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| December 05, 2006 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 13, 1427 |
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Widespread rain claims 17 lives
KARACHI, Dec 4: At least 17 people died in rain-related accidents as driving rains with thunder and lightning and a snowstorm struck many parts in the four provinces of the country...
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Harsh weather imperils food supplies to quake survivors
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 4: Harsh winter weather is threatening to cut off more than 300,000 earthquake survivors in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir from critical food supplies while heavy rains, causing contamination...
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Independent Kashmir opposed
NEW DELHI, Dec 4: President Pervez Musharraf has said that he is against independence for Kashmir, but both Pakistan and India will have to compromise over the disputed territory....
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Waziristan-type deal needed by Kabul: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Pakistan hopes that the Afghan government would see merit in the North Waziristan peace deal and pursue a similar strategy to address the volatile situation in Afghanistan....
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Shujaat asks MQM to call off protest
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has expressed satisfaction on the passage of women’s rights bill by parliament and accused the MMA leadership of misleading the people on the issue....
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Govt’s Balochistan policy criticised
LONDON, Dec 4: The Pakistan Army, especially its leadership, came under severe attack here on Monday as a couple of UK- based Baloch leaders and their sympathisers led by US regional...
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MQM team in Delhi, holds talks with Pranab
NEW DELHI, Dec 4: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement parliamentary delegation arrived here on Monday seeking "to reinforce the irreversible peace process" between India and Pakistan....
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100 found guilty in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
MUMBAI, Dec 4: A special court on Monday ended India''s largest terrorism case by finding 100 people guilty out of 123 accused in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case after a decade of trials, the chief prosecutor said....
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Revival of KCR approved
KARACHI, Dec 4: A meeting chaired by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Monday approved revival of the Karachi Circular Railway. Railways Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman and Karachi Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal attended the meeting....
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9 children ‘abducted, freed’
KARACHI, Dec 4: An incident of purported kidnapping of nine children on Monday took a mysterious turn after the Edhi Foundation and the police made conflicting claims....
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Sites for 480MW plants selected
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Wapda has identified 316 new sites on canal falls for generating an additional 480MW of electricity to tackle the growing power shortfalls across the country....
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No Taliban office in Pakistan: Sherpao: Computerised arms licences launched
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The government has rejected a recent report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) about the Taliban having established their headquarters in Quetta. "Taliban have not established any office...
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Afgan slams Shujaat’s talks with ulema
ISLAMABAD/HYDERABAD: Dec 4: Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, has termed Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s talks with ulema on the Women’s Protection Act illogical, saying that the PML’s politics was beyond his comprehension....
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‘US needs Pakistan strategy’
WASHINGTON, Dec 4: Pakistan needs to abandon the search for ‘strategic depth’ in Afghanistan and instead focus on the economic revival of the South Asian region, writes Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria....
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$1.1bn US training for Afghan police termed failure
NEW YORK, Dec 4: A joint report by the Pentagon and the State Department has found that the American-trained police force for Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine law-enforcement work....
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Pakistan committed to fighting Aids: PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said Pakistan was committed to fighting Aids, and it was taking preventive/curative steps and using media to create awareness among the general public to eradicate this disease....
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Soldier hurt by landmine in Kohlu
QUETTA, Dec 4: A soldier was injured seriously in a landmine blast in Kahan area of the Kohlu district on Monday. He was identified as Abdul Waheed....
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Rains to continue
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The Meteorological Department on Monday said that the strong westerly weather system which was producing widespread rains in most parts of the country and moderate snow over the...
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