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| May 20, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-us-Sani 21, 1427 |
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Militancy support charge rejected: Tit for tat on Taliban issue
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Allegations by Afghan president Hamid Karzai and a top British army officer that Pakistan is letting Taliban militants infiltrate Afghanistan to carry out attacks received swift condemnation from Islamabad on Friday that dismissed the charges as “ludicrous”....
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Three Taliban commanders captured
KANDAHAR, May 19: Afghan security forces have captured three Taliban commanders in a week of clashes that killed about 100 people, officials said on Friday. But they did not confirm a BBC report that feared Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah had been caught. An Afghan general said a wounded Taliban prisoner was suspected to be Dadullah.....
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Tribal chief killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, May 19: Militants on Friday shot dead a pro-government but influential tribal elders Totti Gul, in the restive North Waziristan Agency (NWA)....
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Gas pipeline blown up, supply to Punjab cut
QUETTA, May 19: Two main pipelines supplying gas to Punjab and the Sui gas plant were blown up in the Goh area, 10km from Sui town, on Friday....
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Railway track blown up
QUETTA, May 19: The railway track linking Quetta with the border town of Chaman, near Faqirabad area, was blown up on Friday night. Police said the powerful explosive device was...
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Indian cabinet approves Siachen talks framework
NEW DELHI, May 19: India’s Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday night approved the framework of Indo-Pakistan talks next week on Siachen and Sir Creek issues....
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Decision on uniform next year: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that under the constitution he could remain in uniform only till 2007....
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‘Alliance with US beneficial; dictates not acceptable’
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The government told the Senate on Friday it was pursuing a beneficial strategic alliance with the United States but would not submit to any dictates from Washington....
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PSDP utilisation only 50pc
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The utilisation of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) has remained low and stood at Rs103 billion or just over half of the total Rs204 billion allocated in the first nine months of the current fiscal year....
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Rs375bn development budget expected
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) is expected to approve on May 22 a Rs375 billion development budget, including Rs25 bn Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP) for the next...
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Fazl wants Singh to help Afghans live in peace: Indian leader for peace with all neighbours
NEW DELHI, May 19: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed support for Pakistan to have peaceful borders with all its neighbours and not just with India, sources close to his...
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Trade talks with China today
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The first meeting of Pakistan-China Joint Study Group (JSG) will begin on Saturday to prepare a five-year plan for trade and economic relation between the two countries....
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UN wants Guantanamo closed
UNITED NATIONS, May 19: The UN Committee Against Torture called on the United States on Friday to close its prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of an effort to ‘eradicate’...
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Guantanamo inmates clash with guards
WASHINGTON, May 19: Prisoners and guards clashed at a US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when soldiers tried to stop one of the four detainees who tried to kill themselves, the US military said....
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Turkey accident leaves 40 dead
ANKARA, May 19: Forty people, most of them Afghan illegal immigrants, were killed and seven injured in an accident on a highway near Osmaniye, southern Turkey, on Friday, the provincial governor said....
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Murree arts council work not in sight
LAHORE, May 19: Visitors to Murree, the Punjab’s prime summer attraction, would not enjoy any cultural activity this year too as there is no plan so far to rebuild the hill...
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Reciprocity urged in international politics
RABAT, May 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday urged the international community to evolve consensus on policies to deal with shared concerns of terrorism, nuclear proliferation, poverty, energy security and environment....
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Reservations over Cheema death report
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Pakistan government has expressed its reservations on the interim report of Amir Cheema’s controversial death in Germany challenging the claim of the German authorities that he had...
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