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| December 01, 2006 | Friday | Ziqa'ad 9, 1427 |
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Rs57.1bn projects approved by Ecnec: Five major dams to be built before 2016
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The President and the federal cabinet have decided that five major dams —Kalabagh, Akhori, Munda, Diamer-Bhasha and Kurram Tangi — will be completed before 2016 and all other... 
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MMA’s Gujrat march foiled; leaders held
LAHORE, Nov 30: The Punjab government on Thursday put more policemen in riot gear than the activists of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on the streets of the city to foil the plans...
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CII endorses women’s rights bill
RAWALPINDI, Nov 30: The Council of Islamic Ideology has supported the government’s move on the Protection of Women’s Rights Bill and termed it a step in the right direction....
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Qazi says 1,000 activists arrested
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who arrived here from Lahore on Wednesday, announced to observe countrywide protests against what he termed the Punjab government’s use of...
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Record after record
KARACHI, Nov 30: Record-breaking Pakistan batsman Mohammed Yousuf on Thursday said the best thing about his world record for the most Test runs in a calendar year is that his country will be mentioned whenever people talk about the new landmark....
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Kashmir situation improved: India
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil told parliament on Thursday that the security situation in Kashmir had improved, comments seen as a snub to opposition demands to take a hardline in the ongoing peace talks with Pakistan....
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India blame game unfortunate: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Islamabad has termed as ‘unfortunate’ the Indian blame-game despite the assurance by New Delhi at the foreign secretary-level talks early this month that in future it would not accuse Pakistan without any evidence....
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Charges filed in Mumbai blasts case
MUMBAI, Nov 30: Police in India filed charges on Thursday against 28 suspects over the Mumbai train blasts in July that killed 185 people, and alleged the attacks were linked to Pakistan’s spy agency and militant groups....
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SC orders arrest over forced marriages
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Balochistan police to arrest and produce former provincial minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran within a week for his alleged involvement in the...
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Probe into Rs20bn tax refund scam
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigations into a Rs20 billion tax refund scam in which some high-ups of the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) and M/s Bawan Shah Group of Companies are allegedly involved....
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BNP’s call for two-day strike
QUETTA, Nov 30: The Balochistan National Party has given a call for a strike in the province on Saturday and Sunday in protest against action taken by the government to sabotage...
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Security forces’ camp attacked
QUETTA, Nov 30: Unidentified militants fired rockets at a camp of security forces in Bakhtiarabad area of Sibi district, some 240 km east of here, on Thursday night....
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Bush vows speedier handover of security task to Iraq
AMMAN, Nov 30: President Bush said on Thursday the United States will speed a turnover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces but assured Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that Washington is not...
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Riots after Ambedkar statue vandalized
MUMBAI, Nov 30: At least three people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday as low-caste Hindus rioted in the western Indian state of Maharashtra over the vandalism of a statue of their leader, police said....
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Unesco says 6.5 million children out of school: Illiteracy on rise in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Experiencing a rise in its illiterate population, Pakistan ranks second among the countries of the world with highest number of out-of-school children....
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US offers $100m for education reforms
WASHINGTON, Nov 30: The United States has earmarked $100 million to assist education reforms in Pakistan in 2007, says a joint statement issued on Thursday....
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PBC orders re-election on Dec 18
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: A bitter tussle for the control of the Supreme Court Bar Association between two groups of lawyers ended on Thursday when the Pakistan Bar Council cancelled the Oct 31 SCBA elections and ordered re-election on Dec 18....
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Molly ‘will run away again’, says father
LONDON, Nov 30: A Scottish schoolgirl who sparked an international custody fight by running away to Pakistan and was mandated to return to her mother in Britain “will run away again”,...
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Russia calls for international moot on Iraq
MOSCOW, Nov 30: Russia on Thursday called for an international conference on Iraq, possibly organised by the United Nations, to examine the war-torn country''s economic, political and security problems....
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Seven Taliban suspects arrested
QUETTA, Nov 30: Police arrested seven suspected Taliban during a raid on a house in Pakhtunabad here on Thursday night. One of the suspects was injured in the raid....
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