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| July 27, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 30, 1427 |
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No change in Sindh, centre setup, says Musharraf
KARACHI, July 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has categorically ruled out any top-level change in the federal and provincial governments and reiterated that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Sindh Chief Minister... 
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Rome talks fail to bring truce: International force for Lebanon proposed
ROME, July 26: A summit of world powers broke up here on Wednesday after failing to agree to a demand for a ceasefire for the Middle East, vowing instead to work...
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12 brokers put on notice: SECP: Probe into KSE crash
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued notices to 12 brokers for their suspected involvement in the March 2005 crash of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)....
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NAB settles issue of ARY Dubai flats
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has settled the issue of cancellation of ARY flats in Dubai between the ARY Group and the allotees....
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Zulqarnain of MC to face PPP’s Qamar in AJK polls
MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: The ruling Muslim Conference (MC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday fielded Raja Zulqarnain Khan as its candidate for the presidential election, dropping former prime minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat’s name for the post....
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CCI takes up vital issues next month
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The government has convened a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) next month to consider a number of issues facing the federation, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told Dawn on Wednesday....
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Uproar in Indian parliament over Pakistan’s N-plans
NEW DELHI, July 26: India’s parliament was in turmoil on Wednesday after Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee turned down opposition’s demand to comment on Pakistan’s nuclear expansion plans, saying a statement on...
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Voting on Indo-US N-deal delayed
WASHINGTON, July 26: A congressional vote on the US plan to share nuclear technology with India was delayed on Wednesday following a last-ditch effort to attach conditions to the proposed deal....
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Five dead in Kashmir gunbattles
SRINAGAR, July 26: Five people were killed and 12 wounded, including nine in a tourist area, in four different gunbattles in the Indian-held Kashmir on Wednesday, a police spokesman said....
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Four killed in Afghanistan chopper crash
KABUL, July 26: A helicopter crashed into mountains in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all four people on board, the government said....
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Mastung Cadet College principal killed
QUETTA, July 26: Mastung Cadet College Principal Wing Commander (retired) Mian Maqbool Ahmed Rehbar was gunned down on Wednesday in his official residence in Mastung, some 50 km of here....
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Pakistan condemns attack on UN post
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the targeting of the UN Observer Mission by Israeli forces in the southern Lebanon that killed four observers....
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Pitched battles as Israelis suffer losses
TYRE, July 26: Hezbollah guerillas and advancing Israeli troops fought pitched battles at the entrance to a key town in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, killing eight Israeli soldiers and wounding 22....
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World leaders condemn Israel for killing UN observers
ROME, July 26: Governments worldwide reacted with shock and issued angry demands for an explanation on Wednesday after an Israeli air strike killed four United Nations observers in southern Lebanon....
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New travel advisory for pilgrims
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The government has introduced a new travel advisory for intending Pakistani pilgrims and Zaireen to Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to control human smuggling being done...
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50,000 march on Dhaka
SIGN BOARD (Bangladesh), July 26: Fifty thousand opposition activists marched to the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday in a second day of protests to press for electoral reforms ahead of January polls, police said....
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Woman acquitted year ago not yet freed
ISLAMABAD, July 26: A woman who was acquitted by a military court last August of involvement in an assassination attempt on the life of President Gen Pervez Musharraf is still incarcerated...
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Industry sees WTO affair as a setback
KARACHI, July 26: The failure of global trade talks held in Geneva does not seem to bother the government but industry representatives in Pakistan see it as a setback....
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EU may seek Saarc observer status
ISLAMABAD, July 26: There are clear indications that the 25-member state European Union is keen to acquire the observer status in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and it may soon put up a formal request....
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Five Muslims die in accident in Canada
TORONTO, July 26: Five Canadian Muslims of Indian and Pakistani origin, belonging to a local Tableeghi Jamaat, died in an accident in Yukon Territory, police sources said here on Wednesday morning....
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