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| July 05, 2006 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 8, 1427 |
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Karakoram Highway’s Gwadar link likely
GILGIT, July 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the Karakoram Highway will be linked to the southern Gwadar port in Balochistan. He was addressing a ceremony marking the inauguration... 
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Electricity shortage exceeds 1,400MW: High-level meeting planned in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, July 4: With power shortfall crossing 1,400 megawatts, relevant agencies are scheduled to brief Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday on the overall demand-supply position and power plants expected to be set up over the next couple of years....
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Education system in a mess: SC
LAHORE, July 4: A Supreme Court bench on Tuesday observed that the country’s education system was in a complete mess, particularly since it was handed over to the private sector, which kept its commercial interests above any other consideration....
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Recommendations for UN reforms
GENEVA, July 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for attaching priority to needs of developing countries in the UN’s country programme as the secretary-general’s High Level Panel (HLP) on...
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President calls for sectarian harmony
GILGIT, July 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that sectarian harmony and peace were vital for development of the Northern Areas, particularly development of tourism in the region....
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Power pylons blown up
QUETTA, July 4: Power supply to several areas of the troubled Kohlu and Dera Bugti districts was disrupted on Tuesday after armed men blew up two large pylons of the Kohlu-and Barkhan transmission line and destroyed Kashmor-Sui line....
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India claims killing Pakistani in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 4: Indian forces raided a militant hideout on Tuesday in the disputed territory of Kashmir, killing a suspected Pakistani gunman, a top police official said....
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Convict says US official threatened to assault wife
SYDNEY, July 4: An Australian convicted of receiving funds from Al Qaeda told his trial that an American official threatened to have his wife raped if he did not cooperate, according to court documents released on Tuesday....
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59 Afghans to return soon from Guantanamo
KABUL, July 4: Fifty-nine Afghan citizens being held at Guantanamo Bay for suspected involvement with the Taliban and Al Qaeda will be released and return home in the coming weeks, an official said on Tuesday....
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Fast in Washington for Iraq pullout
WASHINGTON, July 4: An alliance of anti-war groups began a 24-hour fast outside the White House on America’s Independence Day — July 4 — to press their demand for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq....
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‘US army against Iran air strike’
NEW YORK, July 4: The United States army is against an air strike on Iran and it has communicated to President George W. Bush the drawbacks of such an attack, the New Yorker magazine has claimed....
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Man back from 19-year coma
NEW YORK, July 4: A man woke up from coma induced by his fall from a pickup truck 19 years ago, says a medical journal report....
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Italy beat Germany to enter final
DORTMUND, July 4: Italy beat Germany 2-0 on Tuesday after Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero each scored late in extra time to put their team in the World Cup final....
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Iraq minister kidnapped with 19 bodyguards
BAGHDAD, July 4: An Iraqi deputy minister and his 19 bodyguards were kidnapped by gunmen in broad daylight on Tuesday in the second high-profile abduction in a week despite a massive security crackdown in Baghdad....
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Man held for Chinese engineers’ murder
QUETTA, July 4: Law-enforcement personnel have arrested an activist of a banned nationalist group for his alleged involvement in the killing of Chinese engineers and other subversive activities in the province....
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Clash leaves 12 Taliban dead
KABUL, July 4: A bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul wounded more than six people on Tuesday and 12 Taliban were killed in a clash in the south where NATO forces are set to take control....
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N. Korea tests three missiles
TOKYO, July 4: North Korea test launched three missiles early on Wednesday morning (Tuesday night in Pakistan) that landed in the Sea of Japan. North Korea launched a missile at 0332 Japan Time (11.32pm...
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Pakistanis in detention: FIA sends teams
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Spain and Greece have arrested 350 Pakistanis on the charge of illegal crossing of their borders and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sent two teams to secure their release....
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