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| November 28, 2006 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 6, 1427 |
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No clearance for Kalabagh, two other dams: CDWP approves 23 projects
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The government has decided to defer three mega dam projects -- Kalabagh, Akhori and Diamer-Bhasha -- owing to opposition from smaller provinces.... 
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Senators reject govt’s Bajaur strike claim
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The opposition voiced an almost total disbelief in the government''s claim that its own forces had carried out a deadly missile strike on a Bajaur madressah last month, on the second day of a Senate debate on Monday....
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‘No bar on Benazir contesting polls’
LAHORE, Nov 27: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto can return to the country and contest the next elections, but there is a constitutional bar on her becoming prime minister, said Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday....
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Benazir meets Nawaz; resignation issue discussed
LONDON, Nov 27: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif established somewhat unexpected contact when they met over dinner on Monday evening to take up where they had left off since their last meeting in October....
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India’s response to ‘ideas’ on Siachen awaited: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan on Monday said it was waiting for India’s response to some suggestions that it had made for an agreement on the Siachen issue at the recent foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi.“We...
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Mukherjee to visit Pakistan in January
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, meeting over a private lunch here on Monday, decided to hold their formal review of the third round of composite...
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Resignation not the only option, says Fazl
DI KHAN, Nov 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will consider the opinion of other opposition parties before taking any decision on the issue of resigning from the assemblies.This...
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Women’s bill to be enforced at all costs: PM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the women’s rights protection bill will be enforced throughout the country at all costs. Talking to media personnel at the PM’s...
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WB presses govt for civil service reforms
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to undertake comprehensive civil service reforms for urgently improving the management of government organisations and public sector corporations....
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Exiled political leaders must return to Pakistan: Shahbaz
NEW YORK, Nov 27: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Shahbaz Sharif has said that all exiled political leaders must return to Pakistan to participate in next year’s general elections, defying threats of arrests and incarceration....
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Afghan war setback to affect Pakistan: Armitage
SINGAPORE, Nov 27: Afghanistan is a more immediately pressing issue than Iraq because of the potential of spill-over into neighbouring countries, former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Monday....
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Navy conducts exercise in Arabian Sea
KARACHI, Nov 27: The Pakistan Navy is conducting its biannual maritime exercise "Seaspark" 2006 in the North Arabian Sea. The prime objective of the exercise is to assess the navy’s operational...
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Nato commander calls on Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Nato Commander General David Richards called on Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao at his office here on Monday and discussed issues relating to cross-border terrorism and measures to counter them....
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39 dead as plane crashes in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov 27: An Iranian military plane crashed on takeoff at Tehran''s Mehrabad airport early Monday killing all 39 people on board, including 30 members of the Revolutionary Guards, police said....
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Dozens killed in Iraq; Talabani reaches Iran
BAGHDAD, Nov 27: A fresh outbreak of violence left dozens dead across Iraq on Monday as President Jalal Talabani finally reached Tehran and sought help to curb the bloodshed in his war-ravaged country....
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Suicide attack kills two Canadian soldiers
KANDAHAR, Nov 27: A Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a convoy of the NATO-led force near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday, killing two Canadian soldiers in the latest of a spate of such attacks....
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Three injured in Dera Bugti blast
QUETTA, Nov 27: A powerful landmine exploded in Dera Bugti late on Monday, seriously injuring three people, belonging to the Bugti tribe....
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‘US spy’ shot dead in S. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 27: Suspected pro-Taliban militants killed a cleric in a tribal area, accusing him of spying for US forces operating in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said on Monday....
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