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| December 06, 2006 | Wednesday | Ziqa'ad 14, 1427 |
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Musharraf’s four-stage Kashmir peace plan: We can make borders irrelevant: India
NEW DELHI, Dec 5: President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated his willingness to withdraw the Kashmir dispute from the UN Security Council if talks with India over the dispute show tangible progress.... 
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Shoaib, Asif win appeal against ban
KARACHI, Dec 5: Fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif on Tuesday won their appeals against doping bans, paving the way for their return to international cricket....
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‘Laws to curb anti-women practices soon’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: President Pervez Musharraf announced on Tuesday that legislations in six more areas have been planned to help remove social injustices against women....
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Frontier CM accuses IB of bomb attack bid
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: NWFP Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani has accused a man belonging to a federal intelligence agency of planting explosives outside his offices in Peshawar on Tuesday and...
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MQM holds rallies against Ulema-PML talks
KARACHI, Dec 5: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday brought its differences with the Pakistan Muslim League on the street and its founder severely criticised the president of the main party...
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Most JUI-F members against resignation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Majlis-i-Shoora of JUI(F) concluded its meeting here on Tuesday after discussing in detail whether to act on MMA Supreme Council’s decision to resign from the National Assembly....
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Imran meets Nawaz with Qazi’s message
LONDON, Dec 5: Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan called on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif here at the latter’s international secretariat on Tuesday amidst speculations that the former had brought a message from MMA President Qazi Hussain Ahmed for the PML(N) chief....
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Musharraf’s stand on Kashmir criticized
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: Muslim separatists in Indian Kashmir said on Tuesday that they were dismayed at an interview by Pakistan''s President Gen Pervez Musharraf in which he said independence for the...
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Balochistan rain leaves seven dead
QUETTA, Dec 5: At least seven people were killed in rain-related incidents in Balochistan on Tuesday, while traffic on the RCD and Coastal highways could not be restored....
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‘CAA to complete crash probe soon’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will complete in a few days an inquiry into the July-10 crash of a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane, which slammed into a wheat field near Multan, killing all 45 people on board....
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Afghanistan border area of concern: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: The White House has said that the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is “an area of concern”, which needs to be addressed....
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Afghanistan urged to accept Durand Line
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: The US and its key allies should urge Afghanistan to recognise the Durand Line of 1893 as the border with Pakistan, say two prominent US scholars....
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BNP-M strike call for 7th
QUETTA, Dec 5: The Balochistan National Party (M) has given a call for a strike in the province on Dec 7 to protest against President Musharraf’s Quetta visit....
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Gang-rape victim fears for life
HYDERABAD, Dec 5: A gang-rape victim, Nadira Parveen, deposing before district and sessions judge Zafar Ahmad Sherwani on Tuesday, said she feared for her life as ‘I am being chased by henchmen of my tormentors.’...
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Pakistani faces charge of aiding Sikh militants
NEW YORK, Dec 5: Federal prosecutors said on Monday that a Pakistani living in New York wired money and tried to send foot soldiers to a Sikh militant organisation aimed at...
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Taliban repel UK assault
GARMSER (Afghanistan), Dec 5: British Marines attacked a Taliban-held valley in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday but withdrew after a ferocious counterattack that withstood air strikes and artillery fire, witnesses said....
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US seeks early Iran sanctions
PARIS, Dec 5: The United States urged Russia and China on Tuesday to agree quickly on a sanctions plan against Tehran and its nuclear programme as officials from six world powers met to seek a breakthrough at talks in Paris....
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Gunman fires on US embassy in Yemen
SANAA, Dec 5: A gunman fired on the US embassy in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday before being overpowered by police in the latest attack against western interests in the impoverished Arab nation....
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