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| September 08, 2006 | Friday | Sha'aban 14, 1427 |
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Govt defers debate on Hudood laws
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The government on Thursday deferred a planned debate on a women’s rights bill in the National Assembly possibly until next week, holding out a suspicious olive branch to... 
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PML asked to avoid hasty moves on bill
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: A group of lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League has asked the party to desist from an “indecent haste” in passing the protection of women’s rights bill....
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Sons want Bugti’s body exhumed
QUETTA, Sept 7: Sons of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti have called for exhuming the body of their father under the supervision of the international commission and setting up an international medical board in order to ascertain the ‘cause of death’....
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SC upholds BHC ruling on Mengal’s arms licences
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The federal government on Thursday lost a legal battle when the Supreme Court dismissed its appeal by upholding Balochistan High Court’s ruling over the rescinding of arms licences of Balochistan National Party leader Akhtar Mengal by the government....
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Decision on resignation before 17th: ARD leader
QUETTA, Sept 7: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy senior vice-president Nawabzada Mansoor Ali Khan has said the ARD will hold a meeting in Quetta before the APC public gathering on Sept 17 to take a final decision on resigning from assemblies....
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Altaf blasts opposition to Hudood law changes
KARACHI, Sept 7: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Thursday that a section of clerics was determined to keep women deprived of their rights....
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Dr Qadeer taken to hospital
KARACHI, Sept 7: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was taken to the Aga Khan University Hospital on Thursday night for treatment of prostate cancer. Escorted by government doctors and security personnel, Dr Khan entered the hospital premises at 9.10pm....
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Afghans urged to end blame game
KABUL, Sept 7: Islamabad and Kabul must stop playing blame games in the battle against the resurgent Taliban and work together to crush the group on both sides of the border, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday....
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ADB to give $3bn for water, power
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Asian Development Bank on Thursday agreed to provide about $3 billion to Pakistan’s water and power sectors, including big dams, over the next three to five years under the medium-term country assistance programme....
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PC denies $394m loss in PTCL deal
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Privatisation Commission (PC) has described as ridiculous the allegation that the sale of the PTCL cause the exchequer at a “loss of $394 million”....
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Pipeline in peril over price issue
SINGAPORE, Sept 7: India and Pakistan have two months to agree with Iran on a major natural gas pipeline or Tehran will earmark more of its reserves for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, a senior official said on Thursday....
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World powers say Tehran failed to meet demands
BERLIN, Sept 7: Iran has failed to meet a UN Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world powers concluded on Thursday — a decision which could pave the way to sanctions....
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Israel lifts aerial blockade
AL QUDS, Sept 7: Israel lifted its blockade of Lebanon’s international airport on Thursday but said it was keeping a naval blockade in place until an international force deployed off the coast....
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Iraq takes over army command
BAGHDAD, Sept 7: The United States on Thursday handed over formal command of the Iraqi army to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government, a significant step to withdrawal of about 150,000 US-led foreign troops....
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DSP killed in Loralai
QUETTA, Sept 7: A deputy superintendent of police and two alleged militants were killed and another police officer was seriously injured in an armed encounter in the Nasirabad area of Loralai on Thursday....
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‘Miss Bikini’ did not represent Pakistan, says official
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Authorities are investigating how a Pakistani-born American woman entered a ‘Miss Bikini’ pageant in China as a representative of the country. Houston-based Mariyah Moten, 22, took part in...
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AJK PM’s visit to US, Europe from Sunday
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 7: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan will leave on Sunday on a two-week visit to Belgium, the UK and the US. According to a notification issued here...
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Houses attacked
QUETTA, Sept 7: Hand grenades were hurled on two houses in different areas here, police said here on Thursday. According to police, some people threw a grenade into the house of Shakil in the New Nichari area on Thursday afternoon....
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