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| October 12, 2006 | Thursday | Ramazan 18, 1427 |
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Musharraf seeks moderates’ help: Fight against extremists
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday outlined what he called the future course of Pakistani politics, and asked the liberal and moderate sections of society to galvanise their... 
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North Korean test: US sees no Dr Khan link
WASHINGTON, Oct 11: The US has avoided linking North Korea’s nuclear test to the Khan network, pointing out that Dr A. Q. Khan has been ‘out of business’ since the discovery...
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Plane hits New York building
NEW YORK, Oct 11: Two persons were killed when a small aeroplane crashed into a 50-story residential building on Manhattan’s East Side on Wednesday, the New York City Fire Department told...
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US rules out attack on North Korea: Six-way talks stressed
WASHINGTON, Oct 11: US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that North Korea must be punished for its reported nuclear test, but ruled out the possibility of launching military strikes to do so....
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Tokyo slaps sanctions on Pyongyang
TOKYO, Oct 11: Japan on Wednesday approved fresh bilateral sanctions on North Korea including a complete ban on North Korean imports in response to its declared nuclear test....
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A ‘crude’ attempt to kill president: Blast in park, rockets in capital
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The rocket blast at the Ayub Park in Rawalpindi last week and the placement of four other 107mm rockets outside the Presidency and on a route that General...
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Shiv Sena diverts Lahore bus
NEW DELHI, Oct 11: Activists of the right-wing Hindu Shiv Sena in the Indian state of Punjab burnt the memoirs of President Gen Pervez Musharraf and blocked a key highway on Wednesday, forcing the Delhi-Lahore bus to be diverted....
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‘Pakistan to maintain minimum deterrence’
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11: Pakistan on Tuesday assured the international community that it “does want to enter into a strategic and conventional arms race, (in South Asia)” but declared “we will...
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‘Kashmir talks on with Singh’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday confirmed he was in contact with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Kashmir issue and underscored that their effort was aimed at making headway towards the resolution of the dispute....
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Indian court says president can’t grant pardon
NEW DELHI, Oct 11: India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday clipped the president’s power to pardon convicts on death row....
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Seven years and counting
ISLAMABAD: On this day seven years ago, General Pervez Musharraf presented himself as a “reluctant coup-maker”. He claimed he never intended to seize power, that circumstances forced his troops to overthrow an elected government....
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Balochistan’s federal job quota increased to 5pc
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Balochistan’s quota in federal jobs has been increased from 3.3 per cent to 5 per cent in accordance with the 1998 census....
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WB’s help sought in oil pricing
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Pakistan has asked the World Bank to help improve its oil pricing mechanism that has been under criticism for over six years because of its reported tilt towards oil industry....
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Demand for abolition of death penalty
KARACHI, Oct 11: The South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), under the chairmanship of Mr I.K. Gujral and Ms Asma Jahangir, notes with concern that the death penalty is still in...
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Island city’s impact on environment to be studied
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved in principle the development of Diamond Bar Island City off Port Qasim in 13 years at a cost of $43.135...
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10 die in accident
KOHAT, Oct 11: Ten people, including three women, were killed and 16 others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up and a truck on Indus Highway near Lachi town, 22km south of here, on Wednesday....
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US arms store bombed
BAGHDAD, Oct 11: At least six bombs exploded around Baghdad on Wednesday as the death toll from a brutal civil conflict continued to rise steeply and a top UN official warned that Iraq is spiralling out of control....
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Over 600,000 civilians killed in Iraq: study
NEW YORK, Oct 11: Over 600,000 civilians have died in violence in Iraq since its US invasion in 2003, according to a team of American and Iraqi public health researchers, reported the New York Times on Wednesday....
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