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| August 09, 2006 | Wednesday | Rajab 13, 1427 |
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UN forced to suspend Lebanon aid convoy
GENEVA, Aug 8: The United Nations on Tuesday suspended attempts to send relief to southern Lebanon because of a lack of safety assurances from Israeli forces, a spokeswoman said....
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Uproar in NA over minister’s remarks
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: It was a rare women’s day in the National Assembly on Tuesday when they and their male allies overcame party affiliations and conservative obstructions to introduce three private bills to promote women’s rights....
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Attack on pipeline hits gas supply
QUETTA, Aug 8: Gas supply to parts of Sindh, including Karachi, from the Sui plant was disrupted after a main pipeline was blown up near Sui early Tuesday morning....
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PSM deal done in indecent haste: SC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the entire disinvestment process of the Pakistan Steel Mills reflected an ‘indecent’ haste, ignoring profitability aspect and assets of the mills by the financial adviser before its evaluation....
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Marooned miners await rescue
QUETTA, Aug 8: Situation in the flood-affected areas of Bolan and Sibi remained grim with more villages inundated and thousands of mine workers still stranded in the Margat coal field....
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Landslides, flood claim 19 lives
MINGORA/MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 8: Rains and flash-floods claimed the lives of another 13 people in the NWFP as the death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains in the province rose to 157....
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Senators want quick relief for victims
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Senators on both sides of the divide on Tuesday criticised the government for failing to warn people about flash floods which killed a large number of people in...
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Tehran alerted on possible entry of BLA members
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Islamabad has alerted Tehran that runaway leaders and members of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which has been declared a proscribed organisation in Pakistan, may try to sneak into Iran....
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Annan blasts Israel over Qana carnage
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday that the Israel’s attack on Qana may be part of “a pattern of violations of international law, including international humanitarian...
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31 more killed in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Aug 8: Israeli air strikes killed 31 villagers in south Lebanon on Tuesday as Beirut pleaded for a swift end to the hostilities that have cost around 1,000 Lebanese and 101 Israeli lives in four weeks....
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700 foreign students in seminaries without NOC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The government has decided to expel all foreign students staying in Pakistan without no-objection certificates from their own countries, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said on Tuesday....
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Steps taken to face flood emergency
HYDERABAD, Aug 8: With a ‘high flood’ to reach Sindh in a few days, irrigation authorities have identified several vulnerable points along Indus embankments. Two points — Akil and Abad Mungli — in Larkana district have been declared vulnerable....
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Met forecasts more rains for next 10 days
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Meteorological Department Director Chudhary Qamaruz Zaman on Tuesday forecast more rainfall throughout the country over the next 10 days. He said in the next three days more rain was expected in Sindh and Balochistan....
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Two girls hurt in Quetta grenade attack
QUETTA, Aug 8: Two girls were injured in a hand-grenade attack on the house of a professor of Bolan Medical Collage late on Monday night. According to police, unknown people hurled...
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Militants fire rocket on base
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 8: Militants fired a rocket that landed near a military base in a tribal region near Wana but no one was hurt, an official said on Tuesday....
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India’s protest
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: India has protested to Pakistan over the alleged construction of new bunkers and trenches along the international border, junior home minister S. Regupathy told parliament on Tuesday....
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NA panel’s meeting on KSE crash requisitioned
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Several treasury and opposition members have requisitioned a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue to discuss the May-June 2006 crisis in Karachi Stock...
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Nadra-UNHCR sign accord to register Afghan DPs
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) on Tuesday singed a contract for registration of Afghan refugees in Pakistan....
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