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| November 24, 2006 | Friday | Ziqa'ad 2, 1427 |
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Senate passes women’s bill; MMA amendments rejected
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Foes became friends for a while once again on Thursday as the Senate passed a key women’s rights bill in the face of protests by hardline religious parties and their threat to resign from the National Assembly.... 
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Pakistan, China vow to expand strategic ties
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and President Hu Jintao have pledged to build on the robust and time-tested Pakistan-China friendship and expand the strategic partnership....
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157 killed in Baghdad car bombings
BAGHDAD, Nov 23: Six car bombs killed 157 people in a Shia stronghold on Thursday in the bloodiest attack in Baghdad since the US invasion and the authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on a city fearful of a sectarian civil war....
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Heavy fighting in Kohlu areas
QUETTA, Nov 23: Reports of heavy fighting between security forces and militants were received from Karmo Wadh and Tartani areas of the troubled Kohlu district on Thursday....
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Hu arrives to warm welcome
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived here on Thursday evening to a warm, vibrant and colourful welcome on his first visit to Pakistan heralding a new era in bilateral relations....
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Veteran journalist Budruddin dead
KARACHI, Nov 23: Veteran journalist and icon of economic journalism S.G.M. Budruddin died here on Thursday. He was 88....
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Shujaat asks MMA to review decision
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has asked the MMA to review its decision to resign from assemblies for continuity of democratic system....
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Proposal to equalise fuel prices shelved
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The government has shelved a proposal to equalise prices of all competing fuels that would have increased manifold the rates of compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other household fuels....
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‘Privatisation funds being used for current expenditures’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was informed here on Thursday that the Privatisation Commission kept privatisation proceeds in a separate account, other than the federal consolidated fund or...
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ADB wants its rules followed in water plans
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Asian Development Bank has asked the government to prepare the ADB-financed water projects in line with its `water policy’ to ensure timely disbursement of funds for building dams in the country....
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Indian parliament paralysed in Afzal hanging row
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: The stalled hanging of Kashmiri convict Mohammad Afzal Guru paralysed both houses of the Indian parliament on Thursday after slogan-chanting BJP-Shiv Sena members disrupted the proceedings for much of the day....
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Three killed in Kashmir
JAMMU, Nov 23: Police killed three suspected militants during a shootout in occupied Kashmir on Thursday, a senior officer said....
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Outgoing envoy calls on Indian vice-president
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Pakistan''s outgoing High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmad Khan on Thursday made a farewell call on the vice-president and chairman of the Rajya Sabha Bhairon Singh Shekhawat....
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Man jailed for marrying 12-year-old girl
LAHORE, Nov 23: A local court has sentenced a man to 15 years’ imprisonment for luring an under-age girl into marriage....
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64-year-old woman bomber attacks Israeli troops
JEBALIYA (Gaza Strip), Nov 23: A 64-year-old Palestinian grandmother blew herself up near Israeli troops sweeping through northern Gaza on Thursday, accenting a day of clashes and rocket fire that threaten to derail fragile efforts for a cease-fire....
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Nato soldier dies in Afghan rocket attack
KABUL, Nov 23: A Nato soldier was killed and another wounded in a rocket attack in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said....
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UK man behind bars for abusing Muslim woman
LONDON, Nov 23: A British court jailed a man for 15 months on Thursday for spitting at and insulting a white Muslim woman as she returned from a memorial service for victims of last year’s London attacks....
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HRCP awards for human rights
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has decided to give a human rights award to Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani for his contributions to the cause of human rights in Pakistan....
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