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| June 3, 2006 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 6, 1427 |
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5 soldiers killed in suicide attack
PESHAWAR, June 2: At least five soldiers and two suicide bombers were killed and seven soldiers were wounded when a car laden with explosives rammed into a military vehicle in the Bakakhel area of Bannu Frontier region on Friday, officials said.... 
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Military officers to administer tribal areas
PESHAWAR, June 2: In a major policy decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have approved the appointment of senior military officers as administrators of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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MNAs condemn supply of contaminated water
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The opposition cried out against supply of contaminated drinking water causing diseases and killing people in many cities as the National Assembly began its budget session with a poorly attended sitting on Friday....
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Benazir, Nawaz discuss govt’s ‘overtures’
ISLAMABAD, June 2: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif met in Dubai on Friday and discussed the prevailing political situation in Pakistan, particularly after...
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WB wants withdrawal of gas subsidies
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to do away with subsidies to domestic gas consumers and remove other tariff distortions to create a competitive gas market in the...
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Gas price rise from July 1
KARACHI, June 2: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has said that the price increase of Rs 29.80/MMBTU allowed by Ogra for the financial year 2006-07, against solicited rise of Rs 31.52/MMBTU...
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Profiteers to face ‘stern action’
ISLAMABAD, June 2: A high-level meeting chaired by President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed serious concern over rising prices and recommended stern action against hoarders and profiteers....
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Senators hit out at US demand for Khan probe: Unanimous resolution
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Senate on Friday criticised members of the US House of Representatives for what it termed their “unwarranted observations and demands” that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan be handed over for interrogation and inquiries into nuclear proliferation....
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Pakistan, India urged to ratify CTBT
UNITED NATIONS, June 2: An independent commission headed by former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including Pakistan, India, the United States and China,...
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Ministers told to resolve issues in cabinet meetings
ISLAMABAD, June 2: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday directed federal ministers to resolve contentious issues during cabinet meetings, instead of bringing them on the floor of the house....
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US adds new names on list of ‘kingpins’
WASHINGTON, June 2: President George W. Bush is adding three accused drug traffickers and two reputed crime organisations to the US list of foreign drug kingpins, denying them access to the...
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Agreement to increase number of pilgrims
NEW DELHI, June 2: India and Pakistan on Friday agreed to enhance the number of religious places and pilgrims on both sides, as well as promote exchanges in education, media, youth and sports....
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‘Grisly Iraq murders deeply disturbing’
ISLAMABAD, June 2: Pakistan on Friday expressed serious concern at the reported ruthless killing of seven members of a family in Iraq, including a 75-year-old woman and an infant, by US...
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US soldier gets hard labour for abuse
FORT MEADE, June 2: A US army dog handler was demoted and sentenced to 90 days of hard labour on Friday for using his dog to assault a prisoner at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq....
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Iran N-bomb by 2010, says US
LONDON, June 2: Iran appears determined to make nuclear weapons and can develop such an arsenal as early as 2010, US National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said in an interview broadcast on Friday....
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Iran defiant as Rice says talks possible
VIENNA, June 2: Iran’s president insisted on his country’s right to nuclear technology on Friday despite facing what Washington called a ‘moment of truth’ over a programme that could produce atomic weapons....
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No MMA decision on agitation: Fazl
LAHORE, June 2: MMA Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman has reiterated that the religious alliance has taken no decision to launch a movement against the government in September....
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SC asks Pemra chief to vacate land
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately hand over possession of an orchard farm to its legitimate owners....
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