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| November 18, 2006 | Saturday | Shawwal 25, 1427 |
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Freed Mirza Tahir heads back home
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: A long, frustrating struggle of Mirza Tahir Hussain to prove his innocence in a murder case and win forgiveness of the deceased’s family after his conviction, ended after... 
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‘50 terror camps destroyed’
GWADAR, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that at least 60 terrorist camps have been raided and destroyed in Balochistan. Speaking to Balochistan nazims and notables on Friday, he...
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20 injured in Lahore bomb blast
LAHORE, Nov 17: At least 20 people were injured, four of them seriously, when a locally made 1kg explosive device planted in a dustbin at a bus stand on Ferozpur Road...
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Bomber dies in suicide attack
PESHAWAR, Nov 17: A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded two policemen when he targeted a police van here on Friday. “It was a suicide bombing,” said a senior police official....
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Indian N-deal clears final US Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: The US Senate overwhelmingly approved a deal to share American nuclear technology with India, steamrolling a meek opposition by 85 to 12 votes....
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Siachen can be solved in hours: India
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: The dispute over the Siachen Glacier between India and Pakistan could be solved in hours, not days, given the chance, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted as saying on Friday....
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MMA’s decision to resign final: Qazi
PESHAWAR, Nov 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s decision to resign from the National Assembly is final and not open to negotiations, according to president of the alliance Qazi Hussain Ahmad....
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MMA won’t resign: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said he is convinced that Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal legislators will not carry out their threat to resign from the National Assembly...
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Kasuri, Mukherjee to meet in Delhi this week
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri will meet his new Indian counterpart Paranab Mukherjee during his ‘private trip’ to New Delhi this week. The occasion will be a lunch...
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SC larger bench to take up bar case
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Supreme Court has constituted a larger bench to settle a legal battle between two powerful groups of lawyers over the prestigious post of president of the Supreme Court Bar Association....
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Bizenjo in Karachi
Quetta, Nov17: National Party’s secretary-general Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, who was reported missing after his arrest on Thursday, was taken to Karachi in police custody, party sources said....
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Veteran leader Mahmud Ali passes away
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Veteran Pakistan Movement leader and federal minister Mahmud Ali died on Friday in Lahore. He was 86. The octogenarian Bengali politician had remained committed to the cause of united Pakistan till the very last....
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Afghan food situation grim: UN
KABUL, Nov 17: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) renewed calls on Friday for urgent funds to buy food for millions of Afghans facing shortage this winter, with drought taking hold in some parts of the destitute country....
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UN passes resolution sponsored by Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17: The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, dealing with Social and humanitarian issues, on Thursday adopted by consensus a Pakistan-sponsored draft resolution on the Universal Realisation of the Right of Peoples to Self-determination....
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Iran seeks observer’s status in Saarc
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucheher Mottaki said here on Friday his country wanted to join the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation as an observer....
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Security increased for Chinese nationals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The government has increased the ‘invisible security’ for Chinese nationals working in the country after it received information from intelligence agencies that they can be targeted by terrorists...
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Rs20bn for mother, child health care
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Federal Health Minister Mohammad Naseer Khan has said that a five-year programme worth Rs20 billion has been approved by the prime minister for mother and child healthcare programme in the country....
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Snags delay PIA flights
KARACHI, Nov 17: Over 60 domestic and international flights of the Pakistan International Airline were delayed over the past 15 days due to technical snags. Sources told Dawn on Friday that...
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