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| April 1, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1427 |
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Pakistan Steel fetches $362m: Consortium offers $111m for plant, machinery
ISLAMABAD, March 31: A consortium of local and foreign firms on Friday won the $362 million (Rs21.68 billion) bid to acquire 75 per cent stake and management control of Pakistan Steel, the country’s largest industrial unit, at the rate of Rs16.8... 
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Musharraf foresees key role for Saarc: Sri Lankan president arrives
ISLAMABAD, March 31: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that Pakistan was actively promoting cooperation in the region and striving hard to make Saarc a dynamic vehicle for development....
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70 die as strong quake hits Iran
GARAJ (Iran), March 31: A strong earthquake hit western Iran on Friday, killing 70 people and devastating villages. More than 1,200 people were injured in an area around the cities of...
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Leisure boat sinks; five Pakistanis, 52 others dead
MANAMA, March 31: At least 57 people, including Westerners and Asians, were killed when an overcrowded leisure boat sank off the coast of Bahrain late on Thursday, turning a company dinner cruise into tragedy....
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Benazir-Nawaz meeting agenda discussed
ISLAMABAD, March 31: A three-member delegation of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) met Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chairman Raja Zafarul Haq on Friday and discussed the agenda for a possible meeting...
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Aziz, Musharraf review political situation
RAWALPINDI, March 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz called on President General Pervez Musharraf here on Friday and discussed the domestic political situation, law and order and economic developments in the country, particularly in Balochistan....
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NAB official to attend Swiss cases against ex-PM
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Court of Appeal of the Canton of Geneva has allowed National Accountability Bureau’s deputy chairman Hassan Waseem Afzal to represent the country during the hearing of money-laundering cases against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and others....
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‘Worldwide assets of Asif frozen’
ISLAMABAD, March 31: An accountability court on Friday ordered to freeze all assets of PPP Parliamentarian leader Asif Ali Zardari in Pakistan and abroad. The judge of the Accountability Court No4...
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Unbiased approach by N-group urged
ISLAMABAD, March 31: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Friday called for a non-discriminatory approach by all 45 members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) towards cooperation with Pakistan in the civilian nuclear sector....
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Electricity pylons blown up
QUETTA, March 31: Saboteurs blew up four pylons of the Quetta-Sibi double circuit transmission line near Mach area on Friday, disrupting power supply to Quetta and several other areas in Balochistan....
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‘Pakistan govt not involved in nuclear proliferation’
WASHINGTON, March 31: Absolving Pakistan of any involvement in the so-called A.Q. Khan network of nuclear proliferators, a thesis written for a US military college contends that Dr Khan was a “rogue actor outside of state oversight”....
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Tehran tests missile able to avoid radar
TEHRAN, March 31: Iran successfully test-fired on Friday a missile with the ability to avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously, the air force chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards said....
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Talks possible with ‘everybody’: India
ISLAMABAD, March 31: India’s High Commissioner in Pakistan said on Friday New Delhi could talk to ‘everybody’ in Kashmir in a violence-free atmosphere but sidestepped a reported offer by a major...
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Seven Indian security personnel killed
ISLAMABAD, March 31: An Indian military head constable and six Central Reserve Police personnel, including an assistant commandant, were killed in a powerful explosion in Srinagar on Friday....
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Report denied
RIYADH, March 31: Saudi Arabia denied on Friday a German press report that it was working on a secret nuclear program with the help of Pakistani experts....
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German forces wind up operation
ISLAMABAD, March 31: German forces have concluded relief operations in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP. A 60-member German contingent has left Pakistan after winding up its relief operations and flights....
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India wants rational visa regime
ISLAMABAD, March 31: Indian immigration officials in Amritsar followed the book when they denied the wife of Pakistan’s acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas entry into the city, according to the Indian High Commissioner S....
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Four killed in W. Bank suicide bombing
TEL AVIV, March 31: Four Israelis were killed in a West Bank suicide bombing late on Thursday just hours after final election results gave acting premier Ehud Olmert a boost in...
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