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| April 2, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 3, 1427 |
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Balakot to be built at new location: Rebuilding process from 7th
RAWALPINDI, April 1: The process of reconstruction in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP will commence from April 7. This was decided at a meeting held here on Saturday with President General Pervez Musharraf in the chair.... 
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Defence, economic ties to get boost: Aziz, Rajapakse hold talks
ISLAMABAD, April 1: Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Saturday decided to enhance bilateral cooperation in defence, security, economic and social sectors. The decision was taken during visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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Sugar to sell at Rs33.35 per kg
ISLAMABAD, April 1: The government on Saturday fixed the ex-factory price of sugar at Rs33.35 per kg, inclusive of 15 per cent general sales tax, to control its price in the domestic market....
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Mill-owners claim sugar shortage of 600,000 tons
ISLAMABAD, April 1: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) on Friday confirmed that the country would experience a net shortage of about 600,000 tons of sugar during the current year but...
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Four injured in Balochistan explosions
QUETTA, April 1: At least four people, including a woman, were injured in a landmine explosion in Pat Feeder area and a hand grenade attack in the provincial capital on Saturday....
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‘Kashmir issue resolution vital for peace’
ISLAMABAD, April 1: All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has termed solution to the Kashmir problem vital for durable peace in South Asia. Steps had been taken for building...
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NAB asked to tighten noose around corrupt
RAWALPINDI, April 1: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday directed the National Accountability Bureau to tighten the noose around people who had looted the national treasury....
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5 US troops hurt in Afghan blast
KANDAHAR, April 1: A suicide bomber exploded a car bomb near an Afghan and foreign military convoy on Saturday while a top legislator was killed and five US soldiers were hurt in separate attacks, officials said....
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Shia bloc asks Iraqi PM to resign
BAGHDAD, April 1: Members of Iraq’s dominant Shia United Iraqi Alliance on Saturday for the first time asked incumbent Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to withdraw his candidacy to head the next government....
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Afghan commander suspended
KANDAHAR, April 1: Afghan authorities have suspended a regional police commander for alleged involvement in last week’s killing of 17 men, some of them Pakistanis, a governor said on Saturday....
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Muslims in UK protest against Rice visit
BLACKBURN (UK), April 1: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Muslim leaders in north-western England on Saturday in a trip during which protesters expressed anger that an architect of the Iraq invasion was on their home turf....
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Iran battles to shelter quake survivors
BRUJERD, April 1: Iranian authorities were battling on Saturday to provide shelter and aid for thousands of people left homeless by a magnitude six earthquake in the west of the country that killed 70 people....
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N-deal failure to affect ties with US: India
WASHINGTON, April 1: Indian Foreign Minister Shayam Saran, who concluded a three-day visit to Washington this weekend, has said that the failure to get Congressional approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal...
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Bahrain sea trips halted
MANAMA, April 1: Tour operators in Bahrain said on Saturday they had suspended sea trips after a traditional boat capsized off the Gulf island state, killing 57 people....
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Village set up for quake orphans
ISLAMABAD, April 1: The International Medical and Educational Trust has set up a village in Mansehra for children who lost their parents in the October earthquake....
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Medicines sent to cold-hit areas, says official
SKARDU, April 1: The district health department has sent teams of doctors with two tons of medicines to Gultari area for treating local people, especially children, after receiving reports that over...
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APNS elects office-bearers
KARACHI, April 1: The annual general meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) held here on Friday elected office-bearers of the organization for the year 2006-07. The following were elected:...
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Power supply to upper Sindh disrupted
SUKKUR, April 1: Power supply to entire upper Sindh, including Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Ratodero and Larkana, was disrupted at about 9:35pm after a fault developed in the power control centre in Shikarpur....
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