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| April 6, 2006 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 7, 1427 |
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US wants civilian rule: Boucher: Need for free, fair polls stressed
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, said on Wednesday that the Bush Administration strongly favoured a civilian rule and a civilian control of military in Pakistan.... 
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Waziristan clashes leave 20 dead
MIRAMSHAH, April 5: Security forces have killed 16 miscreants and apprehended 19 others in North Waziristan Agency, says a military statement issued in Peshawar on Wednesday....
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9pc water shortage for Kharif likely: Estimates to be finalised on 10th
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The country is likely to face about eight to nine per cent shortfall of water during the current Kharif season, mainly owing to 20 per cent lower than...
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Guards and driver of Mengal arrested
KARACHI, April 5: A day-long siege of the Clifton residence of the chief of Balochistan Nationalist Party (BNM), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, on Wednesday came to an end at around midnight when law-enforcement agencies arrested his two guards and a driver....
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Rice urges Congress to ratify N- deal with India WASHINGTON, April 5: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Congress on Wednesday to ratify a deal to give India civil nuclear technology, saying the deal will not trigger an arms race in Asia....
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Aziz reiterates call for civilian N-package
NEW YORK, April 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday asked the United States to reconsider a package civilian nuclear deal for India and Pakistan “with a view to preventing a nuclear arms race in the region”....
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‘US committed to strategic ties’
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard A. Boucher, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and reiterated the commitment of the United States to seeking lasting strategic ties with Pakistan....
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India-Pakistan peace moves positive: US
WASHINGTON, April 5: The US State Department on Wednesday recognised the peace negotiations between India and Pakistan as a positive development for South Asia and noted that the two neighbours also...
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Utility bills: SC orders respect for consumers
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to develop guidelines to protect consumers from the humiliation and maltreatment they face while paying utility bills in commercial banks....
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ARD demands jailed MPAs brought to assembly
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Several legislators belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy have urged National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain to issue production orders for jailed PML-N leaders Makhdoom...
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Aziz calls for broad UN reform package
UNITED NATIONS, April 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday called for preparing a comprehensive package to reform the United Nations’ activities and said the package should be coupled with a phased implementation plan....
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WB halts India’s funds
NEW DELHI, April 5: The World Bank’s India country head has said health project loans have been put on hold because of corruption worries and urged the government to plug leaks in social programmes....
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Taliban kill district intelligence chief
KABUL, April 5: Taliban militants shot dead a district intelligence chief in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday while a coalition soldier was wounded in a separate battle with insurgents, officials said....
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Iran tests ‘top secret’ missile
TEHRAN, April 5: Iran said on Wednesday it had successfully test-fired a ‘top secret’ missile, the third within a week, the state-run television reported. The report called the missile an ‘ultra-horizon’...
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Thaksin takes back seat
BANGKOK, April 5: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stepped aside on Wednesday and let a deputy assume the top spot as politicians tried to find a way out of a long-running crisis....
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Pakistani brothers’ jail terms increased
SYDNEY, April 5: An Australian court increased two Pakistani immigrant brothers’ jail terms for gang rape on Wednesday after hearing fresh evidence of sexual assaults by the pair....
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Rockets fired on FC check posts
QUETTA, April 5: Two rocket attacks were reported in Dera Bugti district on Wednesday, targeting two check posts of the Frontier Corps. According to sources, tribesmen fired nine 107mm rockets at an FC check post in the Dera Bugti area....
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Demand for return of fishermen
MANILA, April 5: Manila has asked Islamabad to release and immediately repatriate 22 Filipino fishermen whose vessel strayed into Pakistani waters last week, the Philippines foreign department said on Wednesday....
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