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| July 03, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 6, 1427 |
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ARD asks Aziz, Musharraf to quit by July 31: No-trust motion planned; Benazir, Nawaz to return before polls
LONDON, July 2: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Sunday demanded resignation...
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Assemblies to re-elect Musharraf: Pervaiz
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi reiterated on Sunday that sitting assemblies would elect President Gen Pervez Musharraf as ‘president-in-uniform’ for the next term....
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National sovereignty undermined: ARD: Meeting addressed by Benazir, Nawaz
LONDON, July 2: Former prime ministers Mian Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto on Sunday severely criticised General Pervez Musharraf with one of them saying he had undermined the country’s sovereignty and...
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Qazi wants Musharraf to quit both offices
ISLAMABAD July 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Sunday asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down and hand over power to an interim government of national consensus to hold fresh elections....
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Gas price increased by 9.95 per cent
ISLAMABAD, July 2: The government on Sunday announced a 9.95 per cent increase in gas rates for all consumer categories, including domestic, commercial, industrial, CNG stations, cement, fertiliser, ice factories and power sector with retrospective effect from July 1....
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NA committee meets on 7th for KSE crash probe
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Tariq Hassan will appear before the National Assembly’s standing committee on finance and revenue on July 7...
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Kasuri’s talks in US to focus on Afghan issue
WASHINGTON, July 2: New tensions in relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be the focus of talks when Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet in Washington on July 10....
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Insecurity may spread: Karzai
KABUL, July 2: President Hamid Karzai has warned that the worsening security situation in Afghanistan is like a fire that could spread throughout the region....
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Expatriate Pakistanis visit Israel
WASHINGTON, July 2: A group of Pakistani Americans that played a key role in arranging a historic meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel last year sent an eight-member...
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Palestinian officials to be prosecuted: Peres
WASHINGTON, July 2: Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Sunday that his country would prosecute Palestinian government officials captured in connection with the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier....
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Indian troops kill 4 near LoC
SRINAGAR, July 2: Indian troops on Sunday shot dead five militants and lost one of their own soldiers in separate incidents as militants took refuge in a mosque in occupied Kashmir, officials said....
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‘Dialogue only way to resolve Kashmir issue’
NEW DELHI, July 2: Dialogue is the only way to resolve the core issue of Kashmir and leaders of India and Pakistan should continue the process to ensure peace and stability...
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3 FC men hurt in rocket attacks
QUETTA, July 2: Three personnel of Frontier Corps were seriously injured in rocket attacks on an FC checkpost in Bolan and on a goods train in Sibi late on Sunday night....
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23 killed in Afghan clashes, air attacks
KANDAHAR, July 2: Coalition air strikes killed eight Taliban in southern Afghanistan on Sunday after two British soldiers, an interpreter and 12 other rebels died in a major battle, officials said....
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Iraq violence leaves 11 dead
BAGHDAD, July 2: At least 11 Iraqis were killed and a Shia MP escaped an assassination bid on Sunday as Sunni Arab lawmakers boycotted the parliament, demanding the release of an abducted Sunni woman MP....
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Two killed, 300 hurt in BD clashes
DHAKA, July 2: An opposition activist and a policeman were killed and 300 people were injured in clashes in various parts of the country on Sunday....
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US blocking transfer of money by Muslims
DUBAI, July 2: Money transfer agencies like Western Union have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have names like Mohammed or Ahmed, company officials said....
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Friendship with Turkey to grow further: PM
GENEVA, July 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a message to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Pakistan and Turkey enjoy close friendship that will continue to grow with the passage of time....
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