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| May 7, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1427 |
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PM seeks budget proposals from PML
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday invited Pakistan Muslim League leaders to prepare and present their proposals for the welfare of people which could be incorporated in the next year’s budget.... 
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Charter of Democracy draft sent to leaders in exile
ISLAMABAD, May 6: A committee of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League-N has finalised the “Charter of Democracy” and sent the draft to Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif who will sign it in London on May 14....
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PML leaders urged to work for polls
ISLAMABAD, May 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday advised the leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League to leave aside their reservations against party organisation and focus on next year’s general elections which he said would be held on time....
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Provinces will receive required water: Irsa
ISLAMABAD, May 6: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has said that provinces will get water as per their demand from Monday as the inflows in dams have significantly increased....
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Swiss visa office closes
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Visiting Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Re announced on Saturday a temporary closure of visa section of her country’s embassy here....
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Switzerland, Pakistan vow greater cooperation ISLAMABAD, May 6: Pakistani and Swiss foreign ministers on Saturday said that they had agreed that their countries seek greater economic and development cooperation between them....
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Devaluation ruled out
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Governor of the State Bank, Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Saturday ruled out devaluation of currency and said it is not appropriate under the present circumstances....
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8 members of a family die in accident
HYDERABAD, May 6: Eight people were killed and ten others injured in a head-on collision between a van and a truck on the Super Highway near Luni Kot bridge on Saturday morning....
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Comments of US official criticized: Pakistan’s role in war on terror
ISLAMABAD, May 6: Director-General of ISPR Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan on Saturday dismissed US ambassador in-charge of counterterrorism Henry Crumpton’s assertion that Pakistan was not doing enough in the war on terror as totally absurd....
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Blast damages Gawadar police station wall
QUETTA, May 6: A powerful bomb blast damaged a wall of a police station in Gwadar on Saturday night. Another explosion occurred in a bungalow in the Quetta cantonment area....
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US agrees to boost Pakistan’s defence
WASHINGTON, May 6: The US agreed to enhance Pakistan’s conventional weapons capabilities at a meeting of their defence consultative group (DCG), which concluded here this week....
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‘Osama’ leaflets circulated in tribal area
PESHAWAR, May 6: Militants in the Waziristan tribal region on Saturday distributed leaflets in the name of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, calling for the assassination of President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Two tanks set on fire in Basra
BASRA, May 6: Two British military tanks and a Land Rover were set on fire by angry Iraqis on Saturday as troops came to recover the crew of a British helicopter...
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US chopper crash kills 10 soldiers
KABUL, May 6: Ten US soldiers were killed when a coalition helicopter involved in an anti-Taliban combat operation crashed in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said on Saturday....
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Major powers still far apart on Iran draft
NEW YORK, May 6: The five veto-wielding UN Security Council members on Saturday ended another round of talks that apparently failed to bridge differences over a draft resolution requiring Tehran to halt uranium enrichment....
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Lashkar sets house afire
KHAR (Bajaur), May 6: A tribal lashkar set the house of a tribesman on fire in Cheharmang area of Bajaur Agency on Saturday for providing shelter to a man who had allegedly attacked a levy checkpoint....
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Seven killed in Quetta
QUETTA, May 6: Seven people, including a woman were killed and six others injured in different incidents in Quetta, Mach and Usta Mohammad, on Saturday....
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Heatwave: 3 die, dozens faint in Punjab
KASUR, May 6: The toll from the scorching heat has started swelling throughout the Punjab. In Kasur, the heatwave claimed lives of three people, including a woman, and left dozens of others fainted on Saturday....
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