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| September 12, 2006 | Tuesday | Sha'aban 18, 1427 |
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Govt yields to MMA on Hudood laws: Fazl brought to capital aboard special helicopter
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The government on Monday succumbed to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s pressure for renegotiating the controversial Women’s Rights bill apparently because of the alliance’s threat to quit assemblies and provincial governments if the bill was passed without its consent.... 
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Redrafted bill to be tabled tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The government on Monday deferred a women’s rights bill in the National Assembly for the second time in five days in a climbdown before pressure from religious parties and promised to table an amended draft on Wednesday....
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Power supply to 15 districts hit: 4 pylons blown up in Balochistan
QUETTA, Sept 11: Power supply to 15 of the 29 districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, was disrupted after four pylons supporting two transmission lines in Mach were blown up on Sunday night....
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Holistic anti-terror strategy urged
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: On the fifth anniversary of terror attacks in the United States, Pakistan made an emphatic call for pursuing a comprehensive strategy globally to combat the scourge of terrorism....
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President arrives in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Sept 11: President Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Monday on a four-day visit during which he will interact with European leaders on international and regional issues and also speak at a forum on Kashmir....
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Quaid’s death anniversary observed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The nation observed the 58th death anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with reverence on Monday. The day dawned with special prayers in mosques for the Quaid’s soul and progress and prosperity of the country....
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‘No Muslim support for Al Qaeda worldview’
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: Muslims cannot allow terrorist groups like Al Qaeda to be their voice or to represent Islam to the rest of the world, says Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council American-Islamic Relations....
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Al Qaeda threatens to target Israel, Gulf
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: In a message released on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Al Qaeda warned the US, Israel and America’s Arab allies in the Gulf to brace themselves for future attacks....
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CFS limit raised to Rs55 billion
KARACHI, Sept 11: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has raised the Continuous Funding System (CFS) limit to Rs55 billion for Karachi Stock Exchange, from Rs25 billion effective from Oct...
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‘Investment in energy sector being encouraged’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the federal and provincial authorities to immediately take steps to enable private investors to set up hydel power projects on river Swat to meet growing needs for the fast economic growth....
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Focus on small gas fields for power generation ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The government has decided to conduct a feasibility study for power generation by putting together the reserves of small gas fields. The 65th meeting of the Private Power...
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Omar not sighted in Pakistan, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The Foreign Office has rubbished media reports that Mullah Omar had been ‘sighted’ somewhere in Quetta. Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said: “In this part of the world, these days...
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Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: An American woman who lost eight relatives in the 9/11 attacks has embraced Islam. Elizabeth, now Safia Al Kasaby, 43, lives in Tampa, Florida....
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Four drown in lake
DADU, Sept 11: Four people, who had gone to Sehwan Sharif for the Urs of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, drowned while swimming in the Sapna Lake near the town’s fort on Monday....
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Mine blast kills policeman in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: An Indian policeman was killed and his colleague hurt when Muslim rebels set off a landmine in occupied Kashmir, police said on Monday....
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‘No restriction on women’s prayer in Ka’aba’
RIYADH, Sept 11: Following widespread protests, a suggestion to restrict women from praying in the mataf of Ka’aba in Makkatul Mukarrama seems to have been shelved for now....
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10 die in Russian military copter crash
VLADIKAVKAZ (Russia), Sept 11: A Russian military helicopter crashed on Monday in the North Caucasus killing 10 people, air force press service chief Alexander Drobyshevsky told NTV television....
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Blast at Afghan governor’s funeral kills six
KANDAHAR, Sept 11: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of an assassinated Afghan politician on Monday, killing six people, as Nato said the Taliban death toll in a key offensive had passed 500....
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