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| October 18, 2006 | Wednesday | Ramazan 24, 1427 |
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PML-N convinced PPP not in talks with govt
LAHORE, Oct 17: The PML-N’s ‘suspicions’ that the PPP was holding secret talks with the government to hammer out a deal stood removed when Makhdoom Amin Fahim met former prime minister... 
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Qazi calls for joint opposition movement
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Tuesday urged all opposition parties to get united and launch a joint struggle to oust the military-led government....
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Benazir and Nawaz can’t contest poll, says Durrani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that on legal grounds both Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto will not be able to contest the next general elections....
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UK troops leave Afghan area after deal: 44 Taliban killed
KABUL, Oct 17: British troops pulled out of a troubled southern Afghanistan district on Tuesday after reaching an agreement with tribal elders, while fighting killed 44 suspected Taliban militants across the country, officials said....
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LHC orders release of Hafiz Saeed
LAHORE, Oct 17: The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered the release of Jamaatud Daawa Pakistan chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. Hafiz Saeed was detained on Aug 28 by the Punjab government...
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Aziz stresses need for consensus on key issues
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has called for broad consensus on fundamental national issues and observed that internal dissensions lead to external vulnerabilities besides hindering economic progress and public welfare....
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Hu may sign N-power accord with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: China has agreed in principle to offer four to six nuclear power plants to Pakistan and the issue is expected to be finalised during President Hu Jintao’s visit to Islamabad next month....
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US team due for strategic talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The second round of broad-based Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue aimed at building a long-term sustainable partnership will begin in Islamabad on November 6, it is learnt....
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BJP blasts Kasuri’s remarks on Afzal’s sentence
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: India’s rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party accused Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Tuesday of interfering with the proposed execution of Kashmiri convict Mohammed Afzal Guru and asked New...
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Talks with India on Nov 14
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet in New Delhi on Nov 14 to review the third round of the composite dialogue and to prepare a roadmap for the next one....
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Bush signs stringent law on terror
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: President George W. Bush signed a law on Tuesday authorizing tough interrogation and prosecution of terrorism suspects....
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Islam transcends racial divisions: Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: US President George W. Bush used the annual White House Ramazan dinner for praising Islam as a religion ‘that brings hope and comfort’ for over a billion people....
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Gas sale to bulk consumers
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The government has planned to announce next month a new gas policy envisaging auction of new quantities becoming available instead of their allocations to the subsidised sectors and...
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Major reshuffle in top bureaucracy
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Economic Affairs Division Secretary Khalid Saeed has been appointed principal secretary to the prime minister in a top bureaucracy reshuffle prompted by premature retirement of the incumbent principal secretary, according to official sources....
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Olmert to raise Iran issue with Putin
MOSCOW, Oct 17: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the Jewish state was determined to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and that he would discuss the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday....
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UNSC gets four new members
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17: The UN General Assembly on Monday elected Belgium, Indonesia, Italy and South Africa to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2007....
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2 policemen killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Two policemen were killed and 14 people injured in separate attacks by suspected militants in held Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A policeman was shot dead by militants...
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Execution date set for UK national
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The execution date of British national Mirza Tahir Hussain, a murder convict, has been fixed for November 1. A sessions court judge has fixed the date of execution...
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