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| June 07, 2006 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1427 |
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Sui plant closed as blast hits pipeline: Vast region affected
QUETTA, June 6: Gas supply to vast areas in the country was suspended late on Tuesday evening when the main compressor plant at Sui was closed after the main pipeline feeding the plant was blown up.... 
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Return on savings schemes raised
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government on Tuesday announced a 0.36-0.57 per cent increase in return on savings schemes and improved rates of payment to be paid to workers under the Workers’ Welfare Fund....
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Inflation, economic base key areas: Sugar price issue under probe: adviser
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The budget 2006-07 is focused on four issues: strengthening of economic foundations, maintaining the macroeconomic balance, reducing inflation and sustaining growth potential....
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Concern over slow pace of peace process
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Foreign Office on Tuesday expressed disappointment at the slow pace of Pakistan-India composite dialogue process and underlined the need for the two countries to move beyond the confidence-building stage to dispute resolution....
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Dialogue urged on Balochistan crisis: Bhootani criticises military action
QUETTA, June 6: Deputy Speaker of the Balochistan assembly Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, who belongs to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, has severely criticised the use of force to resolve the crisis...
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Aziz dismisses Karamat’s remarks as personal views
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday rejected views expressed in recent interviews by outgoing Pakistan ambassador in the US Gen (retd) Jehangir Karamat, terming them his personal views...
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‘PSM land not valued separately’
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The counsel for the Privatisation Commission on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that 4,457 acres of land of the Pakistan Steel Mills had not been assessed independently....
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‘Terror groups involved in drug smuggling’
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday expressed concern that some terrorist groups were involved in drug smuggling to generate money for terrorism. The two sides made the observations during...
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Nato attends anti-terror meeting in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States discussed here on Tuesday better coordination against the Taliban threat at a periodic meeting joined for the first time by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation....
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Hoarders warned
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah said on Tuesday that the government had decided to take “serious action” against hoarders and profiteers....
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Balochistan can’t raise salary: minister
QUETTA, June 6: Provincial Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah has said that Balochistan, because of its financial crisis, is not in a position to increase the salary of its employees by...
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Indian troops kill eight in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 6: Indian troops on Tuesday shot dead eight militants in occupied Kashmir, the army said. The militants were killed in northern Machil sector after they crossed the LoC, Indian army spokesman Vijay Batra said....
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Iran wants ambiguities in offer removed
TEHRAN, June 6: Proposals on Tuesday by six world powers to end a dispute over Iran’s nuclear fuel enrichment had positive points but also some ‘ambiguities’ that must be removed, Tehran’s chief negotiator said....
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Millions work as bonded labour in Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON, June 6: The US State Department said on Tuesday that millions of people still work as bonded labour in industries across Pakistan. The department’s 2006 report on human trafficking describes...
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2 US troops killed in Afghan blast
KABUL, June 6: Two US and two Afghan soldiers were killed in bomb blasts in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while three Afghans died when explosives that were being rigged to a motorbike detonated, officials said....
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Three killed in Bugti area tribal fighting
QUETTA, June 6: Three people were killed and seven injured in an armed clash between two groups of the Kalpar Bugti tribe in Panjgur on Tuesday....
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Rs11bn set aside for health
ISLAMABAD, June 6: A record amount of Rs11 billion has been earmarked for development of health sector in the 2006-07 federal budget, indicating a 17 per cent increase over the preceding year allocation of Rs9.4...
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Pakistan and Vietnam to enhance agri cooperation
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan and Vietnam have agreed to exchange experiences in agricultural research and development in order to enhance agri produce. According to a press release, Ministry of Food, Agriculture...
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