conference president Omar Abdullah will visit Pakistan next month to discuss about the resolution of Kashmir dispute with Pakistani leaders....
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Movement of poultry via Munabao to be checked
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The government here on Wednesday said it would check the movement of live birds and poultry products from India to Pakistan through the Khokrapar-Munabao train to control the spread of avian influenza (H5N1)....
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Provinces assured of water for Rabi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi on Wednesday assured the provinces that they would get water in accordance with their demand during the Rabi season in 2005-06....
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PM to visit Bhasha site today
GILGIT, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is scheduled to visit the proposed site of Bhasha dam, 177kms south of Gilgit, on Thursday for which all arrangements have been completed....
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Kabul objects to Pakistani missile names
KABUL, Feb 22: Afghanistan formally complained to Pakistan for naming its ballistic missiles and other weapons after historic Afghan heroes, a minister said here on Wednesday....
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‘Fatah will join Palestinian coalition’
GAZA CITY, Feb 22: Fatah tentatively accepted on Wednesday an offer from Hamas to become the junior partner in a coalition government after its crushing defeat in last month’s Palestinian election....
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Bus service to Afghanistan planned
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed in principle on Wednesday to start a cross-border bus service with trial runs beginning next month, officials said....
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