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| January 04, 2007 | Thursday | Zilhaj 13, 1427 |
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Border mining, fencing to go ahead: Aziz
KARACHI, Jan 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday declared that Pakistan would go ahead with its plan of fencing and mining parts of its border with Afghanistan to check any cross-border movement of extremists.... 
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LPG prices go up by 6pc
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Wednesday fixed the maximum base stock price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at Rs29,784 per ton, up by six per...
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Aziz, Karzai to discuss all aspects of ties: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would review all aspects of Pakistan-Afghan bilateral relations during talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office said on Wednesday....
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Omar threatens to intensify war: Talks with Karzai govt ruled out
PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Reclusive Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar has said he will never hold negotiations with the US-backed Karzai government in Afghanistan and warned that “the war” will be escalated...
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Light sulphur oil import allowed for electricity
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The government has lifted the ban on the import of light sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) to meet rising electricity shortfall that is expected to pick up in the...
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N-sites lists swapped
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities covered under an agreement, the Indian foreign ministry said....
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PPP-govt talks in final stage: Afgan
CHAKWAL, Jan 3: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan has said that dialogue between the Pakistan People’s Party and the government has entered a decisive stage....
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Pipeline blown up; 24 held in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Jan 3: Gas supply to the Sui plant from the field was affected as unknown people blew up a pipeline on Monday, while security forces arrested 24 suspected militants from Pir Koh area in Dera Bugti district on Wednesday....
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Maliki orders inquiry into Saddam video
BAGHDAD, Jan 3: The Iraqi prime minister on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the conduct of Saddam Hussein’s execution in a bid to learn who taunted the former Iraqi leader in...
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US tried to delay execution
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: The United States had asked the Iraqi government to postpone Saddam Hussein’s execution for 15 days to allow another court, hearing genocide charges against him, to complete its proceedings but the request was ignored, officials said....
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Plane crash: survivors reports irk families
POLEWALI, Jan 3: Indonesian rescue teams mounted a massive air, land and sea search on Wednesday for a missing airliner as anguished families and the media slammed authorities over false reports of survivors....
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Flight delays cause mess at Lahore airport
LAHORE, Jan 3: The postponement of two international flights of the national airlines and delay in another''s departure owing to poor visibility resulted in a mess up at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here on Tuesday, a day after Eidul Azha....
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Nato admits it killed many civilians in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 3: Nato said on Wednesday that it killed too many Afghan civilians during fighting last year against resurgent Taliban militants....
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Soldier killed, two injured in Kashmir
JAMMU, Jan 3: Suspected militants on Wednesday killed a soldier and wounded another two in a gunbattle in occupied Kashmir, a defence ministry spokesman said....
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Bodies of 7 fishermen found
| QUETTA, Jan 3: Bodies of seven fishermen missing since a speedboat sunk near Jiwani on Sunday were recovered from the Arabian Sea till Wednesday evening, while the boat and nine others had not been found....
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Loadshedding resumes today
| LAHORE, Jan 3: Wapda’s Member (power) Anwar Khalid has said that all power distribution companies will resort to 30 minutes loadshedding from Thursday till Jan 9,....
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Man loses ears, nose for love marriage
| MULTAN, Jan 3: Armed men cut off the ears and nose of a man who married one of their tribe for love after he and his family refused to hand over his wife, police said on Wednesday....
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Refugee school torched
| JALALABAD, Jan 3: Insurgents torched a newly built school for refugee children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday.The school set alight on Monday night in the eastern province of Nangarhar...
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