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| June 18, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1427 |
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Award is final, change by consensus: It’s constitutional: adviser
LAHORE, June 17: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah has said no province can disown the interim National Finance Commission Award announced by the president because it has been given under a constitutional amendment.... 
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NWFP to create over 13,450 new jobs: Rs95.9bn budget with Rs26.6bn uplift outlay
PESHAWAR, June 17: Provincial Senior Minister Sirajul Haq on Saturday presented Rs95.987 billion budget for the year 2006-07 in the NWFP Assembly with a total development outlay of Rs26.630 billion....
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Saving schemes’ profit increased
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government on Saturday announced that it had revised upward the rates of return on all national saving schemes with effect from June 5....
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Sugar mills not releasing required stocks
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Some sugar mills have stopped or reduced releasing sufficient quantity of sugar to the market, because of which the price level has not come down to the desirable level....
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Asian moot agrees to curb terror, drugs
ALMATY (Kazakhstan), June 17: The Asian security summit that brought together the regional leaders China and Russia and 16 other nations ended on Saturday with a call to increase cooperation to fight terrorism, separatism and drug trafficking....
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Musharraf calls for conflict resolution
ALMATY, June 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday called for addressing root causes of terrorism and underscored the need for resolving conflicts, including Palestine and Kashmir, to ensure peace, security and economic development in the region....
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Govt ready for talks with Bugti, Mengal: Jam
QUETTA, June 17: The Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf on Saturday said that the government is prepared to have a dialogue with all nationalist leaders including Nawab Akbar Bugti and Sardar Attaullah Mengal....
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PPP files reference against PM with NAB
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has filed a reference with the National Accountability Bureau against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, present and former federal ministers for petroleum and natural resources...
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NA okays 133 demands for Rs401.35bn
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The National Assembly on Saturday approved 133 demands for grants of over Rs401.35 billion for the federal government to meet other than charged expenditure of various ministries, divisions and departments during the fiscal year 2006-07....
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10 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, June 17: Ten Taliban were killed in fresh fighting in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday, taking the rebel death toll to around 100 since a major new military operation was made public three days ago....
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Bush seeks $13bn for Iraqi govt
WASHINGTON, June 17: US President George W. Bush on Saturday urged other nations to make good on $13 billion in pledges to help the new Iraqi government....
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Chechen leader killed
GROZNY, June 17: Police killed a Chechn leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev during a special operation on Saturday, authorities said....
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An unlamented quake victim
MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: Well-meaning questions about loss of wildlife in the Oct 8, 2005 earthquake-devastated areas are greeted with quizzical looks: how can you even think of such things when thousands...
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Italy, US draw 1-1
KAISERSLAUTERN, June 17: Italy and the United States drew 1-1 in an explosive World Cup match on Saturday in which a record-equalling three players were sent off, two of them Americans....
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Umra ban to stay, says minister
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Religious Affairs Minister Mohammad Ejazul Haq has said that the ban will remain in place on the unmarried and jobless persons below the age of 40 years to perform umra....
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Iraq violence claims one more Pakistani
KUWAIT, June 17: A Pakistani driver is reported to have been killed in firing near the Nasria city in Iraq. The driver, Rasheed Shahid Khan, who worked for the KBR Company,...
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Prisoners’ lists exchanged with India
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan and India have exchanged lists of each other’s civilian prisoners under an agreement envisaging their release, the foreign ministry said on Saturday....
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Kuwait’s Amir due tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan from June 19....
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