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| June 13, 2006 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1427 |
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President’s election in Sept 2007: Mushahid
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League’s Secretary-General, Senator Mushahid Hussain, said on Monday that presidential election would be held in September 2007. Talking to a private TV channel at... 
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Rabbani consensus candidate for opposition leader
ISLAMABAD June 12: The combined opposition in parliament on Monday failed to arrive at a consensus on the charter of democracy and a decision on the matter was left to another meeting scheduled for next week....
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Quetta blast claims four lives
QUETTA, June 12: At least four people were killed and 17 others injured, three of them seriously, in a bomb blast in the Sariab area on Monday morning....
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Plaza blown up, 24 tribesmen held in Bara
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 12: Authorities in Bara on Monday dynamited a multi-storey plaza and arrested at least 24 Zakhakhel tribesmen during an operation against activists of Lashkar-i-Islam....
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FO terms Kashmir core issue between Pakistan, India
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Foreign Office on Monday emphatically declared that it considered Kashmir dispute the core issue between Pakistan and India and said it had been acknowledged in the Simla and Tashkent agreements....
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India questions AJK polls
NEW DELHI, June 12: India on Monday questioned the proposed elections in Azad Kashmir and said reports of candidates being handpicked by Pakistan betrayed absence of democratic freedoms there....
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Hafeez sidelined for opposing PSM sale, Supreme Court told
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Supreme Court was told on s Monday that former privatisation minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh was sidelined for his opposition to the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills....
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Relative of Taliban’s chief among 40 killed: Major coalition strikes in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, June 12: Major strikes by Afghan and coalition troops killed up to 37 Taliban fighters, including a man believed to be related to the movement’s leader, the military said on Monday....
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Moves for cuts in defence allocations rejected
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Senate on Monday witnessed uproars during the day-long proceedings when treasury senators rejected 15 motions of the opposition seeking cut in the budgetary allocations for defence services and some other state institutions through voice vote....
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Water discharge reduced by Irsa
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Monday reduced the overall water discharges by about 5,000 cusecs but postponed the cut in provincial shares because of their dire needs....
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Baghdad raid leaves nine, including 2 children, dead
BAGHDAD, June 12: US-led forces killed nine people, including seven insurgents, linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist group, in a raid on Monday carried out northeast of Baghdad, the US Command said....
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Black Cab deal smells of scam
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The ministry of industries and production’s move to seek sought tax and duty-free import of fully-built 300 Black Cabs from the United Kingdom in a way that only...
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Five girls saved from ‘penalty marriages’
KARACHI, June 12: Five girls whose parents were ordered by a recent jirga in Haji Kamal Magsi village near Thul to hand them over in ‘marriage’ to a rival family to...
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Palestinian parliament torched
RAMALLAH, June 12: Palestinian factional rivalry erupted into unprecedented violence on Monday as followers of President Mahmud Abbas set fire to the parliament and West Bank cabinet offices while supporters of...
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Zarqawi’s successor
WASHINGTON, June 12: Al Qaeda on Monday announced the successor to Abu Musa’ab al-Zarqawi, the US media reported. An Al Qaeda website, monitored in the US, identified the successor as Abu...
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Italy beats Ghana 2-0
HANOVER, June 12: Andrea Pirlo and Vincenzo Iaquinta scored a goal in each half on Monday to give Italy a 2-0 win over Ghana in Group E of the World Cup....
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Norway and Unesco to help restore Sheesh Mahal
ISLAMABAD, June 12: Minister for Culture Dr G.G. Jamal said the Norwegian government had signed an agreement with Unesco and provided financial assistance for conservation of Sheesh Mahal and development of a master plan for Lahore Fort....
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AJK premier accepts minister’s resignation
MUZAFFARABAD, June 12: Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Monday accepted the resignation of another member of his cabinet, who joined an opposition party after he did not get Muslim Conference’s ticket to contest the upcoming general elections....
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