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| December 28, 2006 | Thursday | Zilhaj 06, 1427 |
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Taliban command structure in Fata ‘alarms’ US
WASHINGTON, Dec 27: The Taliban have established a command and control structure in the tribal areas and are using their “sanctuary” for regrouping, said a senior US official on Tuesday.... 
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Major reshuffle in police officialdom
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government on Wednesday made major changes in the country’s police departments, replacing inspectors-general of the Police in the NWFP, Punjab and Balochistan....
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Present assemblies to elect Musharraf: Elections in early 2008: minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem, said on Wednesday that the existing assemblies will complete their tenures and the next general elections will be held on Jan 15, 2008....
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PPP issues conditional threat of poll boycott
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has indicated that it may change its strategy and boycott the forthcoming general elections, if it gets information about government’s moves to rig the poll....
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Export of 0.5m tons wheat allowed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Wednesday allowed the export of 500,000 tons of wheat and reduced customs duty on a number of items pertaining to cement and manufacturing industries....
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Ex-factory sugar price cut
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government on Wednesday slashed the assessment value for the levy of 15 per cent general sales tax (GST) on sugar, causing a Rs4.03...
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Rashid Rauf to be tried under anti-terror law
LAHORE, Dec 27: Suspending the verdict of the anti-terrorism court No. 2 of Rawalpindi, a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered that the charges of terrorism...
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Munir Niazi laid to rest
LAHORE, Dec 27: Veteran literary figure Munir Niazi was laid to rest in the K-Block graveyard in Model Town on Wednesday. A large number of people attended his funeral prayers....
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Gerald Ford dies at 93
LOS ANGELES, Dec 27: Former president Gerald Ford, who sought to heal the United States after the trauma of the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office in 1974, died late Tuesday at the age of 93....
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3 children killed in Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec 27: Three Iraqi children were killed and eight wounded when they were blasted by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk on Tuesday, police said....
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Saddam ready for ‘sacrifice’
BAGHDAD, Dec 27: In a defiant open letter to the Iraqi people, released on Wednesday, Saddam Hussein said he would go to the gallows as a “sacrifice” and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies....
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Singh vows equality for Muslims, low castes
NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday pledged to help Muslims and low-caste Hindus who face discrimination in getting jobs and finding social acceptance and who also represent a major vote bank....
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Endangered species up for sale in Karachi
KARACHI, Dec 27: A number of endangered bird species are up for sale in the pet shops of Empress Market, a survey has revealed. Hatchlings of green turtles can be bought for Rs800 a pair....
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Awami League threatens to boycott polls
DHAKA, Dec 27: The former military dictator and chairman of his own faction of the Jatiya Party (JP), Hussain Mohammad Ershad, has been disqualified from contesting the forthcoming elections by retuning...
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Blasts rock Balochistan
QUETTA, Dec 27: A bomb blast on Wednesday morning damaged a bridge on the RCD highway near Tarkhali area, some 25 km of Wadh township. Traffic between Wadh and Karachi remained suspended for some time following the explosion....
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Civilian, soldier killed in Kashmir gun battle
SRINAGAR, Dec 27: An Indian soldier and a civilian were killed in a gun battle between suspected rebels and government forces in held Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday....
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PM approves parliamentary year’s schedule
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday formally approved the National Assembly’s schedule for the fifth and last parliamentary year and sent the schedule of National Assembly sessions listed...
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Two traffickers arrested
MURREE, Dec 27: The local police claimed that they have arrested two members of a gang involved in narcotics smuggling and seized 272 kilograms of hashish and 3kilograms of heroin from a car at Jheka Gali on Tuesday night....
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