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| May 3, 2006 | Wednesday | Rabi-us-Sani 4, 1427 |
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Dr Khan probe a ‘closed chapter’: FO hails APHC-Singh meeting
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Foreign Office on Tuesday declared that investigations into the Dr A.Q. Khan affair were over and as far as Pakistan was concerned the chapter was closed.... 
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Jamaat expels minister, MPA for horse-trading
PESHAWAR, May 2: The Jammat-i-Islami on Tuesday expelled its two MPAs, one of them a provincial minister, for violating the party discipline in Senate elections and submitted resignations on their behalf...
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Govt stalls oil price debate in NA
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The government on Tuesday stalled an opposition-sought debate in the National Assembly on latest increase in domestic prices of petroleum products and provoked a protest walkout by blocking a private bill seeking job safeguards for government employees....
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More Indian troops for Kashmir
JAMMU, May 2: India rushed hundreds of extra troops to hunt for militants in the remote mountains of Kashmir on Tuesday, after 35 Hindus were killed over two days....
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Intra-Kashmir trade options discussed
NEW DELHI, May 2: Indian and Pakistani officials scanned options on Tuesday to enable trade and greater civilian contact between the divided Jammu and Kashmir regions amid hopes that official commerce could start within two to three months, sources said....
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Landmine blast kills one in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, May 2: One person was killed and two others suffered injuries when two landmines exploded in Dera Bugti and Chattar area of Nasirabad district on Tuesday....
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Grants of 3 Sindh universities frozen
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has frozen development funds of three leading universities of Sindh for not adhering to the commission’s criteria in appointments and promotions of their faculty, officials told Dawn....
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US official reports Al Qaeda figure’s arrest in Quetta
KABUL, May 2: A top Al Qaeda leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been captured in Pakistan, according to a US law-enforcement official....
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Dutch ask for intelligence sharing in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Netherlands on Tuesday called for increased intelligence sharing between Pakistani authorities and Dutch troops whose deployment is being beefed up in southern Afghanistan....
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Muttahida wins NA-219 by-poll
HYDERABAD, May 2: According to unofficial results of the NA-219 by-poll held here on Tuesday, Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidate Mohammad Pervaiz Qureshi has won the election by securing 84,506 votes against 3,375 polled by People’s Party Parliamentarian’s candidate Ali Mohammad Sehto....
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Accord to boost ties with Uzbekistan
ISLAMABAD, May 2: President General Pervez Musharraf and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov on Tuesday vowed to expand commerce and economic relations between Islamabad and Tashkent....
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Big 5 fail to reach accord on Iran
PARIS, May 2: The five major UN powers and Germany wrapped up talks here on Tuesday without a final agreement on how to tackle Iran over its nuclear programme, but more talks are scheduled, US official Nicholas Burns said....
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India says pursuing Iran pipeline
NEW DELHI, May 2: India said on Tuesday it was seriously pursuing a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline with Iran and Pakistan, ruling out that United States pressure against the project would bend New Delhi’s resolve....
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US threats push oil prices above $74
WASHINGTON, May 2: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s declaration that the US would keep pushing for UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme has led to an immediate rise in world oil prices....
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One-dish wedding meal bill backed in NA
ISLAMABAD, May 2: All the political parties in the National Assembly on Tuesday supported an opposition private bill to allow one-dish meal at wedding parties. The present law permits only light refreshments....
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High-risk areas in quake zone to be evacuated
MUZAFFARABAD, May 2: Pakistani authorities are preparing to evacuate thousands of survivors of last year’s earthquake amid risks their mountain villages may be washed away by the coming rains, officials said on Tuesday....
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Three-nation military exercises begin
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Afghan, Pakistani and US troops began two days of joint military exercises on Tuesday aimed at better coordinating the hunt for Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said....
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Candidate backed by nationalists wins: Khuzdar nazim poll
QUETTA, May 2: A candidate backed by nationalist groups has won the polls for the Khuzdar district nazim. The district naib nazim and convener of the Khuzdar district council, Mir Sher Dil Bizenjo, declared Mir Abdur Rahim Kurd as successful....
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