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| October 19, 2006 | Thursday | Ramazan 25, 1427 |
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Appointment of 16 Punjab advisers declared illegal
LAHORE, Oct 18: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday declared the appointment of 16 Punjab government advisers illegal and barred them from holding their respective offices.... 
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India has put Islamabad on terror notice: Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: India on Wednesday signalled a tough stance towards the delayed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan next month with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that Islamabad was now on notice over terrorism....
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Is Mirani set to upstage Fahim
KARACHI, Oct 18: Railways Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, who earlier held the portfolio of information and was government’s spokesman, has said the ongoing ‘chatting’ between the government and Pakistan People’s Party...
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Open agenda for London meeting, says Fahim
LAHORE, Oct 18: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif are scheduled to meet in London on Thursday to discuss measures for the restoration of democracy....
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Tax on PoL products remains unchanged
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The government is collecting between Rs5.40 and Rs34 per litre taxes on all petroleum products in addition to causing other pricing disadvantages to the consumers contrary to its claims of extending subsidies on petroleum products....
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Drinking water target may not be achieved
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The government is unlikely to meet an ambitious target set under multi-billion ‘clean drinking water for all’ project to provide water purification plants at the union council level by the end of 2007....
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SC asks KBCA to serve notices on violators
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) to serve notices in a week on the owners of buildings constructed in Block 2 and...
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Court stays Lakhra power plant lease
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday stayed the lease of Lakhra power plant till Oct 31 and issued notices to the chairman of...
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Shoddy Ranikot repairs defacing heritage
RANIKOT (Dadu), Oct 18: Shoddy repair work being done in the name of restoration of Ranikot, one of the oldest and largest forts in the world, has jeopardised its placement on...
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World Bank lauds Pakistan’s poverty reduction efforts
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: Preliminary estimates released on Wednesday by the World Bank show that Pakistan’s poverty rate declined by 5 percentage points in the first half of this decade....
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‘Commander arrested in Kohlu’
QUETTA, Oct 18: Security forces on Wednesday arrested a commander of Marri militants along with his three associates after an exchange of fire in the Fazil Chal area of Kohlu....
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‘Nato monitoring tribal peace deal’
BRUSSELS, Oct 18: Nato expressed fresh concern on Wednesday about insurgents crossing into Afghanistan and warned that it was closely monitoring a Pakistani peace deal in a volatile border area to see if it has any effect....
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Kasuri likely to visit Kabul after Eid
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Afghan foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta is very keen that Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri visits Kabul soon and currently both sides are in the process of working out a date for the visit, according to sources....
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NHA offers out-of-court settlement to firm
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has offered an out-of-court settlement to the Turkish construction company, Bayinder, which is seeking international arbitration after its contract for the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) was cancelled in 1997....
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Iran issues warning over sanctions moves
TEHRAN, Oct 18: Iran warned the UN Security Council on Wednesday against imposing sanctions over its nuclear programme, saying such a move would “radicalise” the situation and affect its cooperation with the UN atomic agency....
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US army to court-martial four soldiers
CHICAGO, Oct 18: Four US soldiers face court-martial for the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family in a town near Baghdad on March 12, the US army said on Wednesday....
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Bank holidays
KARACHI, Oct 18: The State Bank of Pakistan and all offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation including the public debt offices will remain closed from Oct 23 to 25 on account of Eidul Fitr.—PPI...
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22 Indian fishermen held
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Wednesday arrested 22 Indian fishermen and impounded their four boats for illegally entering Pakistani territorial seawaters for fishing....
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