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| December 19, 2006 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 27, 1427 |
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PM rules out petroleum price cut: Rs15bn loss to be recovered
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has ruled out any reduction in the prices of petroleum products in the country in near future.... 
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Policy on renewable energy launched: •Projects out of Nepra ambit •Investors offered incentives
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The government has formally launched the country’s first policy on renewable sources of energy and offered attractive incentives to investors willing to exploit this environment-friendly but largely unexplored sector especially for power generation....
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Writer Shaukat Siddiqui passes away
KARACHI, Dec 18: Shaukat Siddiqui, one of the greatest writers of Urdu fiction in the modern era, died at his residence of cardiac arrest on Monday....
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Munir elected SCBA president
LAHORE, Dec 18: Munir A. Malik of the Hamid Khan-Ashraf Wahla group on Monday returned as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association by a margin of 31 votes....
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Bush signs India N-deal
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: President George Bush signed the landmark US-India nuclear deal into law on Monday and declared that India and the United States were natural partners.The...
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No N-deal with Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: The United States has no plans to offer a nuclear deal to Pakistan as the agreement President Bush signed on Monday was `unique to India’, says a senior US diplomat....
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Musharraf says he saw men training for suicide attacks
MULTAN, Dec 18: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday reiterated that those killed in Bajaur were terrorists and those describing them as innocent were liars. Addressing a big gathering in Khanewal, President...
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Prisoners to be exchanged with India on 25th: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Foreign Office has said that reciprocal flexibility is required from both India and Pakistan to reach a final settlement of the Kashmir issue acceptable to the two countries, and, above all, to the Kashmiris....
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Govt amends rules to invigorate privatisation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The government has significantly amended rules to invigorate the privatisation of state enterprises and meet some of the concerns raised by the Supreme Court in its landmark ruling against the controversial sale of Pakistan Steel Mills....
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NWFP’s move for Eid on same day
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The NWFP government has decided that only the provincial Ruet-i-Hilal committee will be authorised to make announcements about the sighting of the Zilhaj moon....
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LSE penalised for selling shares illegally
LAHORE, Dec 18: The Lahore High Court on Monday penalised the Lahore Stock Exchange for selling illegally the shares valuing Rs400 million which an industrialist had pledged with the bourse for the purpose of trading....
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Bannu DIG, driver shot dead
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: DIG Police Bannu Abid Ali was shot dead, along with his driver, near here on Monday night. According to a security official, the DIG was on his way to Peshawar....
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Laloo cleared of corruption
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: India’s Railways Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has been cleared of amassing unaccounted assets while holding his former post as chief minister of Bihar, local media said....
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Bills payment through ATMs
KARACHI, Dec 18: The State Bank in consultation with banks and switch operators, has decided to offer the facility of utility bills payment across the ATM network in phases....
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Gaza truce goes up in smoke
GAZA CITY, Dec 18: Violence flared in Gaza on Monday despite a fragile truce between rival Palestinian factions, as president Mahmud Abbas, locked in a dangerous standoff with the ruling Hamas...
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Eight more Pakistani pilgrims die
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Eight more Pakistani pilgrims died during the last two days in Saudi Arabia raising the number of dead to 33....
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Pakistan, China end military exercises
RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: Pakistan and China on Monday pledged to continue cooperation in their fight against terrorism as troops from both countries concluded weeklong joint anti-terrorism manoeuvres named as Frindship-2006....
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BD polls now on Jan 22
DHAKA, Dec 18: The Election Commission of Bangladesh on Monday fixed Jan 22 as polling date, bringing the schedule forward by a day for a Hindu religious festival....
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