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| October 05, 2006 | Thursday | Ramazan 11, 1427 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
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Explosion in ’Pindi park causes panic
RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: A major blast in the city’s biggest public park, in close proximity to President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s official residence, sent a wave of panic and fear across the country on Wednesday night....
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Corrupt officials fleecing quake survivors: Oxfam
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: About 1.8 million survivors of last year’s earthquake will be forced to spend another difficult winter in transitional shelters because of patchy progress of recovery and slow construction...
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Chance to test anti-terror mechanism, says Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that his Havana agreement with President Gen Pervez Musharraf offered a chance to both countries to test a potentially...
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India fears it is losing edge over Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: India’s senior security officials met here on Wednesday to consider a range of urgent issues including a nagging fear of losing Delhi’s traditional military edge over Pakistan, sources said....
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No need for grand alliance: Fahim
LAHORE, Oct 4: People’s Party Parliamentarians leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim has opposed formation of a grand opposition alliance comprising the ARD, MMA and PONM, saying there is no need for such a coalition....
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PM meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz met President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and discussed with him “important national matters” besides reviewing the geopolitical environment in the region....
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90pc quake survivors out of tents, says PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is determined to convert the adversity of last year’s quake into opportunity and the government is taking necessary measures for early reconstruction of the affected areas....
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CBMs losing their usefulness: Mirwaiz
WASHINGTON, Oct 4: The confidence building measures taken to ease tensions over the Kashmir dispute are rapidly losing their usefulness, warns Mirwaiz Umar Farooq....
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Erra urged to ensure transparency
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The United Kingdom has called for speeding up infrastructure development in quake-hit parts of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, introducing a disaster risk reduction system in Pakistan and...
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Committee to investigate irregularities in oil pricing
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The standing committee of the National Assembly on petroleum and natural resources and has registered its reservations and constituted a sub-committee to investigate the irregularities in fixing oil prices....
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N. Korea urged to exercise restraint
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed ‘deep concern’ over North Korea’s announcement that it would conduct a nuclear test and urged its government to exercise restraint....
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China wants Korea to exercise restraint
BEIJING, Oct 4: China on Wednesday appealed to North Korea for calm and restraint but avoided criticism after its ally’s announcement of plans for a nuclear test threw up a new diplomatic challenge for Beijing....
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Britons among 113 freed from cleric’s ‘jail’
HARIPUR, Oct 4: Raiding a private jail run by a cleric in a village near here, police have freed 113 people, seven of them British nationals of Pakistani origin....
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Iran opens N-sites for tourists
TEHRAN, Oct 4: Tourists visiting Iran might be able to add an unusual stop-off on their itinerary — a trip to one of the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites at the centre of a standoff with the international community....
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Kalam to meet Afzal’s family today
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: India President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will meet on Thursday the family members of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who faces execution for the 2001 attack on the Parliament House....
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AJK PM asks IHK govt help save Guru’s life
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan said on Wednesday he had made a rare appeal to the Indian-held Kashmir government to help save the...
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Pakistan among most polluted countries
THE HAGUE, Oct 4: Pakistan is among those countries where oil pollution is recorded at severe levels, says a United Nations released here on Wednesday. The other port countries facing the same problem include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Nigeria....
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One killed in Tank
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 4: Unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying two members of the tribal Khasadar force in Tank, a town near South Waziristan...
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India ranked worst in bribery survey
BRUSSELS, Oct 4: Anti-corruption advocates on Wednesday ranked India as the most corrupt country in the Bribe Payers Index (BPI) of the year 2006....
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Quintuplets born in Karachi hospital
KARACHI, Oct 4: A woman gave birth to quintuplets, three boys and two girls, in a private hospital in the city’s Kharadar area on Wednesday....
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Hijacked plane passengers in Istanbul
ISTANBUL, Oct 4: The passengers of a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane that was hijacked to Italy were flown to Istanbul on Wednesday morning after the standoff ended peacefully....
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Security beefed up at Indian airports
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Security has been stepped up at a string of major Indian airports after warnings that a flight to or from Nepal could be hijacked, a security official said on Wednesday....
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