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| July 07, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 10, 1427 |
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CCI revived; to meet in August: Assemblies’ tenure not being extended: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, July 6: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI) headed by the prime minister and comprising four chief ministers and three federal ministers -– one... 
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NSC meeting on 15th
ISLAMABAD, July 6: President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on July 15. The meeting will review national security and other important issues. All NSC members have been formally asked to attend the meeting....
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Fazl says MMA will resist re-election
QUETTA, July 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will resist any move by the currrent or any assembly to re-elect Gen Musharraf as president for a second term....
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President calls for ending rifts in PML
ISLAMABAD, July 6: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday advised the ruling party MNAs and nazims from southern and northern districts of Punjab to end differences in the party before the 2007 elections....
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Wapda allowed to set up thermal plants
ISLAMABAD, July 6: A meeting presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday allowed the Water and Power Development Authority to set up thermal plants to produce about 700-800 megawatts in Punjab, sources told Dawn....
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Power riots in Gujar Khan: Iesco offices set on fire
GUJAR KHAN, July 6: A mob protesting against loadshedding set on fire offices of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company, damaged its two vehicles, injured a functionary and blocked the Grand Trunk Road for more than five hours on Thursday afternoon....
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Israeli forces kill 16 in Gaza
BEIT LAHIYA (Gaza Strip), July 6: Israeli forces on an offensive in Gaza killed 16 Palestinians in air strikes and clashes with militants on Thursday in the worst violence since the Jewish state quit the region a year ago....
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UN council calls for end to Israeli operations
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The newly constituted 47-member Human Rights Council, in a special session in Geneva on Thursday, adopted a strongly-worded resolution on human rights violations in the Palestinian territory....
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MQM says open to adjustment with PPP
WASHINGTON, July 6: A key MQM leader said on Thursday that the party was not averse to joining a PPP-led government if an understanding between President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto led to such an arrangement....
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Karo-kari: court sends girls to Darul Aman
KHAIRPUR, July 6: Two minor girls who had been given in marriage to elderly men by a recent jirga to settle a karo-kari dispute heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday...
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Russia, China rule out sanctions: Bush seeks unified response to N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS, July 6: Russia and China on Thursday dismissed any possibility of UN-imposed sanctions against North Korea as the US President George Bush called on them to seek a unified response....
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Violence won’t end by military means: Karzai
KABUL, July 6: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said violence in his country would not be ended by military means alone while Britain said on Thursday it was considering sending more troops to Afghanistan because of heavy fighting....
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Eight Taliban killed
KANDAHAR, July 6: Afghan and foreign forces killed eight Taliban fighters and arrested 11 others in separate incidents overnight as a major crackdown pushed on, the army and police said on Thursday....
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Indian, BD troops exchange fire
KOLKATA, July 6: India and Bangladesh troops on Thursday exchanged gunfire along their border, officials said. There were no casualties but some 200 people were evacuated from their homes in the...
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Trans-LoC truck service hits snag
MUZAFFARABAD, July 6: The AJK government has informed the ministry of foreign affairs that its senior officials would not be available for the meeting to be held on July 11 to...
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PAF to be modernised, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the defence needs of the country will always remain his priority and the government will use all resources to modernise the Pakistan...
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China, India open Silk Road route
NATHU LA (China-India Border), July 6: India and China opened a Himalayan border pass to trade on Thursday, 44 years after a brutal war shut the ancient Silk Road route....
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IAEA-India talks begin today
VIENNA, July 6: The International Atomic Energy Agency begins talks with India on Friday to bring Indian nuclear sites under IAEA monitoring for the first time as part of a US-Indian nuclear energy pact, the UN watchdog said....
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