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| July 13, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 16, 1427 |
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Cabinet stops Fokker flights for passengers
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced an immediate ban on the use of Fokker aircraft for passenger flights.... 
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Blasts will not derail peace process: India: No-one can make us kneel: Singh
NEW DELHI, July 12: A day after serial blasts killed close to 200 commuters in Mumbai’s local trains, India vowed on Wednesday to continue the peace process with Pakistan even as...
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‘Pakistan ready for bilateral N-freeze’
WASHINGTON, July 12: Pakistan will say ‘yes’ to a bilateral fissile material moratorium with India because its nuclear weapons programme is driven by the threat perception of its larger neighbour, says Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri....
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Kasuri did not link blasts to Kashmir dispute: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The Foreign Office on Wednesday hastened to clarify reported remarks of Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on the Mumbai bomb blasts that evoked a caustic reaction from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) earlier in the day....
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India sees Lashkar behind blasts
MUMBAI, July 12: A senior Indian investigator said on Wednesday that the Mumbai train attacks that killed at least 200 people could be linked to a Kashmiri militant group....
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Mumbai back at work
MUMBAI, July 12: Mumbai’s legendary never-say-die spirit was on display on Wednesday, just a day after a series of blasts ripped through seven suburban trains, killing about 200 people and injuring nearly 750....
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CBR issues instructions for IT deduction
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has issued instructions for computation of income tax payable by salaried taxpayers for the tax year 2007 and deduction of advance tax...
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NA panel defers discussion on Hudood laws
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on Thursday deferred several amendments to the Hudood Ordinance proposed in a private member bill, it is learnt....
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Musharraf urges coordinated approach for industrial progress ISLAMABAD, July 12: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for adopting a countrywide coordinated approach to achieve the objectives of rapid industrial development of the country....
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Bush urged to declare Israeli raids as war crime
NEW YORK, July 12: An alliance of 11 Muslim organisations has urged the US president to condemn as “war crime” Israel’s continued targeting of the civilian population in Gaza that has...
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Gas fields attacked
QUETTA, July 12: Rockets and short-range missiles were fired on Sui and Pir Koh gas fields and nearby security checkposts on Wednesday....
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Israel strikes Lebanon after soldiers captured
TYRE (Lebanon), July 12: Israel bombarded Lebanon after two soldiers were captured by Hezbollah guerillas on Wednesday in bloody day of cross-border violence that left 11 people dead, opening up a dangerous new front in the Middle East conflict....
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Nine of a family among 23 killed in Israeli raid
GAZA, July 12: Israel killed nine members of one Palestinian family in an air strike on Gaza on Wednesday that destroyed a three-storey residential building where top Hamas commanders were believed to be meeting....
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Muslims give blood for Hindu victims
MUMBAI, July 12: Indian Muslims queued for hours on Wednesday to give blood to their Hindu neighbours wounded in the Mumbai train bombings, in a rare show of harmony in a...
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Zidane says mother and sister were insulted
PARIS, July 12: Zinedine Zidane said on Wednesday that Italian defender Marco Materazzi insulted his mother and his sister during the World Cup final against Italy....
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Stock market crash a political issue, says minister
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani has said that the March 2005 stock market crash has turned out to be a political issue and has been blown out of proportion for political gains....
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When pride stands in the way of tears
Balochistan diaries: Our special correspondent Bahzad Alam Khan has just returned from Balochistan. This is the first of a series of reports...
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Petitioner seeks SC probe into Multan crash
ISLAMABAD, July 12: A petition filed on Wednesday prayed the Supreme Court to order grounding of PIA’s ageing aircrafts....
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