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| December 21, 2006 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 29, 1427 |
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Country faces energy crisis: Another weekly holiday under study
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis and its oil consumption has gone up by about 80 per cent mainly due to law and order problem in Balochistan,... 
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Singh seeks peace treaty with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has again welcomed President General Pervez Musharraf''s ideas on Kashmir and told a public meeting in Amritsar he will strive to remove...
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Kasuri, Mottaki discuss IPI plan
TEHRAN, Dec 20: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri and his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, on Wednesday held talks on a clutch of issues, notably the $7 billion pipeline through Pakistan that...
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USC told to cut essential items prices by 10-12pc
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday announced that sugar, flour and grams would be sold at the utility stores at 10 to 12 per cent lower prices than those in the open market under an Eidul Azha package....
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SECP chief says KSE lacks storage capacity
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) on Wednesday said the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) had been unable to preserve the shares transaction data leading to the March 2005...
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London suspect not presented in court
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Rawalpindi Civil Lines police on Wednesday failed to present the London terror suspect, accused of being a key figure in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic...
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Aids awareness programme for troops planned ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: A UN agency has prepared a comprehensive HIV/Aids awareness programme to help Pakistan protect its troops, particularly those sent on peace-keeping missions abroad and an elite anti-narcotics force, from the deadly disease....
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IB official gets bail in explosive case
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The joint director of Intelligence Bureau, Zafarullah Khan, was granted interim pre-arrest bail by an additional district and sessions judge here on Wednesday....
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Govt told to explain handover of man to US
KARACHI, Dec 20: A local court asked the government on Wednesday to explain why a Pakistani citizen, suspected of having links with Al Qaeda, had been handed over to the United States, a lawyer said....
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14 injured in Quetta blast
QUETTA, Dec 20: Fourteen people were injured when a bomb went off at a cycle stand near the City police station on Wednesday. The device was planted on a cycle that...
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PAF fighter crashes
KARACHI, Dec 20: A Pakistan Air Force Mirage fighter jet crashed here on Wednesday, while the pilot ejected safely. The French-built jet came down in the uninhabited area of Mangho Pir,...
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Fresh Sir Creek survey to figure in talks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan and India are set to work out a mechanism for undertaking a fresh joint survey on Sir Creek, enabling the two countries to demarcate the maritime zone, during their two-day talks on the issue commencing on Friday....
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District-level disaster panels to be set up
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The government has decided to establish national disaster commissions (NDCs) at provincial and district levels meant for saving the country from natural and nuclear disasters....
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Mirwaiz rejects Ireland-like solution for Kashmir
LONDON, Dec 20: APHC leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has called upon the government and the opposition parties in Pakistan not to reduce the Kashmir issue into a domestic political football....
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1.5 tons of morphine seized
QUETTA, Dec 20: The Frontier Corps has seized about 1.5 tons of morphine hidden by suspected Afghan smugglers in Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday. The haul came after a tip that...
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GCC wants N-tech for civilian use: Bahrain
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Crown Prince of Bahrain Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa has said that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is interested in using nuclear technology purely for civilian purposes and is deadly against nuclear proliferation....
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US not winning in Iraq: Bush
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: President George W. Bush conceded for the first time on Wednesday that the United States was not winning the war in Iraq and called for an increase in...
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Blair urges alliance against Iran
DUBAI, Dec 20: Britain''s Tony Blair on Wednesday accused Iran of being an obstacle to peace in the Middle East and urged moderate countries in the region to form an alliance to oppose its support for extremism....
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Salaries on 26th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The federal government has decided to disburse the salary of its employees for December on Dec26 because of Eidul Azha, said a press release issued here on Wednesday.—APP...
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Afghanistan frees 10 Pakistanis
QUETTA, Dec 20: Afghan authorities released 10 Pakistanis, including five levies men, on Wednesday, a day after detaining them for crossing into Afghanistan by mistake. Qila Saifullah district administration sources said...
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