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| October 06, 2006 | Friday | Ramazan 12, 1427 |
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Two live rockets found near presidency
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Senior security officials, who met in the interior ministry on Thursday to take stock of the situation after discovery of two live rockets near the presidency and parliament...
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Musharraf rejects Oxfam’s concern: $800m more needed for reconstruction
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: President Pervez Musharraf has lashed out at Oxfam for its statement that over 1.8 million survivors of last year’s devastating earthquake will spend another harsh winter in tents and makeshift homes....
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Siachen likely to be resolved during Singh’s visit: Mirwaiz
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: Pakistan and India may resolve the Siachen dispute during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Islamabad but there could be little progress on the Kashmir issue, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq....
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Baloch council contacts Dutch lawyers
QUETTA, Oct 5: Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Daud has said the supreme council formed by the grand Baloch tribal jirga has approached lawyers in the Netherlands for filing a case...
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Younis refuses to lead team
LAHORE, Oct 5: Batsman Mohammad Yousuf will lead Pakistan in the Champions Trophy after Younis Khan dramatically refused to captain the side, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday....
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7 policemen killed in Kashmir gunbattle
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Ten people, including seven policemen and two militants, were killed in a 26-hour gunbattle as security forces fought gunmen holed up in a hotel in the heart of the city, police said on Thursday....
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World Bank calls for reducing use of gas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The World Bank has criticised the government for creating over Rs23 billion circular public debts outside the federal budget as a result of erroneous oil pricing that include...
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Erra prepares winter contingency plan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has prepared a contingency plan to protect earthquake survivors during the upcoming harsh winter....
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Nato takes command across Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct 5: Nato assumed responsibility for security across the whole of insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Thursday when it took command in the east of the country from a US-led coalition force....
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Afzal’s case: Pakistan offers no comments
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan Foreign Office has so far remained silent on the question regarding the death sentence to Kashmiri citizen Mohammad Afzal Guru by an Indian court....
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Sentence of Gilani suspended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday suspended the jail sentence of former National Assembly speaker Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and ordered his release on bail....
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Afzal’s wife meets Kalam in bid to save husband
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: The wife of a Kashmiri Muslim militant sentenced to death for plotting a 2001 attack on the Indian parliament met President Abdul Kalam on Thursday in a bid to save her husband....
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Cleric, guards remanded in police custody: Illegal detention case
HARIPUR, Oct 5: A religious scholar and his six guards, arrested on the charge of illegally detaining over 100 people, including British nationals, have been remanded in police custody for five days....
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Negligence costs life of convict: Registrar’s office censured
LAHORE, Oct 5: The Lahore High Court on Thursday observed that negligence of the registrar’s office had cost a convict his life which might have been saved if a writ petition...
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India rejects Crocker’s remarks
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: The Indian foreign ministry on Thursday rejected remarks attributed to US Ambassador in Pakistan Ryan Crocker that New Delhi should not have made public claims it had evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the Mumbai blasts....
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Thai army to hold talks with Muslim groups
BANGKOK, Oct 5: The Thai army chief who staged last month’s coup said on Thursday he has agreed to hold the first talks with Muslim rebels since an insurgency erupted in...
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Indian airforce to get new planes, systems
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: India will acquire new aircraft, weapon systems and missiles from next year in a bid to boost the capabilities of its airforce, its chief said on Thursday....
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Draw for Haj today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Draw for Haj will be held on Friday at 3pm in the Ministry of Religious Affairs.—Online...
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