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| May 18, 2006 | Thursday | Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1427 |
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Re-election by current assemblies: Musharraf: ‘No ambiguity in constitution’
ISLAMABAD, May 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that under the constitution existing assemblies are mandated to elect him for the second term.... 
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Pipeline blown up; girl, 7, killed
QUETTA, May 17: An explosive device planted under a gas pipeline went off in Bugti Colony of the Sui area on Wednesday, killing a seven-year old girl, injuring two women and suspending gas supply to Sui gas plant....
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Army officer killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, May 17: An army officer was killed and five others, including a captain, were injured when suspected militants attacked their convoy in the Maizer Madakhel area near Dattakhel, 25km west...
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Govt hopes to boost revenue by 22pc: Budget deficit 4pc likely
ISLAMABAD, May 17: Next year’s budget is expected to have an overall outlay of about Rs1.25 trillion and a revenue target of about Rs860 billion that would be achieved primarily through...
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Inflation coming down, claims govt
ISLAMABAD, May 17: The government told the Senate on Wednesday that inflation in the country was showing a downward trend and would be kept below eight per cent, contrary to a grim picture given by the opposition during a two-day debate....
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$300m sought for quake rehabilitation
UNITED NATIONS, May 17: Launching the “Early Recovery Plan for Pakistan” on Tuesday the United Nations Development Programme’s, Resident Representative Jan Vandemoortele and Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram sought $300 million from donor nations to rehabilitate the survivors of earthquake....
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‘Enough water available for provinces’
ISLAMABAD, May 17: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi said on Wednesday that the water situation had satisfactorily improved in the four provinces following a spell of rain and melting of snow on mountains and glaciers....
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Unified exam system proposed
RAWALPINDI, May 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday directed the education ministry to put in place a common examination system for all the provinces as well as Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
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Fata Senators continue supporting government ISLAMABAD May 17: Four Senators from the Federal Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have decided not to withdraw support to the government after their meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on Tuesday....
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Non-proliferation treaty full of holes: Burns
WASHINGTON, May 17: A senior US official has said that the non-proliferation treaty, considered the cornerstone of global efforts to curb nuclear weapons, was ‘filled with holes’ and the United States was trying to ‘rectify’ it....
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India rejects call for troop pullout
NEW DELHI, May 17: Indian officials on Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from a Himalayan glacier or from the rest of occupied Kashmir, saying militancy was spreading from the disputed territory to elsewhere in the country....
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Nato to boost ties with Pakistan
BRUSSELS, May 17: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is to boost its military and political relations with Pakistan in return for Islamabad’s support to the 26-member alliance’s operation in Afghanistan....
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Qaddafi, Aziz agree to boost relations
TRIPOLI (Libya), May 17: Libyan President Muammer Qaddafi on Wednesday hosted a banquet in honour of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and members of his delegation....
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India frees four boys
LAHORE, May 17: India on Wednesday returned six prisoners to Pakistan at the Wagah border as part of move to boost peace process. The prisoners included four boys aged 12 to...
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Turkish judge killed in court
ANKARA, May 17: A Turkish gunman, shouting religious slogans, killed one judge and injured four others on Wednesday in a shooting in a top court which Turkey’s president condemned as an attack on its secular establishment.—Reuters...
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7 killed in Caucasus suicide bombing
MOSCOW, May 17: A deputy interior minister and police chief was among seven people killed on Wednesday in the restive southern Russian province of Ingushetia when a suicide bomber blew up his car as the official’s convoy passed by, police said....
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Demand for full Greek probe into abductions
ATHENS, May 17: Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday he was confident Greece would fully investigate claims by a group of Pakistanis that they were kidnapped and tortured over last year’s London suicide bombings....
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Dr Shazia’s husband honoured
NEW YORK, May 17: Four men who had stood their ground to support victimised women in their communities, including Pakistani rape victim Dr Shazia’s husband were honoured at a gala ceremony organised by the New York-based women’s rights organisation “Equality Now”....lity Now”....
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