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| July 30, 2006 | Sunday | Rajab 3, 1427 |
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MQM-govt standoff may end on Tuesday: Musharraf convenes meeting
ISLAMABAD July 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Saturday in principle agreed to withdraw resignations of its federal and Sindh ministers and advisers on the intervention of president General Pervez Musharraf.... 
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Resignation issue resolved: Muttahida
KARACHI, July 29: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday said that the crisis created by resignations submitted by his party’s ministers, advisers and special assistants from the federal and Sindh assemblies had been amicably resolved....
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SBP raises discount rate
KARACHI, July 29: The State Bank on Saturday raised the benchmark discount rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 per cent. It was the second major step indicating the direction of...
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F-16 deal emerges unscathed
WASHINGTON, July 29: The Bush administration’s plan to sell 36 F-16 jets and other equipment to Pakistan has emerged unscathed from a congressional review period....
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Airstrikes continue Truce call rejected by Israel AL QUDS, July 29: Israel continued its deadly bombardment of Lebanon for the 18th straight day on Saturday as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel in a bid to broker an end to the conflict....
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Hezb vows to strike central cities
JERUSALEM, July 29: Israeli forces pulled out of the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil on Saturday, an Israeli military source said, but Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed to strike cities...
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Big five agree on Iran draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS, July 29: The five permanent members of the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) have agreed on a draft resolution giving Iran until the end of August to suspend uranium enrichment....
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No-trust move can’t succeed: Durrani
KARACHI, July 29: The opposition did not have the required strength in the National Assembly for its no-confidence motion to succeed against the prime minister, federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Durrani said on Saturday....
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India retracts its claim of killing Pakistan officer
NEW DELHI, July 29: India retracted on Saturday an army claim that Indian soldiers had killed a Pakistani military officer in its zone of held Kashmir....
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Officials discuss Kashmir attacks
JAMMU, July 29: Indian and Pakistani army officials discussed recent attacks on Indian border posts in Kashmir, but Pakistan said the attacks may have been carried out by militant groups fighting...
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US lawmakers kept in dark on India’s Iran link
WASHINGTON, July 29: The US government will impose sanctions on two Indian firms for selling missile parts to Iran, government officials said....
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22 killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, July 29: US-led troops arrested four suspected Al Qaeda militants in a raid in eastern Afghanistan while at least 18 Taliban and four policemen were killed in other areas during...
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Nawab Marri, sons acquitted
QUETTA, July 29: An Anti-Terrorism Court acquitted Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and his two sons in an arms and ammunition case on Saturday....
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Iran urged to stop giving weapons to Hezbollah
WASHINGTON, July 29: President George W. Bush urged Iran on Saturday to stop sending weapons and money to Hezbollah and warned Syria to stop supporting terrorism....
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PSM revamping delayed till CCI meeting
ISLAMABAD, July 29: The Ministry of Industries and Production has deferred the proposal to revamp Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) until the Council of Common Interest (CCI) takes any decision as regards its privatisation....
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Compensation for Multan crash victims
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Pakistan International Airlines would pay Rs2 million each to heirs of the victims of the Multan Fokker crash, an official of the airline said on Saturday....
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Pakistan’s representation at OIC meeting undecided
ISLAMABAD, July 29: The government has yet to decide on who would represent Pakistan at the summit-level Emergency Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on the Middle East crisis in Malaysia’s administrative capital Putrajaya next week....
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Assemblies to complete term: NA Speaker
QUETTA, July 29: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain has said that national and provincial assemblies will complete their present term....
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