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| June 25, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1427 |
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Surrender must for talks, says minister: Balochistan issue
LAHORE, June 24: The government may hold talks with Baloch leaders if their militias surrender arms, Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan said on Saturday.... 
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APC calls for removal of Sindh govt: Concern over Karachi situation
ISLAMABAD, June 24: An All-Party Conference held here on Saturday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi besides calling for the removal of the Arbab-led Sindh government...
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Civilian N-tech to be sought from US: FO
ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan on Saturday said it would reiterate its demand for civilian nuclear technology during the expert-level energy talks with the US next week....
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15 towns to lose power supply
QUETTA, June 24: The Water and Power Development Authority has decided to stop power supply to over a dozen cities and towns of Balochistan from July 1 by closing 15 power houses because of financial crisis....
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Pakistan to invest in Afghanistan: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan is keen to invest in Afghanistan and is identifying areas for investment there, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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‘No increase in pressure to capture extremists’
WASHINGTON, June 24: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s claim that insurgents received encouragement from Afghanistan’s neighbours will not lead to increased US pressure on Pakistan to go after the militants, the US State Department said....
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Negotiations with jirga fail to resolve Bara dispute
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 24: Negotiations between the political administration and a jirga have failed to make any headway in resolving the Bara issue owing to non-cooperation by leaders of Lashkar-i-Islam....
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Water pipeline blown up
QUETTA, June 24: Water supply was suspended to Pir Koh gas purification plant and residential area when a pipeline was blown up near Pathar Nullah areas of Dera Bugti district on Saturday....
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Kashmir violence leaves three dead
SRINAGAR, June 24: Two militants and an Indian army officer were killed and 15 people were hurt in fresh shootouts and a grenade blast in occupied Kashmir, police said on Saturday....
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Nine die as bus overturns
DADU, June 24: Nine people were killed and 50 others injured when a bus overturned on the Indus highway near Mehar on Saturday. The Larkana-bound coach was coming from Karachi when it overturned at Dilawar Mori and fell into a ditch....
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Tehran wants talks without conditions
BERLIN, June 24: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that Tehran wanted to resume talks on its nuclear program but ‘without any preconditions’....
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‘Kabul wants good ties with Delhi, Islamabad’
KABUL, June 24: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta on Saturday called on Pakistan and India to leave Afghanistan out of their fraught ties, saying Kabul wanted good relations with both....
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Spy plane crashes in Khost
KHOST, June 24: A two-metre-long spy plane believed to belong to the US-led coalition crashed into a village in south-eastern Afghanistan but caused no casualties, police said on Saturday....
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Six of a family killed as train rams into car
VEHARI, June 24: Six people, including a woman and four children, of a family were killed when the Karachi-bound Fareed Express hit a car on an unmanned railway crossing in Mujahid Colony near Burewala, some 45km from here on Saturday....
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Heat-stroke kills 4 in Nawabshah
NAWABSHAH, June 24: Four people died of heat-stroke and over 80 others fell unconscious in Nawabshah on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Zeeshan, 7, Asif, 10, Jannat Khatoon, 40, and Imam Ali, 50....
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Argentina leading 2-1 in extra time
LEIPZIG, June 24: Argentina were leading 2-1 in their second round match against Mexico after the first half of the 30-minute extra time on Saturday. The game was level 1-1 after regular time....
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Two more Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan
QUETTA, June 24: The bodies of two more Pakistanis, who were killed in Afghanistan by armed bandits, were brought to Quetta on Saturday....
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People urged to struggle against feudalism
ISLAMABAD, June 24: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged upon the people to struggle for the elimination of feudalism and VVIP culture from the country....
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