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| June 28, 2006 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 1, 1427 |
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More troops to be deployed on Afghan border: Pakistan good strategic partner, Rice tells Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The government has decided to deploy 10,000 more troops along the Afghan border which will take the total number of troops there to 90,000.... 
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Hamas & Fatah strike deal: Implicit recognition of Israel
GAZA CITY, June 27: The governing Palestinian group Hamas executed an historic policy shift on Tuesday in agreeing to an initiative that implicitly recognises arch-foe Israel’s right to exist....
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Employees not under statutory rules have no remedy: SC
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that employees of a majority of government corporations not governed by the statutory rules are not civil servants....
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SC opposes MPs running parallel judiciary: Contracting marriages of minor girls
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that legislators have no right to run a parallel judiciary through ‘punchayat’ (village council) for contracting marriages of minor girls as compensation under unIslamic custom of Vani and Sawara....
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Jirga offers proposals to end chaos in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, June 27: Some 400 tribal elders on Tuesday held a jirga (council meeting) with the political administrator of the North Waziristan Agency to place demands and suggestions aimed at halting violence between security forces and pro-Taliban militants....
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US technology sought for energy sector
WASHINGTON, June 27: The US-Pakistan energy talks, held in Washington this week, may lead to a substantive US assistance in developing the country’s coal reserves. “We discussed the possibility of commercialisation...
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Delay in setting up power projects resented
ISLAMABAD, June 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday expressed concern over slow movement in the setting up of power projects as major power shortfalls are expected in the country....
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Defence ties with US discussed
RAWALPINDI, June 27: Pakistan and the United States of America reiterated their desire to further strengthen defence relationship so as to cope with the emerging challenges in mutually beneficial ways....
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52 die as violence rages on in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, June 27: Two British soldiers died in a battle that also left 12 Taliban dead in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday while two Afghan civilians lost their lives in a suicide blast aimed at a German patrol....
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US House body votes for N-deal with India
WASHINGTON, June 27: A congressional panel endorsed a US plan on Tuesday to share civilian nuclear technology with India, a crucial first step toward approval of the deal....
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Dearness allowance notified
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The government on Tuesday notified dearness allowance for all civil servants in pay scales 1-22 and armed forces personnel and civil armed forced personnel at the rate of...
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Banks will collect tax till midnight
ISLAMABAD, June 27: Authorised branches of the State Bank and National Bank of Pakistan will remain open till 6pm on Wednesday and Thursday June 28, 29 and till 10pm on Friday June 30 to facilitate taxpayers to pay taxes....
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Engineering industry being promoted: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 27: The government is taking steps for expansion and promotion of engineering industry to diversify its base and get into production of value-added products....
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21 killed in Iraq
BAQUBA, June 27: At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in rebel attacks across Iraq as violence continued unabated for the second day after a peace plan was unveiled to end the bloodshed....
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KSE index falls by 363 points
KARACHI, June 27: The bearish trend continued to ruin the local capital market as the Karachi Stock Exchange-100 index finished 3.86 per cent down on Tuesday at a loss of 363.08...
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France beat Spain
HANOVER, June 27: The final score in Tuesday’s World Cup second round match between Spain and France....
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Gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, June 27: Two gas pipelines were blown up by unidentified militants in the Dera Bugti area on Tuesday, disrupting supply from Pir Koh gas field to Sui gas plant.—Online...
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9 convicted in honour killing
COPENHAGEN, June 27: Nine people were convicted in Denmark on Tuesday of murder or accessory to murder in the killing of a 19-year-old woman gunned down by her older brother two...
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