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| August 24, 2006 | Thursday | Rajab 28, 1427 |
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Joint opposition launches bid to oust govt
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The combined opposition in the National Assembly submitted a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to the speaker’s secretariat on Wednesday, annexing to it a 500-page ‘charge-sheet’ against the government....
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Dr Qadeer ‘merry and healthy’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Two ruling party figures told the National Assembly they found detained nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan “merry and hearty” when they visited him on Wednesday, but some opposition members...
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Scare as elderly man rides off in locomotive
KARACHI, Aug 23: An elderly man, looking dazed and dishevelled, was arrested on Wednesday for stealing a diesel locomotive from a marshalling yard on the city’s outskirts and driving it for...
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Bush phones Musharraf; ME crisis discussed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: US President George W. Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and expressed words of appreciation for Pakistan’s support in the global fight against terrorism....
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Joint patrol along Afghan border
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The Pakistan Army, Afghan National Army, coalition forces and the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force have agreed to conduct coordinated patrols on their respective sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border....
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Rs67bn new schemes approved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Wednesday approved cost overruns of over Rs21 billion for eight ongoing projects, besides clearing 22 new schemes costing Rs67 billion for inclusion in next year’s development programme....
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Wasim Raja dies playing cricket
KARACHI, Aug 23: Former Pakistan all rounder Wasim Raja died of a heart attack on Wednesday in London, a Pakistan team official said. He was 54....
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India rules out joint management of Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: India on Wednesday rejected the idea of joint management or joint control of divided Kashmir with Pakistan, saying a similar suggestion recently reiterated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf would impinge on India’s sovereignty over the disputed region....
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Gas pipeline blown up
SUKKUR, Aug 23: A 22-inch dia main pipeline supplying Sui gas to the Uch power plant was blown up at Peero Pull, some 22km away from Jacobabad, early on Wednesday morning....
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Provinces put on sabotage alert
LAHORE, Aug 23: The Ministry of Interior has warned the provinces of threats of sabotage, sectarian killings and strife in the country, particularly in Karachi, the NWFP and tribal areas in the coming days, it is learnt from reliable sources....
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Move for FIR against MMA leaders
RAWALPINDI, Aug 23: An application was filed with the Secretariat Police on Wednesday seeking registration of an FIR against four Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNAs and some other members, under the Blasphemy Act, police sources said....
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Indian claim rejected
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The Foreign Office on Wednesday ridiculed and dismissed an Indian claim that a suspected Pakistani ‘terrorist’ had been killed in a police encounter in Mumbai....
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30 Taliban die in clashes with Nato
KANDAHAR, Aug 23: Afghan soldiers fought back Taliban who stormed an isolated outpost early Wednesday, killing 18 rebels, while Nato forces bombed 11 more, who were moving into position for attack....
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‘3 armymen have links with Lashkar’
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told parliament on Wednesday that three army personnel were being investigated for links with Lashkar-i-Taiba, but stressed that they were not officers....
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India to protect interests ‘beyond borders’
WASHINGTON, Aug 23: India has geo-economic interests beyond its borders and the Indian military has to prepare itself to protect those interests, says Air Chief Marshall S. P. Tayagi....
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Five Machis killed
LARKANA, Aug 23: A tribal feud claimed the lives of five members of a family in the early hours of Wednesday in Ratodero apparently because one of their youths had had a court marriage with the girl of another clan....
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Israel purposely hit civilian targets: AI
LONDON, Aug 23: Rights group Amnesty International (AI) accused Israel on Wednesday of deliberately targeting civilians during its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said the Jewish state may be guilty of war crimes....
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Pakistan made seedbed of terrorism: Benazir
LONDON, Aug 23: The West’s support for General Pervez Musharraf had made Pakistan a “seedbed” of terrorism, writes former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in The Guardian issue of Wednesday....
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