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| August 30, 2006 | Wednesday | Sha'aban 5, 1427 |
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Opposition move to oust PM defeated: 136 MNAs back resolution
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz survived a no-confidence move against him in the National Assembly on Tuesday after a bruising opposition onslaught over charges of wrongdoing that he rejected as false and a conspiracy....
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Government termed extra-constitutional
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The opposition in the National Assembly on Monday severely criticised what it termed the rule of an extra-constitutional government, perpetuation of army’s role in politics, bypassing parliament in...
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75 killed in Iraq oil pipeline blast
DIWANIYA, Aug 29: Seventy-five people were killed in Iraq late on Monday when a blast ripped through scavengers siphoning petrol from pools around a breach in a disused pipeline....
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Thousands attend funeral prayers: PML members forced to leave
QUETTA, Aug 29: Thousands of people attended the Ghaibana Namaz-i-Janaza of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in the cricket ground of the Ayub Stadium here on Tuesday....
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Four killed in Hub as riots continue
QUETTA, Aug 29: Four people were killed in a bomb blast in a Hub restaurant and clashes between protesters and law-enforcement personnel left many, including a police constable, injured across Balochistan on Tuesday....
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‘Mysterious’ blast caused collapse of cave: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: There is no chance of retrieving the body of Nawab Akbar Bugti from the cave in which he died for four to five days, military spokesman Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan said on Tuesday....
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10 killed in accident on Indus Highway
DADU, Aug 29: Ten people were killed and 26 others injured in accidents involving four vehicles, including three passenger coaches, near Manzoorabad in the Khanoth area on the Indus Highway late on Monday night....
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Sectarian clash claims six lives
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 29: At least six people were killed and three others were injured in a gunfight between two sectarian groups in the remote Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency....
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N-plants: Chinese help sought
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party...
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Four hurt in Lahore market blast
LAHORE, Aug 29: At least four people were injured, one of them critically, after a bomb exploded in a busy market in the Gulberg area here on Tuesday night....
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13th person charged in UK over terror plot
LONDON, Aug 29: A 13th person has been charged in connection with the foiled alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound passenger aircraft from Britain, a police spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Woman to head US Muslim group
WASHINGTON, Aug 29: North America’s largest Muslim organization on Tuesday announced electing its first woman president and hoped that her election would signal support for women leaders throughout the Islamic community....
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Policeman probing Mumbai blasts found dead
MUMBAI, Aug 29: An anti-terrorism police officer probing last month’s blasts that killed nearly 200 train commuters in Mumbai was found dead on railway tracks in the western Indian city, police said on Tuesday....
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BD court orders action against judge
DHAKA, Aug 29: The High Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to revoke the judicial powers of a sessions judge who sentenced an innocent man to death....
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Kabul condoles with Bugti’s family
KABUL, Aug 29: Afghanistan on Tuesday offered condolences to the family of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti who was killed in a military operation in Balochistan. “We regret his death and we...
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Japan offers help for Batagram reconstruction
PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The Government of Japan will help the NWFP government to reconstruct the quake-damaged public sector social services infrastructure in Batagram district, including 120 schools, DHQs, seven basic health...
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12 Sri Lankan troops killed
COLOMBO, Aug 29: Twelve Sri Lankan soldiers have been killed in clashes with the Tamil Tigers in Trincomalee district. The fighting erupted last week after the army started an operation to...
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5 killed in Gaza
GAZA, Aug 29: Israeli troops killed five Palestinians and wounded 12 in attacks on militants in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Tuesday. Troops in Gaza fired a tank...
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