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| March 29, 2006 | Wednesday | Safar 28, 1427 |
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25 killed as followers of clerics in Bara clash
LANDI KOTAL, March 28: Twenty-five people were killed and as many injured in fierce gunbattles between followers of two religious groups in Bara. The clashes at Sur Dand area in Khyber...
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Fierce fighting in Marri district: Pirkoh gas well set on fire
QUETTA, March 28: At least one person is reported to have been killed in heavy fighting between paramilitary forces and militants in Kohlu district on Tuesday....
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‘No talks with sardars challenging govt writ’
ISLAMABAD, March 28: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz met on Tuesday and stressed the need for establishing the writ of the government in Balochistan “but without holding talks...
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APHC seeks China’s role in efforts for Kashmir settlement
KARACHI, March 28: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that China should also be made a party for resolving the Kashmir dispute as it had control over a large chunk of the territory....
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‘WSF outcome better than expected’
KARACHI, March 28: It concluded without a resolution, but the six-day World Social Forum (WSF) held in Karachi reinforced the fading belief that the world would be transformed some day into a more equitable, efficient, democratic, peaceful and humane society....
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Musharraf tells Arbab, Ibad to end differences
RAWALPINDI, March 28: President Pervez Musharraf has directed Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim to end their differences, forge a better working relationship and improve the law and order situation in the province....
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Solar eclipse today
KARACHI, March 28: The first of the two solar eclipses during the current year will be on March 29. The head of the Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, University of Karachi, M....
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286 Indian products included in positive list
ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to include 286 Indian products in the positive list, which would raise the list of tradable items to 1,059....
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Gas monopolies seek tariff hike for all consumers
ISLAMABAD, March 28: The two gas utilities — SSGCL and SNGPL — have sought a further increase of Rs30 and Rs14 per unit, respectively, in the natural gas tariff for all consumers with effect from July 1, 2006, it is learnt....
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Five US security firm workers die in blast
KANDAHAR, March 28: A remote-controlled bomb exploded in southwestern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two foreigners and three Afghans working for a US security firm, Governor Azad and police said....
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Musharraf assures help to investors
KARACHI, March 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that he would chair all future conferences to be held in the country on investment to ensure that problems being faced by foreign investors were resolved then and there....
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US panel clears immigration bill
WASHINGTON, March 28: The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a comprehensive immigration bill that would create a foreign guest-worker programme and legalize America’s 11 million illegal immigrants....
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9 dead, 7 kidnapped in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 28: Nine Iraqis were killed and seven kidnapped in a wave of violence on Tuesday as Shia politicians returned to crucial talks on forming a national unity government....
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Talks with Turkey, Greece this week
ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan will hold wide-ranging bilateral consultations with Greece and Turkey when top officials of the foreign ministries of the two countries arrive here this week to take relations to a new higher plane....
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Karzai urges Taliban to join peace process
QALAT (Afghanistan), March 28: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called on Taliban radicals to stop being slaves to people organising violence and join peace process as he made a rare visit to a hotbed of a crippling insurgency....
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Two tribesmen arrested, arms seized
MIRAMSHAH, March 28: Security forces arrested two tribesmen and recovered from their possession a rocket launcher, four shells and two Kalashnikovs here on Tuesday. Sources said that a joint patrol of...
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Dozens of Afghans deported
MIRAMSHAH, March 28: Sixty-nine of the 150 Afghans detained in a crackdown on refugees suspected militants in Waziristan tribal region were set free on Monday and allowed to return home, an official said....
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Imran asks opposition to quit
MULTAN, March 28: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has demanded registration of a criminal case against those responsible for Waziristan killings. Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said...
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