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| August 25, 2006 | Friday | Rajab 29, 1427 |
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No-trust vote on Aug 29 likely
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Playing down any significant political impact of the opposition’s no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday declared that he would defend himself in the National Assembly on... 
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Opposition boycotts committee meeting
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: All opposition parties on Thursday boycotted the first meeting of the Select Committee on the controversial Criminal Law Amendment (Protection of Women) Bill 2006 tabled by the government...
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16 injured in two Quetta blasts
QUETTA, Aug 24: Sixteen people including two girls, were injured in two bomb blasts in Model Town close to a busy bus stand and headquarters of the Frontier Corps, here on Thursday....
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Rashid Rauf’s brother freed by UK police
LONDON, Aug 24: British police investigating a suspected plot to blow up transatlantic airliners freed two suspects on Wednesday and obtained permission to continue questioning nine others....
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Dera Bugti jirga ‘ends Sardari system’
DERA BUGTI, Aug 24: A jirga held at the Jinnah Stadium here on Thursday unanimously announced to end the Sardari system in the Bugti tribe. The ‘Bugti Qaumi Jirga’ praised efforts...
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Elders term ‘jirga’ a govt drama
QUETTA, Aug 24: Tribal elders and political leaders have rejected the Dera Bugti gathering and described it as a government-sponsored drama. The Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud, said that the...
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US defers call for sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug 24: The Bush administration has deferred its call for immediate sanctions against Iran although it did say that Tehran has failed to respond adequately to a UN demand for verifiably suspending its nuclear enrichment programme by Aug 31....
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MMA plans campaign in defence of Hudood laws
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) announced on Thursday that it would launch a countrywide protest campaign against the government from Friday (today) for changing the Hudood laws tabled...
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Two die as upper floors of building collapse
LAHORE, Aug 24: Two men died and 15 others suffered injuries when three storeys of a 10-storey building collapsed in Shahalam Market on Thursday. The rubble lying on the seventh floor...
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Altaf blasts MMA for ‘sacrilege’
KARACHI, Aug 24: A sea of surging crowds lined the city’s arterial road on Thursday and responded with a thundering “yes” when Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain asked them if...
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Israel admits failures in Lebanon
AL QUDS, Aug 24: Israel’s embattled army chief Dan Halutz admitted for the first time on Thursday to failings during the Lebanon war amid increasing public discontent over how the 34-day offensive was handled....
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Pluto a planet no more
PRAGUE, Aug 24: Pluto was stripped of its status as a planet on Thursday when astronomers from around the world redefined it as a “dwarf planet”, leaving just eight major planets in the solar system....
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‘85pc literacy by 2012’
ISLAMABAD Aug 24: President Pervez Musharraf has said the federal government will offer all necessary funding to the provinces to achieve 85pc literacy rate by 2012....
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Indian claim rejected
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Pakistan on Thursday termed as ‘incorrect and misleading’ the assertion by Indian junior minister for external affairs that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India....
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Thar Express suspended
LAHORE, Aug 24: The operation of Thar Express was suspended by India on Thursday, stranding around 364 Indian and 2,000 Pakistani passengers in Karachi and Jodhpur, respectively, after the second rail link connecting the two countries was severed by floods....
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Indian MPs help themselves to a salary hike
NEW DELHI, Aug 24: Indian MPs gave themselves a 50 per cent raise on Thursday, saying they would be eligible for another wage hike in five years....
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UK watchdog freezes accounts of charity
LONDON, Aug 24: Britain’s charity watchdog said on Thursday it has frozen the bank accounts of the aid group Crescent Relief as part of a probe into whether money was diverted to an alleged plot to blow up US-bound planes....
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Pakistani accused of operating Hezb TV
NEW YORK, Aug 24: A Pakistani man was due to appear in court in New York on Thursday, accused of providing a banned Hezbollah-linked television station to viewers in the city, prosecutors said....
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