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| March 10, 2006 | Friday | Safar 9, 1427 |
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Kashmir involves India & Pakistan: CBMs progressing: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, March 9: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.... 
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Border along Afghanistan to be fenced
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Pakistan will fence its border with Afghanistan and plant landmines to stop infiltration of foreigners. “There is no writ of the government in some provinces in Afghanistan bordering...
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Opposition to resign if demands not met
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Leaders of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday said that they were considering the option of resigning from parliament if their demand of formation of a national government was not met....
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Kiteflying banned in Punjab
LAHORE, March 9: The Punjab government on Thursday night banned kiteflying throughout the province after a number of killings and injuries caused by coated string and metal wire during the last...
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Troops shell militants in tribal area
MIRALI, March 9: Troops pounded a remote village with artillery after militants fired rockets at security forces on Thursday, officials said, as clashes along the Afghan border flared up again....
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NAB to prosecute price hikers: Sugar crisis, oil prices
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will register cases against sitting parliamentarians and government officials involved in sugar crisis and frequent increase in the oil prices, sources said on Thursday....
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Dialogue on Kashmir begins in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Politicians from both sides of the divided Kashmir, and intellectuals and experts from Pakistan and India will meet in Islamabad on Friday for a three-day dialogue on Kashmir in a move to help the India-Pakistan peace process....
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Pakistan-US energy dialogue begins on Monday
ISLAMABAD, March 9: US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman will be arriving here over the weekend to formally initiate a high-level energy dialogue with Pakistan on Monday, diplomatic sources confirmed....
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‘US not to recognise India as N-power’
WASHINGTON, March 9: The White House has rejected the suggestion that by signing a nuclear deal in New Delhi last week, President Bush has moved closer to recognising India as a nuclear power....
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Pipeline talks next week
NEW DELHI, March 9: Officials from India, Pakistan and Iran will meet in Tehran next week to discuss a pipeline project for the export of Iranian natural gas to South Asia, an Indian oil ministry official said....
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SC rejects appeal of Indian spy
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence awarded to Indian spy Manjeet Singh alias Sarabjeet Singh for his involvement in the 1990 bomb blast in Lahore....
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ICRC relief helicopter crashes
ISLAMABAD, March 9: A helicopter of the International Committee of the Red Cross crashed near Muzaffarabad during a relief operation on Thursday. The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained....
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IAF tests short range missile
NEW DELHI, March 9: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday test- fired a short range missile procured by it at the Integrated Test Range(ITR) near Chandipur, around 14km from from Balsore (Orissa)....
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NWFP asked to help recover Wapda arrears from Fata
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The government has asked the governor and chief minister of the NWFP to take steps for the recovery of Rs35 billion electricity arrears from consumers in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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3 pacts signed with Jordan
AMMAN, March 9: Pakistan and Jordan on Thursday signed three agreements to boost cooperation in tourism, avoid double taxation and enhance interaction between foreign ministries....
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NA adjourns without taking up agenda
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The National Assembly session was adjourned on Thursday without taking up any item on the agenda to mourn the death of its member from Hyderabad Prof Khalid Wahab, who died of heart attack last month....
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