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| May 24, 2006 | Wednesday | Rabi-us-Sani 25, 1427 |
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Sugar scam probe in progress, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD May 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday defended the federal ministers linked with the sugar crisis, attributing the hike in sugar prices to a surge in international market, and... 
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SC seeks NAB report on petrol prices: Petitions against OGRA and OCAC
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit its findings on profits earned by refineries and oil marketing companies despite reduction of prices in the international market....
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Afghan ambassador called in by FO
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Afghanistan’s Ambassador Nangyalai Tarzai was called in by the Foreign Office on Tuesday. The Afghan ambassador was called in by Additional Foreign Secretary Khurshid Anwar who heads the ECO Division....
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18 more killed in Afghan violence
KABUL, May 23: Eleven Taliban fighters and three policemen were killed when guerillas attacked a convoy of provincial officials in southern Afghanistan, the government said on Tuesday....
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Battle of nerves in Siachen talks
NEW DELHI, May 23: Indian and Pakistani officials were locked in a battle of nerves on Tuesday over the disputed Siachen glacier from where they are committed to withdraw troops but...
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Bus services to China in June
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Pakistan and China have agreed to start bus services on two routes across their borders from June 15, says Communication Minister Shamim Siddiqui....
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No headway in IPI talks
ISLAMABAD, May 23: No tangible progress was made during the Iran-Pakistan-India Joint Working Group’s meeting but officials were hopeful about the signing of a trilateral draft declaration in the next meeting scheduled to be held in July in New Delhi....
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SC sends convert, husband to safe custody
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent Neelum Ludhani, a 21-year-old girl who recently embraced Islam, to ‘safe custody’ along with her Muslim husband but allowed their parents to meet them regularly....
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Amnesty criticises American attacks
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Amnesty International has expressed grave concerns over the United States’ targeting and killings of civilians inside Pakistan and the arrest, detention and disappearance of Pakistanis by their own government in the name of war on terror....
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US offers help to import energy from C. Asia
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The United States will provide financial and technical assistance to Pakistan to import electricity from Central Asia to help meet its energy needs in the coming years....
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Benazir reaches Geneva for SGS case
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday reached Geneva from London to appear before a Swiss magistrate in the SGS money laundering case on Wednesday, a source told Dawn....
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Cabinet meets today
LAHORE, May 23: The federal cabinet, due to meet in Islamabad on Wednesday, is expected to approve the establishment of a Pakistan-Brunei Investment Company, official sources said....
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Aziz sees no ‘evil’ in Indo-US accords
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that there was no cause for alarm over India’s nuclear cooperation and defence deals with the United States....
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India to release 59 fishermen
NEW DELHI, May 23: India is to release 59 Pakistanis held for illegal fishing as a goodwill gesture, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “The Pakistani fishermen are being released unilaterally on humanitarian grounds,” a statement said....
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US delegate to participate in Islamabad UN meeting
WASHINGTON, May 23: US Undersecretary of State Josette Sheeran Shiner will visit Islamabad from May 22-25, continuing a 5-nation tour to build international consensus for the UN agenda for reforms....
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Orakzai takes oath today
ISLAMABAD, May 23: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appointed Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai as governor of the North-West Frontier Province, says a notification....
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Response to fencing proposal sought
PESHAWAR, May 23: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Tuesday hoped that the Afghan government would positively respond to Pakistan’s proposal of border-fencing to stop flow of arms and narcotics into Pakistani territory....
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Cyber-crime unit at FIA planned
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The government is establishing a cyber-crime unit in the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters, Minister of State for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warraich said on Tuesday....
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