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| November 25, 2006 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 3, 1427 |
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Free trade accord with China signed: High-performance aircraft to be jointly produced
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan and China on Friday signed 18 agreements and memoranda of understanding, including a landmark free trade pact that could triple bilateral trade to $15 billion within five...
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Iran denies Dr Khan’s help in N-plan
TEHRAN, Nov 24: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has rubbished the idea often heard in Pakistan that his country had tried to bribe Islamabad to get access to sophisticated nuclear technology for producing bombs....
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Pakistan an indispensable partner, says Hu
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday declared Pakistan as an `indispensable partner’ for cooperation in the international arena and called for strengthening such collaboration to uphold common interests....
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Consultations under way for joint jirga
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Pakistan and Afghanistan are actively engaged in firming up ideas to hold jirgas to contain violence and bring stability to the volatile tribal region straddling their borders....
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Commotion in Senate ahead of Bajaur debate
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: A heated argument between a federal minister and an opposition senator raised the temperature in the upper house ahead of a debate on Bajaur and Dargai incidents on Friday....
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MMA sees new grouping on ‘ideological lines’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal believes that new political grouping may emerge on ideological lines after its lawmakers resign from the National Assembly....
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IAEA okays Chashma-2 accord
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday approved an agreement with Pakistan for application of safeguards on the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (Chasnupp-2)....
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Woman victimised by NAB collapses in courtroom
KARACHI, Nov 24: A middle-aged woman collapsed in a courtroom in the Sindh High Court on Friday afternoon and lay unconscious on the floor for over half an hour before being taken to hospital in a volunteer service ambulance....
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Arrest warrant for doctor in kidney theft case issued
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: The Peshawar High Court on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrant for a surgeon charged with depriving a child of a kidney....
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Campaign to eradicate polio falters
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan’s dream of becoming a polio-free country took yet another beating this year when the government confirmed 33 polio cases across the country as compared to last year’s 24....
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Afghan held with explosives
QUETTA, Nov 24: Police on Friday arrested a suspected Afghan terrorist while he was coming to Quetta and seized explosives and other material, DIG (operation) Ghulam Qadir Thebo told a press conference....
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Troops kill seven in Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 24: Afghan and foreign troops clashed with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing seven rebels in a battle involving war planes, mortars and gunfire, the US-led coalition said....
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Gunmen on rampage in Baghdad; dozens dead
BAGHDAD, Nov 24: Gunmen killed dozens of people and burned mosques in Baghdad on Friday and clashes broke out in a district where car bombs killed 202 people the previous day....
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Israel rejects Palestinian offer to halt rocket fire
GAZA CITY, Nov 24: A proposal by Palestinian factions to stop rocket attacks in exchange for an end to Israeli offensives in Gaza and the West Bank was rejected as inadequate by Israel on Friday....
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Hub Dam royalty issue to be resolved
QUETTA, Nov 24: The governments of Balochistan and Sindh have agreed to resolve the issues of Hub Dam water royalty and gas development surcharge through the inter-provincial coordination ministry....
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Attack on Gillani condemned
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan on Friday condemned the Nov 23 attack on Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Gillani and called for ensuring his safety....
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Ministry’s rejoinder
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: A spokesman for the ministry of water and power has termed the performance of the telemetry equipment provided by German firm Siemens ‘highly unsatisfactory’....
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Two sentenced to death
QUETTA, Nov 24: The Sibi anti-terrorism court judge, Mohammad Ismail Baloch, has awarded capital punishment to two men, Safir Khan and Akhtiyar Khan, for killing a levies man, Nabi Bakhsh and snatching his official weapon on Feb 27, 2002....
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