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| May 23, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-us-Sani 24, 1427 |
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Musharraf warns slogan-mongers
GADANI, May 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that time had passed for elements trying to incite people with slogans of ‘sovereignty of Balochistan’ and ‘rights of Balochistan’....
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Orakzai named NWFP governor: Amir to oversee federal plans
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The federal government on Monday decided to appoint former corps commander of Peshawar, Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai, as governor of the NWFP, Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim told Dawn....
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80 Taliban, 16 civilians killed in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, May 22: Up to 80 Taliban rebels and at least 16 civilians were killed on Monday during a coalition air and ground attack on a village in southern Afghanistan, officials and witnesses said....
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‘Afghan conflict indigenous’
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan on Monday declared that the conflict in Afghanistan was indigenous which should be addressed politically through national reconciliation....
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Rs42bn marked for dams, water projects
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Monday decided to forward next year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2006-07) of Rs350 billion for approval by the National Economic...
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Rain, storm kill nine in Punjab
GUJRANWALA, May 22: Nine people were killed and over two dozen were injured on Monday after rainstorm with winds of up to 113 kilometres an hour lashed several cities in central Punjab....
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Coalition in Sindh on the rocks
KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh ruling coalition came under severe strain on Monday when grievances nursed by the Muttahida Quami Movement and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim came out in...
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Sugar issue raised at PML budget meeting
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Prime Minister Shuakat Aziz on Monday assured the Pakistan Muslim League leadership that the new budget would be people- and investor-friendly with major focus on reducing inflation and bringing down prices of essential commodities....
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Accord on early IPI gas pipeline work
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Iran-Pakistan-India working group on gas pipeline has reiterated that the project should be implemented as soon as possible for mutual benefit, says an official announcement....
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Troop pullout talks begin today
NEW DELHI, May 22: Pakistan on Monday said it was open to discussing with India troop pullout from Siachen. “We have come here with an open, positive frame of mind,” Pakistan’s...
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LPG base price to be fixed in three months
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The government on Monday decided to fix a base price for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in three months and then empower the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority to monitor the price rationale....
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SC seeks explanation for order violation: Issue of petty crime prisoners
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Supreme Court has taken serious notice of violation of its order by the governments of Balochistan and the NWFP regarding release of prisoners involved in bailable offences...
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Hurriyat to boycott Singh’s conclave
NEW DELHI, May 22: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq decided on Monday not to participate in the second roundtable conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
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Militants reject compensation
TANK, May 22: Suspected militants have warned families of those killed in military operations in Tank and South Waziristan Agency against accepting any compensation from the government....
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ECC slaps 15pc duty on sugar export: KESC denied tariff raise ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Monday imposed 15 per cent regulatory duty on export of sugar and approved a number of budget-related measures....
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4 sentenced to death for attempt on Aziz’s life
RAWALPINDI, May 22: An Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) on Monday awarded death sentence to four and life imprisonment to three persons for being part of a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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FO calls for Siachen settlement
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Foreign Office said on Monday that Pakistan and India had exchanged some ideas on the Siachen issue and it was on the basis of those exchanges that the Indian prime minister had made a positive statement....
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Frigate deal with China finalized
BEIJING, May 22: Expressing complete satisfaction over Pakistan’s frigates’ deal with China, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir said, it also envisaged transfer of technology for indigenous production...
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