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| December 07, 2006 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 15, 1427 |
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Benazir, Nawaz out of polls: Musharraf
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has warned his two chief political rivals against returning home for next year''s elections, telling an Indian TV channel tartly that Benazir Bhutto... 
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MMA in do-or-die talks
KARACHI, Dec 6: The political embrace of the Jamaat-i-Islami and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman) seemed to turn into a do-or-die duel when the latter made an unembarrassed announcement on Wednesday...
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‘Men court-martialled for assassination bid’: SC disposes of illegal detention case
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that a civilian arrested nearly three years ago for his involvement in the first organised attempt on the life of President...
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President intervenes to rescue PIA, PAC told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Defence Secretary Tariq Waseem Ghazi told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) here on Wednesday that President Gen Pervez Musharraf had stepped in to get PIA out of the financial crisis....
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Oil price likely to stay unchanged
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The prices of petroleum products are likely to remain at the current level for at least the current month to generate around Rs1.5...
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Flying start for OGDC at LSE
LONDON, Dec 6: Within five minutes of the commencement of trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Wednesday, the OGDC GDS price shot up by five per cent from $18.9...
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Musharraf pins hopes on Singh’s visit
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should try to make "some breakthrough if not a big breakthrough" when he makes his proposed visit to Pakistan next year....
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Joint team to probe Peshawar incident
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Wednesday said a joint investigation team was being set up by the federal and provincial governments to probe into the incident...
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Duty abolished on CNG buses, LPG import
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Wednesday abolished five per cent customs duty on import of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and zero rated sales tax on import of public transport, including CNG buses....
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Baloch tribes end coal dispute
QUETTA, Dec 6: The Luni and Marri tribes of Balochistan have signed an agreement for resuming coal mining activities in Chamalang. The agreement was signed by Sardar Asmatullah Luni and Mir...
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Woman, man beheaded
RIYADH, Dec 6: A Pakistani man and woman convicted of drug smuggling were beheaded on Wednesday in Jeddah, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Rafiq Miyassid and Abajan Mohammed Rafiq were caught...
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Water on Mars?
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: Images taken by Nasa’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft suggest the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface, a tantalising find for scientists wondering if the Red Planet ever has harboured life....
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Withdrawal of US troops in 15 months urged: Iraq Study Group presents report
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: The long-awaited Iraq Study Group report, delivered to President George Bush on Wednesday morning, urges the US administration to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the first quarter of 2008....
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10 US troops killed
BAGHDAD, Dec 6: Ten American soldiers were killed in four incidents in Iraq on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. “We can confirm 10 US soldiers have died in four separate events,” spokesman Lt Col Christopher Garver said....
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Hunger strike
QUETTA, Dec 6: The National Party has given a call for a token hunger strike in Quetta and other areas on Thursday in protest against President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the provincial capital....
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Kasuri leads delegation to Kabul today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri will be leading a seven-member delegation to Kabul on Thursday afternoon aboard a special aircraft. He will be accompanied by senior officials of the...
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Joint military exercises in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 6: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday witnessed the joint Pakistan-Saudi military exercise and said it reflected a close cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries....
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Opposition in Lebanon vows to step up protests
BEIRUT, Dec 6: Thousands of demonstrators, many camped out in a tent city in Beirut, staged a sixth day of protests on Wednesday as the opposition vowed to step up its campaign to topple Lebanon''s Western-backed government....
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