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| July 18, 2006 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 21, 1427 |
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No evidence of Pakistan’s hand in blasts: US
WASHINGTON, July 17: The US has so far not seen any evidence to suggest that Pakistan or Pakistan-based groups were involved in last week’s Mumbai blasts, a State Department official said on Monday.... 
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Talks delay negative development: Riaz
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan on Monday termed India’s decision to indefinitely postpone peace talks a ‘negative development’ and called for early resumption of the process....
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Export target $18.6bn, trade deficit $9.4bn: Trade Policy 2006-07
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The government on Monday unveiled its trade policy for 2006-07, which seeks to further liberalise foreign trade and projects an export target of $18.6...
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Provinces oppose CVT on land sale
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The provinces have opposed levying two per cent capital value tax (CVT) on transfer of ownership of urban land through ‘power of attorney’, sources told Dawn on Monday....
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UK declares BLA terrorist organisation
RAWALPINDI / LONDON, July 17: The Baloch Liberation Army on Thursday faced a joint onslaught of the Pakistani and British governments when the former decided to freeze bank accounts of its members and the latter designated it as a terrorist organisation....
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Quetta police nab ‘Taliban commander’
QUETTA, July 17: Police arrested a Taliban commander and some former office-bearers of the Taliban movement during raids conducted in different areas of the city on Monday....
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‘Hudood law will be amended, not repealed’
ISLAMABAD, July 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday threw his weight behind the cabinet members who advocated that the controversial Hudood Ordinance be amended rather than completely scrapped and formed a three-member committee to take all political parties into confidence....
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‘$3bn to be spent on F-16 purchase, upgradation’
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed has said that Pakistan Air Force is fully prepared to meet any challenge and give a befitting response to any aggression adding...
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Video of ‘falling Israeli plane’ telecast
BEIRUT, July 17: Lebanese TV stations broadcast video pictures on Monday of what they said was an Israeli military aircraft falling to the ground near Beirut, but a senior Lebanese security...
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Earthquake triggers tsunami; 105 killed
JAKARTA, July 17: A two-meter-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia’s Java island on Monday, killing at least 105 people, leaving scores more missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, witnesses, officials, and media reports said....
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Gunmen kill 50 in attack on Iraq town
BAGHDAD, July 17: Gunmen killed over 50 people in an attack around a crowded market in a violent town near Baghdad on Monday — one of the bloodiest incidents in Iraq this year....
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Taliban take control of two towns
KABUL, July 17: Taliban-led violence flared across southern Afghanistan on Monday with militants taking control of two southern towns while also killing a US-led coalition soldier and wounding 11 others in a fierce firefight, officials said....
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India, BD to jointly inspect enclaves
DHAKA, July 17: Bangladesh and India have agreed to inspect jointly their enclaves and territories under adverse possessions. The agreement came at the third Bangladesh-India joint boundary working group meeting held here on Monday....
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Annan asks UNSC to help stop ME violence
UNITED NATIONS, July 17: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday asked the Security Council to discuss a package of practical actions aimed at stemming the spiralling violence in the Middle East,...
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FC man dies in explosion
QUETTA, July 17: A Frontier Corps personnel was killed in a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti district’s Sangsilla area on Monday, and blasts rocked Quetta and Gwadar, police said....
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Pakistanis in Lebanon safe: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Foreign Office on Monday said Pakistanis in Lebanon were safe and its mission there was in touch with the Pakistani community. “Our ambassador in Beirut along with...
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US to train SIG on post-blast situation
RAWALPINDI, July 17: The US government has decided to launch a training programme for the Special Investigation Group (SIG), a newly formed force by Pakistan, to enhance its capabilities of handling...
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Release of prisoners: team leaves for Kabul
ISLAMABAD, July 17: A two-member team of the Interior Ministry on Monday left for Kabul for talks on release of Pakistanis held in Afghan jails. The team comprises additional secretary Qamar-uz-Zaman and National Crisis Management Cell director Col Muzaffar....
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