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| September 19, 2006 | Tuesday | Sha'aban 25, 1427 |
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Parliament prorogued abruptly: Women’s rights bill put on ice
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The government abruptly prorogued both houses of parliament on Monday, putting the women’s rights bill on ice in what seemed to be a dubious victory for conservatives opposing the proposed amendments.... 
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Senate reconvened on requisition
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The government on Monday prorogued the Senate and then reconvened it on Tuesday on a pending requisition of the combined opposition. It was learnt that the upper house...
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MQM chief blasts PML’s ‘secret talks’ with MMA KARACHI, Sept 18: The ruling coalition in the centre came under severe strain when Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday took the Pakistan Muslim League to task for holding...
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Federation in danger, say leaders
QUETTA, Sept 18: Leaders of opposition parties on Monday condemned the killing of former governor Nawab Akbar Bugti and cautioned that the government’s policy was dangerous for the stability of the...
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Musharraf to address UN today
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18: With Iran, Darfur, Middle East and the global war on terrorism dominating the international discourse, over 100 world leaders are coming to New York to address the UN General Assembly when it opens on Tuesday....
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Manmohan pleased with meeting
NEW DELHI, Sept 18: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that he was quite pleased with his Havana talks with President Gen Pervez Musharraf and described their previous meeting in New York as very tense....
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Women’s bill to be passed, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday reiterated the government’s commitment to pass the Protection of Women’s Rights bill and said that it was holding consultations with all stakeholders....
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Pipeline meeting this year: Kasuri
NEW YORK, Sept 18: Leaders of Pakistan, Iran and India will meet in Tehran later this year to firm up the gas pipeline project and resolve the pricing issue, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri told newsmen here on Sunday....
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Iran to execute four Pakistanis
TEHRAN, Sept 18: A local court in southeastern Iran has sentenced four Pakistanis and one Iranian man to death for drug trafficking, ISNA news agency reported on Monday....
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Somali president escapes bid on life
BAIDOA (Somalia), Sept 18: At least seven people were killed on Monday when two powerful blasts rocked Somalia’s parliament building in a suspected attempt to assassinate the country’s interim president....
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WB concerned over social security
SINGAPORE, Sept 18: Provision of social security nets in least developed countries and in emerging markets in volatile regions is an issue of permanent concern with the World Bank and is embedded...
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Jobs quota to be fixed on basis of ’98 census: IPCC holds first meeting
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Inter-provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) which held its first meeting here on Monday unanimously decided that jobs quota in the federal government would be fixed on the basis of 1998 census....
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Bomb plot suspect refuses to give evidence in court
LONDON, Sept 18: Britain’s biggest post 9/11 terrorism trial — an alleged plot to bomb targets including night clubs and shopping centres — was brought to a dramatic halt on Monday...
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Seven die in accident on highway
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 18: Seven people were killed and 15 others injured when a trailer rammed into a stationary wagon on the Indus Highway on Monday....
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11 killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sept 18: Eleven Muslims were found hacked to death allegedly by the Tamil Tiger rebels ob Monday. Police said the mangled bodies were found deep in eastern jungle territory of the country....
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Bomb blast in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Sept 18: An explosive device went off in a parking area adjacent to the West Cantonment police station on Monday. The device, placed under a car went off at 4:20pm damaging 25 vehicles....
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Five hurt in Quetta blast
QUETTA, Sept 18: Two FC personnel and three other people suffered injuries when a bomb exploded in Baldia Shopping Plaza on Monday. SSP Qazi Wahid said one person had been arrested in connection with the blast....
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62 die in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 18: Sixty-two people were killed around Iraq on Monday — 21 of them in a suicide attack on people waiting for their butane gas ration cards in the northern city of Tall Afar....
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