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| December 27, 2006 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 05, 1427 |
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Afghan border to be fenced
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Pakistan has decided to put in place landmines and a fence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a ‘last resort’ to stop cross-border movement of terrorists, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday.... 
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Kabul describes step as insufficient
KABUL, Dec 26: Afghanistan on Tuesday reacted angrily to the decision by Pakistan to mine and fence the border between the two nations and demanded that it fight “terrorists in a real manner”....
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One killed in Peshawar airport blast
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: A powerful bomb ripped through a car parked opposite the main entrance of the Peshawar International Airport on Tuesday morning, killing one person and wounding two others, police said....
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Munir Niazi passes away
LAHORE/KARACHI, Dec 26: Renowned man of letters Munir Niazi, who composed unforgettable film songs like “Us Bewafa Ka Shehar Hey”, passed away after suffering cardiac arrest here on Tuesday night....
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260 die in Nigeria blast
LAGOS, Dec 26: A gasoline pipeline ruptured by thieves burst into flames on Tuesday as scavengers collected the fuel in a poor neighbourhood, killing at least 260 people in the latest oil-industry disaster to hit Africa''s biggest petroleum producer....
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No voting rights for ‘outsiders’: Balochistan proposal under study
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The federal government is considering a proposal not to give voting rights in Balochistan for 50 years to workers from other parts of the country in order to...
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Split in MMA over Bajaur by-election
KHAAR, Dec 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal suffered a major setback on Tuesday after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), a key component of the religious alliance, announced that it would take part in the by-election to the NA-44 constituency in Bajaur Agency....
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Back-channel talks held in Lahore, says paper
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Top representatives of Indian and Pakistani leaders met in Lahore last week to explore ways to push forward President Gen Pervez Musharraf''s new ideas on Kashmir and...
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Benazir, Shujaat meet in Dubai
KARACHI, Dec 26: Ms Benazir Bhutto and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met at a function in Dubai on Tuesday, according to sources in the two parties. The sources said the chiefs of...
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Shujaat met Benazir in Dubai, says Mushahid
ISLAMABAD Dec 26: PML’s Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain on Tuesday said Pakistan Muslim League’s president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who is in Dubai, had met leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians Benazir Bhutto...
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Warne creates cricket history
MELBOURNE, Dec 26: Shane Warne -- acclaimed by an Ashes record crowd -- created Test history by becoming the first bowler to claim 700 wickets as dispirited England collapsed on the...
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Court upholds Saddam sentence
BAGHDAD, Dec 26: Ousted Iraqi military dictator Saddam Hussein will be hanged within 30 days, an appeal court judge said on Tuesday, after confirming the former strongman’s sentence for crimes against humanity....
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130th birth anniversary of Quaid observed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The 130th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was celebrated on Monday with great enthusiasm and national spirit. Special prayers were offered in the mosques for the...
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Mengal sent to jail in hostage case
KARACHI, Dec 26: Balochistan National Party (Mengal) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal was on Tuesday sent to jail till Jan 5 by an anti-terrorism court in the army personnel hostage-taking case....
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Rs2 billion sanctioned for NWFP: minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has sanctioned Rs2 billion for industrial development in the NWFP over the next three years. So said Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special...
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Two Eids in NWFP likely
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The people in the NWFP and adjoining areas are likely to celebrate Eid on two different days as the local ulema here have decided to go against the...
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Releasing women on bail termed discriminatory
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: A petition filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenged the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2006 that was promulgated to facilitate the release of under-trial women prisoners on bail....
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170 children hospitalised in India
MUMBAI, Dec 26: Nearly 170 school children were hospitalised on Tuesday with suspected food poisoning after eating peppermint candies offered by a schoolmate celebrating his birthday in western India, police said....
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