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| June 14, 2006 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1427 |
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Uproar in NA: Nadra missing from budget
ISLAMABAD, June 13: An opposition eagle eye put the government in the spot during the budget debate in the National Assembly on Tuesday when it was found that no funds had... 
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Five killed in Dera Bugti: Two helicopters shot down: JWP
QUETTA, June 13: Security forces claimed killing five militants and injuring seven others in an operation launched in the mountains of Pir Koh and Loti areas of Dera Bugti district on Tuesday....
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Azad Kashmir: longing for normality
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: Most visitors to the earthquake-devastated areas in Azad Kashmir come away with a distinct impression that while the victims are showing great courage and resilience in rebuilding their...
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Punjab plans Rs100bn ADP
LAHORE, June 13: With a revenue target of Rs274 billion, the Punjab budget for fiscal year 2006-07 will be announced on Wednesday. The budget proposes a development programme of Rs100 billion....
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Acid-treated ginger being widely sold
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The National Institute of Health has confirmed that ginger treated with acid in Islamabad is on sale in the country and has termed it hazardous for health....
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Punjab-Sindh water share cut by 11pc
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Indus River System Authority on Tuesday cut the water share of larger provinces — Punjab and Sindh — by 11 per cent each owing to a major decline in river flows, it is learnt....
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Pirzada says PSM privatisation meets legal requirements: Verdict today
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The federal government’s counsel told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government could not change its opinion on matters on which it had constitutional authority....
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Troops set for massive Baghdad crackdown: Bush makes surprise visit
BAGHDAD, June 13: More than 40,000 Iraqi and US forces will launch a security crackdown in Baghdad on Wednesday, a senior Ministry of Defence official said on Tuesday, as US President George W....
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Two children among 11 killed in Israeli raid
GAZA CITY, June 13: Eleven people, including two children, were killed in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday in this year’s deadliest air strike by the Israeli military in the territory....
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Desecration of mosque stirs protests in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 13: Villagers in northern Kashmir held more protests on Tuesday over India’s security forces for allegedly desecrating a mosque and the killing of two demonstrators, police and witnesses said....
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FC man injured in Waziristan explosion
MIRAMSHAH, June 13: A member of paramilitary force was seriously injured when he stepped on an anti-personnel mine near Mirali tehsil in the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday, sources said....
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Degree of Amir Liaquat not recognised
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Higher Education Commission has officially declared the BA degree of Minister of State for Religious Affairs Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain ‘not recognised’....
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ANP backs ‘charter of democracy’
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Awami National Party (ANP) central information secretary Zahid Khan has said that his party has, in principle, accepted the ‘charter of democracy’ but it has certain reservations for which a committee has been formed....
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Strike paralyses Bangladesh
DHAKA, June 13: Towns and cities across Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as opposition parties demanding electoral reforms enforced a national strike. Shops, private offices, schools and colleges were closed and cars were off the road, officials told AFP....
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Musharraf calls for peace in region
SHANGHAI, June 13: President General Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Tuesday to represent Pakistan at the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He was given a warm reception on his arrival at the Pudong airport....
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Kabul calls for neighbours’ help in drug war
KABUL, June 13: President Hamid Karzai appealed on Tuesday to Afghanistan’s neighbours for help in ridding the country of the “evil” of opium production which is trafficked in networks spreading across the region....
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Ghazni spy chief killed
KANDAHAR, June 13: Suspected Taliban ambushed and shot dead an Afghan district intelligence chief in southern Afghanistan, police said on Tuesday. The intelligence director of a district in southern Ghazni province...
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Brazil beat Croatia 1-0
BERLIN, June 13: Brazil opened its attempt for a record sixth World Cup title on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Croatia in Group F. Kaka scored in the 43rd minute...
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Hizb condemns killings
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: The Hizbul Mujahideen has condemned the killing of nine Indian labourers and blamed the Indian army for masterminding the brutal act to defame the freedom fighters and ignite communal riots in held Kashmir....
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Railway track blown up near Kandhkot
JACOBABAD, June 13: A portion of railway track was blown up near the Ghulam Qadir Bijarani village between Tangwani and Kandhkot railway stations on Tuesday morning....
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