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| October 17, 2006 | Tuesday | Ramazan 23, 1427 |
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Shoaib, Asif recalled after positive steroid tests
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Pakistan recalled fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy on Monday after they tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone....
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Autonomy bill before budget: Saifullah
LAHORE, Oct 16: Indicating that a number of subjects in the concurrent list of the Constitution would be transferred to provinces to enhance the quantum of autonomy, federal Minister for Inter-Provincial...
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Ministry criticised for fund embezzlement in missions
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday criticised the Foreign Affairs Ministry for failing to check the embezzlement of counsellor fee by officials of Pakistani missions in Paris, Birmingham, Manchester and Madrid....
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SC seeks list of MPs not allowed to vote
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to provide a list of parliamentarians who were not allowed to caste votes during the parliamentary proceedings or were prevented from participating in other business over the past decade....
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Wapda wants Rs50bn to offset shortfall
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is seeking arrangement of about Rs50 billion financing through banking sector to partially offset its cash shortfalls over the next four to five years....
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PML to win polls on its performance, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League could contest and win the 2007 election along with its coalition partners on the basis of its performance....
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Pakistan to abide by UN sanctions on N. Korea: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Pakistan on Monday held out an assurance that it would abide by sanctions imposed on North Korea by the UN Security Council but declared that its diplomatic ties with the country would remain in tact....
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103 killed in Sri Lanka suicide attack
COLOMBO, Oct 16: Sri Lanka suffered its worst suicide attack on Monday when Tiger rebels blew up an explosives-laden truck next to a convoy of sailors, killing at least 103 people and wounding 150 more, police said....
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Bush, Singh discuss Pakistan, Afghanistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 16: US President George W. Bush made a telephone call to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, and the two leaders discussed a range of issues that...
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Resumption of Indo-Pakistan talks in Nov
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries will meet in mid-November in New Delhi to resume peace talks between the two countries that were stalled after last July’s train bombings in Mumbai, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said on Monday....
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Chinese president due
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Pakistan in November, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said on Monday. He told journalists at an Iftar dinner at the foreign ministry...
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Ammonia leak
LAHORE, Oct 16: Five people were injured and over three dozen others fainted when an ammonia cylinder leaked in the city’s Kot Lakhpat area on Monday....
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Failed bomber trained in Pakistan, alleges Kabul
KABUL, Oct 16: Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has alleged that the man behind a foiled suicide bombing in Kabul on Monday had been trained in an area of Pakistan....
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Bush-backed panel for changes in Iraq policy
WASHINGTON, Oct 16: A commission backed by President George W. Bush that is exploring US options in Iraq intends to propose significant changes in the administration’s strategy by early next year, members say....
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8 prisoners held by US arrive
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Pakistan on Monday received eight prisoners released by the US authorities from the Gauntanamo Bay prison and the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) director Col Imran told Dawn....
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Amin Fahim to meet Nawaz Sharif today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Chairman and PPP President Makhdoom Amin Fahim will meet Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif in London on Tuesday (today)....
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Loopholes detected in framework: Drug regulatory authority
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: A consumer rights organisation has pointed out sever loopholes in the framework of the proposed Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) and has termed it an eyewash that will institutionalise...
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2 held in Delhi for ‘plotting attacks’
NEW DELHI, Oct 16: The Indian police on Monday arrested two suspected militants planning attacks in the capital around the biggest Hindu festival, Diwali, this weekend, an official said....
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