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| September 05, 2006 | Tuesday | Sha'aban 11, 1427 |
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Amended bill on women’s rights presented to NA: Protest walkout by MMA, PML-N
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The opposition was divided in two camps as the National Assembly received an amended version of a women’s rights bill on Monday amid noisy protests that are planned... 
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Arms supply to rebels cut off: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday told Baloch politicians and other leaders that the possibility of a foreign hand creating law and order problems in certain parts of Balochistan could not be ruled out....
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Army pullout continues
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 4: Army pulled out of several checkposts in the North Waziristan Agency on Monday ahead of the signing of the peace agreement between the local administration and militants....
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Pipeline blast disrupts supply to Sui plant
QUETTA, Sept 4: Gas supply was badly affected to the Sui plant on Monday when armed men blew up the main pipeline near Sui supplying gas from the gas field....
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Pakistan, Lebanon call for Mideast peace
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL, Sept 4: Pakistan and Lebanon have demanded of the international community to take serious steps for restoration of peace in the Middle East. The demand was made at a meeting...
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India trying to destabilise Pakistan: FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Foreign Office on Monday accused India of trying to destabilise Pakistan. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said that Afghan territory was being used for such activities....
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Two BNP-M legislators resign
QUETTA, Sept 4: The two members of Balochistan Provincial Assembly belonging to Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) tendered their resignations as legislators here on Monday....
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200 Punjab villages inundated
LAHORE, Sept 4: Spate in river Chenab and seasonal nullahs inundated nearly 200 villages in Sialkot, Gujranwala and Mandi Bahauddin districts on Monday. The flooding badly affected crops over hundreds of thousands of acres besides displacing a large population....
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Pakistan, US begin joint naval exercises
KARACHI, Sept 4: Pakistani and US naval forces began a series of exercises on Monday aimed at improving counter-terrorism capabilities, a Pakistani navy spokesman said. The exercises, named ‘Inspired Union’, will...
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Balochistan situation not to affect F-16 deal: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: Pakistan’s military action in Balochistan will not affect a $5 billion US deal for selling F-16 fighter jets to the country, the US state department said....
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Pakistan may sign N-power deal with China in November
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: Pakistan may sign a deal with China in November for acquiring six nuclear power plants with an installed capacity of 300 MW each, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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Police ordered to recover 42 abducted children
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Balochistan police chief to ensure the recovery of 42 children abducted from Quetta over the past three months and submit a...
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Qatar plane breaches Beirut blockade
BEIRUT, Sept 4: A Qatar Airways flight landed at Beirut international airport from Doha on Monday despite a continuing Israeli air and sea blockade of Lebanon....
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7 killed in vendetta
SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 4: Seven members of the Jehangir group were gunned down while two others were critically injured in an ambush allegedly by their rivals belonging to the Thatta Ali and...
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Dr Khan to undergo operation in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The government has allowed nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to undergo the prostate removal operation at the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi on Friday....
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Mass Kurdish graves found
KIRKUK, Sept 4: The remains of 80 people, believed to be Kurdish victims of Saddam Hussein’s regime, were unearthed in two mass graves near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, a Kurdish security official said....
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10 US, 2 UK troops killed in two days
BAGHDAD, Sept 4: Ten US and two British troops died in Iraq, most of them killed in guerilla attacks across the Country, the US military said on Monday....
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Israel to use full force against Syria: PM
JERUSALEM, Sept 4: Israel will use full military force in any armed confrontation with Syria, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned MPs on Monday. “In case of a confrontation with Syria, we...
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