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| November 29, 2006 | Wednesday | Ziqa'ad 7, 1427 |
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Benazir, Nawaz feel time not ripe for resignation
LONDON, Nov 28: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the first in self-exile and the second facing a 10-year entry ban into Pakistan, are likely to take their chances and return home immediately after the election schedule is announced.... 
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Akhtar Mengal detained
QUETTA, Nov 28: Balochistan National Party (Mengal) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal has been detained in a farmhouse in Sakran, which has been declared a sub-jail....
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Sherpao defends Bajaur strike
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Denied a speech in the Senate, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao used a news conference on Tuesday to defend a deadly strike on a madressah in Bajaur...
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Quitting assembly seats will be suicidal: JUI-F leader
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: When the central shura of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) meets next week in Islamabad, it will discuss whether to stay with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal or chart its own course...
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Confusion over report about major dams
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Planning Commission on Tuesday stated that the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) had “conceptually cleared” eight projects including the Diamer-Bhasha, Kalabagh and Akhori dams....
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Sindh, Balochistan to get water from Guddu
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Tuesday decided to provide water releases to Sindh and Balochistan at the Guddu Barrage -- instead of Taunsa -- as it...
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Bypolls on NA-250, PA-71 postponed
KARACHI, Nov 28: The by-election on National Assembly NA-250 Karachi XII seat and Sindh Assembly PA-71 Dadu-I seat, which were scheduled for Dec 30, have been postponed....
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US rejects concerns over China’s N-ties with Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: The United States has rejected the suggestion that during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit China had agreed to help Pakistan develop nuclear weapons....
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Bush seeks more Nato troops for Afghanistan
RIGA, Nov 28: Nato leaders reported progress on Tuesday in freeing up more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, signalling that some nations had agreed to drop limits on their forces just before an alliance summit....
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US cannot beat Iraq insurgency: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: A US military report, published on Tuesday, warns that Al Qaeda is now fully entrenched in Iraq and acknowledges that American troops can no longer defeat the insurgency in Iraq....
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Pope calls for talks on ME conflict
ANKARA, Nov 28: Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for dialogue to end the conflict in the Middle East, saying it “weighs heavily on the whole of international life.”...
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Sanjay Dutt found guilty in arms case
MUMBAI, Nov 28: Designated Tada court on Tuesday found actor Sanjay Dutt guilty of possessing arms under the Arms Act. He could face a jail term....
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Checkpost attacked
QUETTA, Nov 28: Heavy exchange of fire between militants and security forces was reported from Nushki following an attack on a checkpost on the RCD highway on Tuesday night....
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Afghanistan: mobilisation of troops tough job for Nato
LONDON, Nov 28: Nato is finding it increasingly difficult to mobilise enough troops from member countries to effectively tackle the resurgent Taliban. This seemed to have led Nato leaders to look...
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UN building attacked in Kosovo
PRISTINA, Nov 28: United Nations police in Kosovo fired teargas on Tuesday to disperse ethnic Albanians who smashed the windows of parliament and stoned United Nations headquarters, angry at a delay to their demand for independence from Serbia....
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Journalists detained by Taliban back home
QUETTA, Nov 28: Pakistani journalists Saleem Shahzad and Qamar Yousufzai, who had been arrested by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday....
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Consultant to examine problem of telemetry system
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The federal government on Tuesday decided to appoint an international consultant to examine the problems being faced by the Rs400 million telemetry system that had been installed on a single-bid basis by the Wapda....
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Benazir pays tribute to journalist Badruddin
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Former Prime Minister and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday condoled the death of senior journalist S.G.M Badruddin. The veteran journalist died in Karachi last week at the age of 88....
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