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| July 20, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 23, 1427 |
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Operation launched in Sibi, Harnai
QUETTA, July 19: Security forces on Wednesday launched an operation against ‘farari camps’ in the hilly areas of Harnai, Sibi and Karmo-Wadh on Wednesday.... 
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Meeting on border security held
LAHORE, July 19: Despite a bad patch in relations between their governments since Mumbai train bomb blasts on July 11, Indian and Pakistani officials met on Wednesday...
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Benazir gets MNAs’ resignations
LAHORE, July 19: All PPP members of the National Assembly and leaders of the opposition in the Punjab and Sindh assemblies submitted their resignations to party chairperson Benazir Bhutto at a...
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AJK opposition plans protest campaign
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The ruling party in Azad Kashmir seem to be in for hard times so soon after winning a second successive term in an election that all its rivals say was rigged....
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70 civilians killed in Israeli raids
BEIRUT, July 19: At least 70 civilians were killed on Wednesday in unremitting Israeli bombing raids on the deadliest day of its Lebanon offensive as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora made a desperate appeal for international help....
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25 dead, 20 kidnapped in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, July 19: More than 20 employees of an organisation that looks after mosques in Iraq have been kidnapped by militiamen from another sect, their group said, as violence killed 25 people on Wednesday....
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Tariff raise sought for power projects
ISLAMABAD, July 19: Private investors, especially foreign financiers, have rejected the restoration of 4.7 cents average tariff for hydel power projects recently offered by the government and called for its indexation since 1995, when the original policy was announced....
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156 illegal FM radio stations jammed
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The government has taken 156 FM radio stations off the air to stop the spread of religious extremism and anti-state sentiments, notably among Pashtun tribes near the Afghan border, a spokesman for the regulator said on Wednesday....
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16 die as van falls into gorge
GILGIT, July 19: Sixteen people were killed and 14 others injured when a passenger van fell into a gorge near Basham, 400km south of Gilgit, on Tuesday morning....
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Youth arrested for Mumbai blast claim hoax
NEW DELHI, July 19: India began a clampdown on selected internet websites and blogs on Wednesday amid fears of growing censorship following the devastating Mumbai blasts on July 11....
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Indian lobby in bid to block F-16 deal
WASHINGTON, July 19: The Indian lobby on Capitol Hill launched a campaign on Wednesday to prevent the United States administration from selling F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan....
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Mottaki cancels India visit
NEW DELHI, July 19: Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was due in New Delhi for a two-day visit beginning on Wednesday, has cancelled his trip, an Indian foreign ministry official said....
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Two policemen among six killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 19: Two policemen and a six-year-old boy were among six people killed in a fresh surge of violence in occupied Kashmir that also saw a bloody shooting near a revered shrine, police said on Wednesday....
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Senate to meet on Aug 2
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The Senate will begin its next session on August 2 and the National Assembly on August 4, it was officially announced on Wednesday as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher...
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Musharraf’s address today
ISLAMABAD, July 19: President Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on television and radio network at 8pm on Thursday, an official announcement said on Wednesday.—APP...
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Taliban-held districts back in govt control
KABUL, July 19: Hundreds of troops were scouring southernmost Afghanistan for Taliban fighters on Wednesday after securing two districts the militants had overrun more than 24 hours earlier....
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S. Lanka to send back 6 prisoners
COLOMBO, July 19: Six Pakistani prisoners, held for over five years in Sri Lankan jails, will be sent to Pakistan on Thursday, the Pakistan Embassy said....
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Jirga urged to help govt
PESHAWAR, July 19: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (rtd) Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai has urged tribal elders to help the government establish its writ and tell militants to leave Pakistan “with honour and dignity”....
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