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| September 04, 2006 | Monday | Sha'aban 10, 1427 |
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Bugti’s killing: APC demands judicial probe
LAHORE, Sept 3: Leaders of the main opposition alliances, the MMA and ARD, and senior lawyers on Sunday urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to set up a judicial commission to look into the Kohlu tragedy....
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BNP decides to quit parliament, LBs
QUETTA, Sept 3: The Balochistan National Party on Sunday announced that it decided to resign from the National Assembly, Senate and the provincial assembly and all local bodies in protest against...
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Army vacates four posts in Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 3: Troops vacated four checkpoints and two government buildings in Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday after local militants reached an understanding with the government to restore peace in the volatile region....
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‘18 killed in fresh Kohlu operation’
QUETTA, Sept 3: The Anjuman Ittehad Marri (AIM) has said that security forces have launched another operation in different areas of Kohlu district and many people have been killed....
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10 more die in Punjab rains
LAHORE, Sept 3: Ten more people have died in Lahore and Sialkot in incidents of roof collapse and drowning as torrential rain continued to lash parts of central Punjab on Sunday....
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Baloch leader quits MQM in protest
QUETTA, Sept 3: Waqar Ahmed Baloch, provincial organiser of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has resigned from the party in protest against what he termed silence of the MQM high command over Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing....
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Warning of ‘very high flood’ issued
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The federal government has issued a fresh warning to provincial irrigation authorities about a ‘very high flood’ that passed Head Marala in Punjab to hit Guddu barrage in...
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Over 200 Taliban killed in Kandahar
KABUL, Sept 3: A major Nato offensive killed more than 200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four Nato soldiers died in Sunday’s fighting, the organisation said....
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No deployment in Pakistan, says Canada
OTTAWA, Sept 3: Canada has no plans to deploy troops to Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor said, denying reports that he had suggested such a deployment....
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Pakistan, Turkey to project true image of Islam
ISTANBUL, Sept 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz called on Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan here on Sunday and the two leaders discussed bilateral issues, cooperation in different fields, including trade and ways to further cement ties between the two countries....
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Iraq, US talks deadlocked
BAGHDAD, Sept 3: Talks between the United States and Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq’s armed forces were deadlocked on Sunday, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanding more independence from the US military....
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Iran reaffirms support for Lebanon truce
TEHRAN, Sept 3: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reaffirmed support for a UN resolution on Lebanon and his determination to negotiate an end to Tehran’s nuclear standoff with the West....
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Iraq captures Al Qaeda deputy leader
BAGHDAD, Sept 3: Baghdad announced the arrest of Al Qaeda in Iraq’s deputy leader on Sunday, accusing him of masterminding an attack on a revered Shia shrine that triggered a brutal wave of sectarian killings....
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Qatar Airways to violate blockade
DOHA, Sept 3: Qatar Airways has decided to resume direct flights between Doha and Beirut “within the next 24 hours” despite the Israeli blockade on Lebanon, a company spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday....
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66pc want exiled leaders back
LAHORE, Sept 3: Two-thirds of Pakistanis want to see the exiled leadership back in the country while 50 per cent desire that General Pervez Musharraf should keep only one office, reveals findings of an opinion poll....
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Second wave of troops lands
BEIRUT, Sept 3: Italian marines and military vehicles landed in Lebanon on Sunday, the second wave of troops and equipment to arrive as part of an expanded UN force to police the fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah....
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US policies encourage terrorism: Khatami
WASHINGTON, Sept 3: While the US government says it is fighting terrorism, its policies are ‘arrogant’ and ‘war-mongering’, and only create more terrorism and violence, says former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami....
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Anti-govt fury in high pitch: NYT
NEW YORK, Sept 3: The last thing that Pakistan needs is an upsurge in violence and repression in Balochistan, as it would be a distraction from developing a chronically underachieving economy;...
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