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| August 02, 2006 | Wednesday | Rajab 6, 1427 |
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Resignations may be accepted: Musharraf summons Ibad; MQM shrugs off governor’s rule threat
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Aug 1: Piqued by what could be described as a deliberate slight, President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday decided to cross swords with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, saying... 
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‘ARD may accept MQM if it quits govt’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is ready to accept the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) into the opposition fold if it parts ways with the regime, says ARD secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra....
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India urged to deal with festering issues: EU, US to be Saarc observers
DHAKA, Aug 1: Pakistan and India should stop bickering in public and resolve longstanding disputes over Kashmir and other issues instead of learning to live with problems, a top Pakistani official said on Tuesday....
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Repair of rail bridge to continue till 4th
KARACHI / HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Pakistan Railways is suffering a daily loss of millions of rupees as the operation of freight trains from Karachi to upcountry continues to remain suspended following...
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Invading forces face fierce resistance: Three Israeli soldiers killed
BEIRUT, Aug 1: Thousands of people fled Tyre as Israeli forces thrust into southern Lebanon on Tuesday in an expansion of their offensive, pounding towns and villages but meeting fierce resistance from Hezbollah guerillas....
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Civic agencies’ failure keeps Karachi paralysed
KARACHI, Aug 1: Life in the city remained paralysed the third day on Tuesday as the civic agencies failed to restore power, telecommunication, water and sanitation services....
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Contingency plan for Mangla Dam
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Water and Power Development Authority has submitted a contingency plan to the government for overhaul of the system at Mangla Dam. According to Wapda, the auto transformers...
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26 soldiers among 61 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 1: Bombings and shootings killed 61 people in Iraq on Tuesday, including 26 soldiers, undermining the government’s attempts to show it can suppress unremitting violence....
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Castro steps down temporarily
HAVANA, Aug 1: Cuban President Fidel Castro on Tuesday stepped down temporarily for the first time after 47 years of ruling the communist country on America’s doorstep, pitching millions of Cubans at home and abroad into uncertainty....
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Senate session likely to be stormy
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Some fireworks are likely when the Senate begins its monsoon session on Wednesday amid a serious rift in the ruling coalition. The rift between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement...
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Attack on LTTE intensified
COLOMBO, Aug 1: Israeli-made Kfir jets flew over LTTE held regions in eastern Trincomalee as the Air Force intensified its pounding of strategic Tiger guerilla targets on Tuesday, the sixth day...
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OIC to call for ceasefire: Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1: Malaysia said an emergency meeting of Muslim countries this week will call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and discuss a formal United Nations peacekeeping force for Lebanon....
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PM to attend summit
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will leave for Malaysia on Wednesday to attend an extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) being held in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 3 to discuss the Lebanon conflict.—APP...
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Republican senator breaks ranks over Lebanon
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: About 500 people, most of them women, circled silently in front of the White House on Monday night to call for an end to war in Lebanon....
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Nine killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Five security personnel and four militants have been killed in a fresh surge of violence that saw shooting at a popular tourist spot in occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday....
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‘Terror camp in Balakot’, US agency tells court
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: A US intelligence agency expert told a US court this week that Pakistan is still running a ‘terrorist training camp’ in Balakot. Eric Benn, a terrorism expert for...
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Gen Zahid summoned in NAB case
LAHORE, Aug 1: An accountability court on Tuesday summoned former Rawalpindi corps commander and ex-chairman of Wapda Gen (retd) Zahid Ali Akbar on Aug 5 in a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau against him....
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Pakistan, Iran to discuss security, visa issues today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: A four-day joint working group meeting between Pakistan and Iran will commence on Wednesday to discuss security and visa-related issues, a senior official of interior ministry said on Tuesday....
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