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| August 03, 2006 | Thursday | Rajab 7, 1427 |
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Sindh coalition crisis averted: Grievances to be addressed, Musharraf tells Ibad; ministers resume work today
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Aug 2: The Sindh political crisis appears to have been averted as Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, looking wan and drawn from late-night marathon talks, had a make-or-break meeting... 
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Cabinet approves Hudood draft bill
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved draft amendments to the Hudood laws and set up a five-member ministerial committee to pilot it through parliament....
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CCI affirms decision to privatise PSM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Wednesday reaffirmed its earlier decision to privatise the Pakistan Steel Mills, approved 28 sell-off deals and allowed privatisation of 10 more units....
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Hezbollah rockets rain on Israel: Commando assault deep inside Lebanon
BEIRUT, Aug 2: Hezbollah fired more rockets into Israel on Wednesday than on any previous day of the 22-day-old war, killing an Israeli and wounding 123, after helicopter-borne commandos launched Israel’s deepest raid into Lebanon during which they seized five guerillas....
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Senate condemns Israeli carnage
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Senate on Wednesday strongly condemned what it called “naked Israeli carnage” in Lebanon and Palestine in a unanimous resolution, but opposition asked the government to do more...
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US and France narrow differences over ceasefire
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The United States and France have significantly narrowed their differences over how to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon and could present a draft resolution to the UN Security...
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‘Alternative rail route by Friday’
HYDERABAD, Aug 2: Railways authorities said on Wednesday that an alternative route between the Dhabeji and Ran Pathani stations would be in place on Friday if weather permitted....
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Unsigned ‘confidential’ letter submitted to court
KARACHI, Aug 2: The Military Intelligence has neither arrested nor confined three Jamhoori Watan Party officials and a former student alleged to have been held by it, a communication from the...
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Balochistan revolt quelled: governor
QUETTA, Aug 2: Security forces have nearly quelled a revolt led by a tribal chieftain in Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Wednesday....
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Kasuri upbeat on dialogue resumption
DHAKA, Aug 2: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Wednesday that Pakistan had a ‘very positive attitude’ towards the resumption of peace talks with India....
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‘Forward bloc’ heads for capital
KARACHI, Aug 2: Leaders of the so-called forward bloc in the Sindh chapter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League will be leaving for Islamabad on Friday for a meeting with the secretary of the National Security Council, Mr Tariq Aziz....
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5 militants, soldier killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Five militants and an Indian soldier died in clashes on Wednesday in occupied Kashmir where violence has been escalating in recent months, police said....
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President to visit Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 2: President Pervez Musharraf accepted on Wednesday an invitation to visit Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. Musharraf was last in Afghanistan in April 2002....
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Kabul to join Saarc in April
DHAKA, Aug 2: Afghanistan will join the south Asian economic grouping at its next summit meeting in New Delhi in April, India’s foreign secretary said on Wednesday....
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‘Hudood laws must conform to Islamic injunctions’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for a balanced approach in making the Hudood laws conform to the spirit and teachings of Islam and stressed the need for addressing key areas of concern to women....
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‘Missing man not in ISI custody’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Inter Services Intelligence on Wednesday told the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court that a man, Imran, who had been missing for a week, was not in the custody of the agency....
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VCOAS visits Dera Bugti
Rawalpindi, Aug 2: Vice-Chief of Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat visited Dera Bugti on Wednesday....
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Airliner escapes disaster
KARACHI, Aug 2: An Islamabad-bound flight of Aero- Asia returned to the Karachi airport after one of its engines had gone down....
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