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| November 20, 2006 | Monday | Shawwal 27, 1427 |
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Accord to set up anti-terror group with UK: Taliban an Afghan issue: Musharraf
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Sunday agreed to strengthen cooperation to fight terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal immigration and trans-national organised crime through a joint working group....
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Plea for greater access to UK market: Development plan for Kabul sought
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday asked British Prime Minister Tony Blair to give Pakistan greater market access to the United Kingdom and advocated a Marshall Plan-like development programme for Afghanistan backed by the international community....
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Shujaat ready for talks with MMA leaders
LAHORE, Nov 19: PML President Shujaat Hussain on Sunday announced the establishment of a coordination group in parliament which, he said, would include ulema and MMA leaders, to point out anything un-Islamic in the recently-adopted Protection of Women’s Rights Bill....
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Benazir plans to return together with Nawaz
NEW YORK, Nov I9: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said she and the PML (N) leader Nawaz Sharif plan to return to Pakistan together to participate in the next general...
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PIA loses Rs60m in spares sale deal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suffered a loss of about Rs60 million in a shadowy deal to sell off its spares inventory under a consignment arrangement, which seems...
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World Bank calls for new power tariff structure
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to announce without further delay separate electricity tariffs for different power distribution companies and introduce other system improvement measures to reverse a...
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Delhi tests N-missile
BHUBANESWAR (India), Nov 19: India on Sunday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a test range in the eastern state of Orissa, defence sources said....
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India vows to keep workers in Afghanistan
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that New Delhi would not be deterred by Afghanistan''s Taliban militants who want Indian workers to leave the country....
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Arms expo in Karachi
KARACHI, Nov 19: The fourth exhibition of Pakistani and foreign military hardware — Ideas 2006 “Arms for Peace” — will be inaugurated on Monday at the Expo Centre....
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Cleric killed for ‘spying’
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 19: A cleric was killed on suspicion of spying for the United States and his body was found near Razmak in North Waziristan on Sunday....
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Arrests of Pakistanis in US criticised
NEW YORK, Nov 19: Pakistani community and religious leaders based in Brooklyn (New York) on Saturday protested arrests of scores of Pakistanis in immigration raids since last Wednesday claiming that many...
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Muslim student acquitted in US
NEW YORK, Nov 19: A Muslim man who was linked to two of the Sept 11 hijackers was acquitted of all counts in his perjury case on Friday, ending a legal...
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22 Indian fishermen held
KARACHI, Nov 19: Pakistani coast guards arrested 22 Indian fishermen and seized three boats in the Arabian Sea, officials said on Sunday....
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Rajapakse rules out Lanka’s partition
COLOMBO, Nov 19: Mahinda Rajapakse, who on Sunday completed one year in office as the fifth executive president of Sri Lanka, reiterated his stand that he would not allow the partition of the country as sought by the Tamil Tiger rebels....
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Human shield foils Israeli air raid
GAZA CITY, Nov 19: Israel''s air force cancelled a planned raid on the home of a Gaza militant on Sunday after hundreds of Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the building, an Israeli military spokesman and witnesses said....
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Iraq minister kidnapped
BAGHDAD, Nov 19: Guerillas in camouflage uniforms kidnapped Iraq''s deputy health minister from his home on Sunday, a day after another prominent Shia politician was shot dead amid brewing sectarian strife....
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Repatriation treaty to be signed with Britain
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have agreed to sign a treaty on repatriating their nationals serving prison terms to complete the terms in their home countries....
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Tribals warned against sheltering foreigners
SHAKAI, Nov 19: A jirga in Shakai on Sunday warned people against providing shelter to foreigners, saying they would face dire consequences of they sheltered foreigners....
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