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| September 03, 2006 | Sunday | Sha'aban 9, 1427 |
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Iraq attack leaves 11 Pakistanis dead
BAGHDAD, Sept 2: Eleven Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq’s western desert, police said on Saturday. The pilgrims had been travelling to holy sites in... 
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Five die as rains hit central Punjab: 10 houses collapse in Lahore
LAHORE, Sept 2: Five people, including three children, were killed and 26 others injured as torrential rain lashing Lahore and several other towns of central Punjab since Friday caused flooding and collapse of buildings on Saturday....
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Accord on peace in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 2: Militants reached an understanding with the government on Saturday on restoring peace in North Waziristan but said the agreement would be signed in a couple of days....
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Hudood draft bill to be reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The draft of the bill for protection of women’s rights will be reviewed again on Monday to satisfy the People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Qaumi Movement members in the house select committee....
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Two schools, house set afire in Balochistan
QUETTA, Sept 2: Two girls’ schools and a house were set afire during protest rallies in Kharan, Panjgur and Khuzdar while a powerful explosion rocked Sibi on Saturday night....
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Anti-Pakistan activity won’t be tolerated: Jam
QUETTA, Sept 2: Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf has said that no anti-Pakistan activity will be tolerated in Balochistan and the government will sternly deal with such elements....
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Balochistan govt: MMA moot on 5th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will decide whether or not to quit the Balochistan government when its supreme council meets in Islamabad on Thursday (September 5)....
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14 British troops killed in Kandahar
LONDON, Sept 2: Fourteen British armed personnel died when their aircraft flying a Nato mission crashed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said on Saturday....s of the bill....
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Canada hints at stationing troops along Pakistan border
OTTAWA, Sept 2: Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor said on Friday Canadian soldiers could be deployed along the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan to help protect the forces from attacks....
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PIA asked to submit Fokker crash report
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Senate standing committee on defence here on Saturday directed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to submit its investigation report on the July 10 Fokker crash near Multan by...
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Afghanistan’s opium output to go up: UN
KABUL, Sept 2: Afghanistan’s opium production will increase by nearly 50 per cent this year to a record 6,100 tons after an ‘alarming’ jump in cultivation in the lawless south, the UN drugs office announced on Saturday....
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14 terror suspects held in London
LONDON, Sept 2: British police arrested 14 people in raids in London overnight on Saturday on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism and began searches at a number of properties, including an Islamic school....
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India denies charges
COLOMBO, Sept 2: India on Saturday reacted strongly to former Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohammed’s allegation that the Indian spy agency, the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW)...
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Aziz seeks investment from expatriates
LONDON, Sept 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is striving sincerely to make the country a vibrant, progressive and moderate Islamic welfare state....
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Abu Ghraib jail handed over to Iraqi authorities
BAGHDAD, Sept 2: The US military has transferred control of Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib jail to Iraqi authorities and the “prison is now empty of any detainees or prisoners”, a government spokesman said on Saturday....
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Killing condemned
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistan on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack in which a number of Pakistani pilgrims were killed in Iraq on Thursday. A foreign office spokesperson said Iraqi authorities had...
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Ishaq Zafar dies of heart attack
RAWALPINDI, Sep 2: Leader of the opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar died of a heart attack here on Saturday evening. He was 63....
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Statements of MPs’ assets sought by 30th
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Mohammad Dilshad on Saturday directed the members of Senate and National and provincial assemblies to submit yearly statements of assets and liabilities of themselves, their spouses and dependants by Sept 30 to the commission....
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