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| June 24, 2006 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 27, 1427 |
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Court scraps PSM deal: Govt asked to refer issue to CCI
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Supreme Court on Friday annulled the sale of Pakistan Steel Mills to a three-party consortium and directed the government to refer the matter to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) within six weeks.... 
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Will verdict reopen other cases?
KARACHI, June 23: The annulment of Pakistan Steel’s privatisation by a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday and the court’s order to refer the issue to the Council of...
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Re-election: ‘no bar in Constitution’
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Mr Justice Javed Iqbal of the Supreme Court took oath of office on Friday as Acting Chief Election Commissioner at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court building....
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Wullar Barrage parleys inconclusive
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan and India have failed to reach an understanding over interpretation of certain provisions of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty on Indian plans to construct Wullar Barrage in...
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Accord on mechanism to fight terrorism: Spanta holds talks with Musharraf, Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday agreed to a bilateral mechanism to effectively deal with terrorism and related issues that in the past had marred relations between the two countries....
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‘Effective role’ sought for Afghan peace
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The US Deputy Secretary of State for South Asia and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright on Friday asked Islamabad to play an effective role in restoring peace in...
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Privilege motion against Sindh CM
KARACHI, June 23: The opposition in the Sindh Assembly has submitted a privilege motion against Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim for his objectionable remarks against women legislators belonging to the People’s Party Parliamentarians....
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Tribunal unseats MPA
LAHORE, June 23: The Election Tribunal headed by Justice Syed Zahid Husain of the Lahore High Court on Friday unseated ruling party MPA from PP-80 (Jhang) Imtiaz Ahmad Lali on the...
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11 Afghans arrested in Quetta
QUETTA, June 23: Eleven more foreigners were arrested on Friday in a raid on a house on the city outskirts after five foreign Al Qaeda suspects were rounded up overnight from the Zhob area....
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Seven Muslims held in US for Al Qaeda links
WASHINGTON, June 23: US authorities have arrested seven Florida men for allegedly providing material support to Al Qaeda and for conspiracy to levy war against the United States, the Department of Justice announced in Washington on Friday....
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PHC annuls swara verdict against girl
PESHAWAR, June 23: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday set aside a jirga order to hand over an 11-year-old girl to a rival family from Charsadda to settle a dispute under the custom of Swara....
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‘50 visas for Indian artistes issued’
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government on Friday claimed that it had issued visas to 50 Indian artistes, including a prominent writer and poet Javed Akhtar, for attending a function to be...
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Tehran ready for talks: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, June 23: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki has assured him that his country will come to the negotiating table “without pre-conditions”...
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Six ‘extremists’ killed in Riyadh
RIYADH, June 23: Six extremists and one Saudi security official were killed in a shootout that shook the western Nakheel suburb of Riyadh in the small hours of Friday....
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French, Swiss in 2nd round
COLOGNE, June 23: France finally laid to rest the ghosts of 2002 with a 2-0 victory over Togo on Friday for a place in the last 16 of the World Cup....
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Major changes in RBOD proposed
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Major changes, costing Rs10.4 billion, have been proposed in the Right Bank Outfall Drainage project, primarily to increase wheat and rice production in Sindh....
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Pakistan welcomes formation of peace commission
UNITED NATIONS, June 23: Pakistan on Friday welcomed establishment of a new peace-building commission to help countries recover from conflict situations and rebuild their societies afresh....
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Seven killed in accident
QUETTA, June 23: Five women and two men were killed and 20 others were injured when a speedy passenger coach collided with another vehicle on the Coastal Highway on Friday....
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