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| September 15, 2006 | Friday | Sha'aban 21, 1427 |
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MMA rejects ‘agreed’ draft: Impasse on Hudood bill persists
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: An impasse on the controversial women’s rights bill persisted on Thursday as the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal voiced its ‘reservations’ about an amended draft even after ruling Pakistan Muslim League chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said the matter had been settled.... 
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Manmohan carries Kashmir brief for Musharraf NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be carrying the support, and some key suggestions, of Kashmiri leaders when he meets President Gen....
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Pope’s views on Jihad regrettable, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The Foreign Office on Thursday deplored Pope Benedict’s remarks against Islam. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam in a statement regretted that a respected religious leader of his stature had made partisan remarks against Islam....
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ICG seeks end to military action
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: An influential think tank urged Pakistan on Thursday to stop military action against nationalist militants in Balochistan and open dialogue with political parties to resolve the issue....
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PM arrives in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, Sept 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit to represent the country at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s meeting, which will discuss cooperation in economy, telecommunications, transport, energy and other fields....
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MPs barred from Parliament House
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The main gates of the Parliament House were slammed shut in the face of about a dozen members of the combined opposition who were trying to arrange a...
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Minister assailed for assault on newsman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Members form both the ruling and opposition parties denounced Labour Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan in parliament on Thursday for allegedly ordering an overnight assault on a journalist by his security guards....
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International bidding for IPPs
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government has decided to give permission for setting up independent power projects (IPPs) based on gas, oil and dual fuel on the basis of international competitive bidding...
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Permission likely for Pearl film
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan may consider granting permission for the shooting of a film about slain US reporter Daniel Pearl, an official said on Thursday. Police last month detained crew members...
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New US diplomatic drive on Afghanistan: Musharraf, Karzai to meet Bush at Iftar
WASHINGTON, Sept 14: US President George W. Bush will launch a major diplomatic offensive to redress Afghanistan’s woes later this month when he will hold separate talks with the Afghan and...
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ME leaders see Iraq attack as disaster: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that many leaders he met in the Middle East during his recent visit believed that the US-led invasion of Iraq had brought disaster to the region....
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Official kidnapped in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 14: A government official was kidnapped in North Waziristan, officials said on Thursday, the first such incident in the troubled region after a peace deal was signed with pro-Taliban militants this month....
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Eight killed in Neelum Valley accident
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 14: At least eight people were killed and 30 others injured after a bus plunged about 200 feet down on the banks of River Neelum on Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday....
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‘Iran open to new conditions’
VIENNA, Sept 14: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran was open to ‘new conditions’ to resolve its nuclear dispute with western powers and believed talks could produce agreement....
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Town floats on filthy water: Of hurt pride and short supplies
HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Mohammad Tahir mops the fevered brow of his one year old and looks anxiously out of the stone lattice window of his bedroom....
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Border guards scuffle at Torkham
LANDI KOTAL, Sept 14: Border guards of Pakistan and Afghanistan scuffled at Torkham on Thursday, leading to suspension of all sorts of cross-border traffic for more than an hour, officials and witnesses said....
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FO rejects Afghan criticism
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan on Thursday dismissed as a ‘storm in a teacup’ Afghanistan’s criticism of remarks made by President Pervez Musharraf in Brussels that the Taliban were more dangerous than Al Qaeda....
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100 bodies found in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Sept 14: Police found the bodies of 32 more death squad victims scattered around Baghdad on Thursday, bringing the two-day total to 100, and a Sunni leader said the slayings could destroy the political process....
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