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| October 31, 2006 | Tuesday | Shawwal 7, 1427 |
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82 die as missiles rain on Bajaur: Pakistan owns up to strike; locals blame US drones
KHAAR (Bajaur), Oct 30: Eighty-two people were killed, 12 teenagers among them, in an air strike at a religious seminary in Damadola in the Bajaur tribal region on Monday morning....
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Bajaur operation not under any pressure: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan on Monday emphatically dispelled the impression that the military operation in Bajaur agency was driven by any external pressure. “It has nothing to do with any influence or pressure....
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NWFP senior minister resigns
PESHAWAR, Oct 30: NWFP Senior Minister and provincial chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Sirajul Haq resigned from the provincial cabinet on Monday. “I have relinquished the cabinet post and asked Chief Minister Akram...
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MNA resigns in protest against air strike
PESHAWAR, Oct 30: Sahibzada Haroonur Rashid, MNA from Bajaur Agency, resigned from the National Assembly on Monday to protest against the bombing of a ‘madressah’ in his constituency, claiming 82 lives....
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Qazi calls for protests today against attack: US blamed for bombing seminary
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president and Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has condemned what he called the US bombing of a seminary in Bajaur Agency in which 80...
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Nudged by agencies, JWP falling apart
KARACHI, Oct 30: Disruptive interference of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and a deepening distrust between the surviving sons of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti are responsible for the slow unravelling of the Jamhoori Watan Party, it has emerged....
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Death-row Briton figures in Charles-Musharraf talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Prince of Wales Charles on Monday called on President Pervez Musharraf at Aiwan-i-Sadr and discussed regional and international issues of mutual concern and bilateral ties with him....
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Charles’s visit to Peshawar cancelled
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The British government cancelled a trip by Prince Charles to Peshawar scheduled for Tuesday amid fears of unrest following the air strike in Bajaur....
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‘Wapda fault caused ’92 tragedy’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Fourteen years after the country faced its worst man-made disaster, the Water and Power Development Authority has now admitted that its operational and engineering faults were behind the...
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Defiling of holy Quran offence against state: Only govts can file complaint: LHC
LAHORE, Oct 30: The Lahore High Court has held that the act of defiling the holy Quran is not an offence against an individual but against the state and complaints against...
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Caretaker govt in November, 2007: Afgan
MIANWALI, Oct 30: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi has said a caretaker government will be put in place in Nov 2007. Speaking at a press conference here...
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Minister, 7 advisers join Sindh cabinet
KARACHI, Oct 30: A minister and seven advisers were inducted into Sindh cabinet on Monday. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan administered oath to the new minister, Dr Irfan Gul Magsi,...
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Govt admits Rashid Rauf under detention
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The government for the first time on Monday admitted to having detained Rashid Rauf on suspicion of masterminding a plot to blow up US-bound trans-Atlantic airliners in London....
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Defence exports cross $200m mark: DEPO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Defence exports of Pakistan have crossed the $200 million mark as the country’s robust defence manufacturing industry continues to expand. This was disclosed by Major General Syed Absar...
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Dengue fever kits exempted from duty
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has exempted import of diagnostic kits and machines of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) from customs duty and sales tax....
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BD president to announce interim cabinet today
DHAKA, Oct 30: President and leader of a non-party caretaker government Prof Iajuddin Ahmed on Monday almost finalised the list of his interim cabinet to run the government for 90...
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Royal couple meet youths, launch business scheme
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met some Pakistani youths on Monday at the launch of the Prince’s Youth Business International (YBI) scheme for Pakistan where the...
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Hameed Haroon receives Italian award
KARACHI, Oct 30: Italian Ambassador Roberto Mazzotta has conferred the Italian Order of Merit award on Hameed Haroon, Chief Executive of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, for his outstanding contribution to “artistic, historical and cultural patrimony, besides his social awareness”....
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