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| April 22, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1427 |
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Nepal king yields to people’s power: Opposition asked to name premier
KATHMANDU, April 21: Nepal’s King Gyanendra said on Friday after weeks of violent anti-monarchy protests he would restore political power to the people, but the largest party said he had not gone far enough and vowed more demonstrations.... 
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Tribunal seeks time for final award
ISLAMABAD, April 21: The arbitral tribunal on Wapda-NWFP dispute over hydel profit has sought six months extension until October 31 to give a final award, it is learnt....
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Musharraf, Aziz in bid to keep coalition intact
RAWALPINDI, April 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf at the latter’s camp office here on Friday and discussed the latest political situation in the country....
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N-talks with India begin on 25th
ISLAMABAD, April 21: Pakistan and India will hold back-to-back expert-level talks on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures in Islamabad next week amid guarded optimism that a draft agreement on ‘Reducing Risk of Nuclear Accidents’ would be firmed up....
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Railway bridge blown up
QUETTA, April 21: Saboteurs on Friday blew up a big railway bridge on the Sibi-Harnai section and destroyed a gas pipeline in Pir Koh. Official sources said armed men had...
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Marwan was Al Qaeda’s bagman: official
PESHAWAR, April 21: Marwan Hadid Al-Suri, killed in an encounter with law-enforcers in the Bajaur tribal region on Thursday, was Al Qaeda’s bagman who looked after families of his senior colleagues...
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Russia says no to Iran sanctions
MOSCOW, April 21: Russia on Friday ruled out sanctions on Iran without proof Tehran is hiding a nuclear arms programme, dealing a blow to US efforts to forge a united international front against Iran....
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Hudood case couple freed
HYDERABAD, April 21: The Hyderabad Circuit Bench of the Sindh High Court, taking suo motu notice of media reports about a woman and her husband remanded to Okara police in a...
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Chinese engineers’ murder suspect arrested
KARACHI, April 21: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspect wanted by the Balochistan Government in the slaying of Chinese engineers in Hub. Three Chinese engineers and their Pakistani...
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Student held in Atlanta
NEW YORK, April 21: Agents of Atlanta’s Joint Terrorism Task Force have arrested a 21-year-old mechanical engineering student on a charge of material support of terrorism, as part of an investigation...
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Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 21: A policeman and three civilians were killed in separate attacks by suspected militants in revolt-hit held Kashmir, police said on Friday. The policeman died in a grenade attack on a police station in Baderwah....
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Special plan for water, electricity finalised
ISLAMABAD, April 21: A high-level meeting was informed here on Friday that a “special plan” had been finalised to involve provincial governments, districts governments and the private sector in providing electricity and safe drinking water to every citizen....
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Support for Turkey on Cyprus case reaffirmed
ANKARA, April 21: Pakistan on Friday assured Turkey that it would continue to support it on the Cyprus question and welcomes the Turkish plan of action on Cyprus....
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Pakistan, India urged to work for stability
WASHINGTON, April 21: The US has urged India and Pakistan to take steps to encourage strategic stability in the region as only their bilateral cooperation can end tensions and bring prosperity to South Asia....
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23 held in Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, April 21: The political administration here on Friday detained 31 tribesmen from different areas under the collective responsibility law of the Frontier Crimes Regulation....
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‘Terrorist’ held with arms
QUETTA, April 21: Police have arrested a suspected terrorist in the mountainous area of Mastung district and seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. This was stated by the DIGP...
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US not distancing itself from Musharraf: Boucher
WASHINGTON, April 21: The US on Friday dispelled the impression created by some media reports that it wanted a change of government in Pakistan, saying that while the Bush administration supported...
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9 more bird flu cases detected: 2 patients reach hospitals
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD, April 21: The outbreak of bird flu in the federal capital’s poultry farms is on the rise as two more patients were admitted to the hospitals of the twin cities...
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