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| July 11, 2006 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 14, 1427 |
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Fokker crashes; 45 on board killed :High court judges, university VC, brigadiers among dead
MULTAN, July 10: A Lahore-bound Fokker of PIA crashed into a field here only a few minutes after taking off on Monday. There were no survivors among the 45 people, including five crew members, aboard the ill-fated flight Pk-688....
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Fokker fleet under scrutiny
KARACHI, July 10: The aircraft crash that left 45 people dead on Monday has brought the national airline’s ageing fleet of Fokker aircraft under renewed scrutiny and opened debate on human-resources issues of the aviation sector....
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Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi passes away
LAHORE, July 10: Veteran poet, short story and drama writer and columnist Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, who died here on Monday morning of asthmatic problems after a short illness, was laid to rest in a local graveyard....
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Adviser rejects allegations: Karachi share market crash
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Adviser to prime minister on finance, Dr Salman Shah, has rejected the allegations of former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dr Tariq Hassan, that the finance...
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F-16 technology transfer fears to be allayed: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Foreign Office on Monday said Pakistan would be prepared to give an undertaking in ‘appropriate language’ not to transfer American F-16 fighter jet technology to a third...
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‘US agrees Kabul, Islamabad should end media war’
WASHINGTON, July 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Monday the United States agreed with the suggestion that Pakistan and Afghanistan should not discuss their differences publicly....
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‘Agosta submarine will enhance PN capability’ KARACHI, July 10: Pakistan Navy’s defensive capability will be further enhanced when the indigenously built Agosta-90B submarine of the French origin, PNS/M HAMZA, will be launched next month....
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Haj fares increased
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has allowed increase in Haj fares. The increase was discussed at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday....
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Ministers to discuss Iran gas price next month
NEW DELHI, July 10: Oil ministers from India, Iran and Pakistan are scheduled to meet in Tehran early next month to discuss the price at which Iran will sell natural gas...
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FC soldier among six injured
QUETTA, July 10: Six people, including a soldier of the Frontier Corps, were injured after a vehicle of the paramilitary force hit a landmine in the Sangsilla area of the Dera Bugti district on Monday....
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Man killed in firing after bomb blast
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), July 10: One person was killed and two others injured when security forces opened fire after a bomb explosion near here on Monday....
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94 women prisoners released in Punjab
LAHORE, July 10: As many as 94 women prisoners were released from different jails of Punjab on Monday in the light of the presidential ordinance. Of the 124 women at the Kot Lakhpat Jail here, eight were released....
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India shrugs off missile failure
NEW DELHI, July 10: India on Monday shrugged off the unsuccessful maiden test of its ambitious nuclear-capable long-range missile, as red-faced defence scientists began trying to work out what went wrong....
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White House
WASHINGTON, July 10: The White House hinted at criticism of India for test-firing a nuclear-capable missile even though Delhi had made sure that the launch “did not come as a surprise.”—AFP...
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Benazir, Nawaz shocked over plane crash
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson has expressed grief and anguish over the death of 45 passengers in an air crash near Multan on Monday....
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‘Fokkers not to be grounded’
ISLAMABAD, July 10: A government spokesperson has denied a report that all Fokker planes are being grounded after the crash of PIA Fokker passenger plane in Multan....
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Multan crash: list of passengers
MULTAN, July 10: Following is the list of passengers who died in the air crash near Multan on Monday. (Multan-Lahore passengers) (1) Abdur Rehman (2) Aftab Hussain Khan (3) Ahmad Ejaz...
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Musharraf, Aziz offer condolences
ISLAMABAD, July 10: President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Chairman Senate Mohammed Mian Soomro, Speaker National Assembly and other federal ministers have expressed deep shock and grief over the loss...
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