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| June 20, 2006 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1427 |
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WB, UNDP question poverty estimates
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have estimated that poverty rate in Pakistan ranges between 25.7 per cent and 28.3... 
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Kuwait to set up refinery at Port Qasim: Musharraf, Sabah hold talks
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Pakistan and Kuwait on Monday signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance economic relations, including an MoU for setting up an oil refinery at Port Qasim....
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Who’s the real PSM bidder?, CJ asks
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The Supreme Court on Monday wondered whether someone else behind the scene was sponsoring the Al Tuwairqi Group, a member of the three-party consortium which bid for the Pakistan Steel Mills....
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Seven die in Kurram Agency clash
KOHAT, June 19: Seven people, two of them children and one woman, were killed and 21 others injured when rival tribes clashed over distribution of irrigation water near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Kurram Agency on Monday, official sources said....
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Prospects of July talks with India getting dim
ISLAMABAD, June 19: There is growing uncertainty about whether the Pakistan-India foreign secretary-level talks in the run up to the foreign ministers’ meeting would take place next month as scheduled....
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US deputy secretary resigns
WASHINGTON, June 19: US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said on Monday he will quit the Bush administration in July to join financial services firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
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Wullar talks on 22nd
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Talks between India and Pakistan on the contentious issue of Wullar Barrage will be held on June 22. Water and Power Secretary Ishfaq Mahmood will lead the Pakistani delegation at the negotiations....
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Pakistan-India commission meets today
NEW DELHI, June 19: Two-day working group meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Commission on health and IT and communications will commence here on Tuesday. The working group on health will focus on...
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Poonch bus service from today
ISLAMABAD, June 19: A regular bus service between Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir and Poonch on the other side of the line of control begins on Tuesday....
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Taliban kill 32 in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, June 19: An Afghan legislator alleged on Monday that the Taliban had killed his 32 friends and relatives in southern Afghanistan and that 10 others were missing....
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Tribal elder killed
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 19: Militants shot dead a tribal elder with close ties to the US-backed Afghan government on Monday, an official said. Nazimuddin Gangikhel was driving in a pick-up...
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Hayatullah case: judicial commission appointed
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The government on Monday announced appointment of a judicial commission to probe into the causes leading to death of journalist Hayatullah Khan, who was found dead on Friday, nearly seven months after being kidnapped in Mirali....
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Architect found guilty in Sydney terror case
SYDNEY, June 19: A Pakistan-born architect accused of plotting a “jihad” bombing campaign in Australia was convicted on three terrorism-related charges on Monday and could face life in jail....
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Two girls die in Indian riots
LUCKNOW, June 19: Two girls were burnt to death in rioting between Hindus and Muslims sparked by the death of a youth in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday....
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Balochistan budget today
QUETTA, June 19: Provincial Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah will present the annual budget for the fiscal year 2006-07 in the Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday. Sources said that the budget outlay...
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US threatens ‘stronger sanctions’
WASHINGTON, June 19: President George Bush on Monday threatened Iran with ‘progressively stronger political and economic sanctions’ if it turned down a US offer for direct talks....
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3 of a family shot dead in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, June 19: Three members of a family were shot dead in the early hours of Monday by gunmen who stormed their home Madain town, south of Baghdad, police said....
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Spain qualify for last 16
STUTTGART, June 19: Late strikes from Raul and a Fernando Torres double saw Spain come from behind to claim a dramatic 3-1 win over Tunisia that clinched a place in the last 16 knockout stages of the World Cup....
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