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| January 10, 2007 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 19, 1427 |
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Border mining being reviewed: Canadian FM holds talks
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Canada on Tuesday endorsed Pakistan’s decision to selectively fence its border with Afghanistan and offered ‘better’ alternatives to laying landmines which President Pervez Musharraf agreed to examine.... 
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Sindh objects to plan for dams
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The Sindh government has raised serious objections to alleged inaccuracies in the minutes of a recent meeting of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), use of two link...
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Rs370 million refund scam detected
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has unearthed a sales tax refund scam amounting to over Rs370 million and initiated an inquiry against senior customs officials....
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NWFP moves SC for dues recovery
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The Frontier government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for the recovery of Rs110 billion in hydel profits from the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the federal government, as determined by an arbitration tribunal....
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Plan to avert loadshedding
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The government on Tuesday decided to divert, as an interim arrangement, natural gas from Sindh to the Kot Addu Thermal Power Station in Punjab to produce 500MW of additional electricity in order to avert loadshedding....
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Washington moves to calm Islamabad, Kabul
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The United States has sent its pointman for South Asia to Kabul amid growing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan that threaten to undo the US-led alliance against terrorism....
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PPP leaders meet Benazir in Dubai
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Senior leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Tuesday met party chairperson Benazir Bhutto at her Dubai residence to discuss the strategy for a multi-party conference in...
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Security tightened for polls in Bajaur
KHAAR, Jan 9: The authorities have deployed paramilitary forces at polling stations as well as at public places in the Bajaur Agency ahead of Wednesday’s by-polls in the NA-44 constituency amid threats issued by a militant group to disrupt polling....
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India cuts duty on edible oil
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: India has slashed customs duty on edible oil imports from Pakistan and Sri Lanka by more than 23 per cent under the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta)....
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10 injured in Nowshera blasts
NOWSHERA, Jan 9: Three minor explosions rattled a Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) rally here on Tuesday, triggering a stampede. Ten people were injured, according to eyewitnesses....
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Woman ‘set on fire by in-laws’
KARACHI, Jan 9: A newly-married woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband’s brothers in Gadap. She is under treatment at the Civil Hospital in Karachi....
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Two security personnel killed in Bolan clash
QUETTA, Jan 9: Two security personnel were killed in an intense exchange of fire with tribal militants in the Chakar Marri village in the Sani Shoran area, 180kms southeast of here on Tuesday....
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US blitzes ‘Al Qaeda bases’ in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Jan 9: US helicopter gunships attacked suspected Al Qaeda fighters in southern Somalia on Tuesday, a day after US forces unleashed air strikes in the first offensive in the...
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50 killed in US-led operation in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 9: Iraqi and US forces killed 50 people in a central Baghdad district they described as riddled with “terrorist hideouts”, Iraq''s government said on Tuesday, as American jets and helicopters prowled overhead....
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Japan gets defence ministry
| TOKYO, Jan 9: Japan launched its first fully-fledged defence ministry since World War II on Tuesday as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to build a more assertive nation....
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Govt denies HRCP claim
| KARACHI, Jan 9: The report in daily Dawn dated January 9, 2007 that ‘HRCP says Mengal kept in iron cage’ is not based on facts, according to government spokesman Nishat Ahmad Khan....
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Pakistan angry at UN mission’s remark
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Pakistan on Tuesday took a strong exception to a statement attributed to the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nation’s Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) that criticised its...
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200 community schools in Balochistan planned | QUETTA, Jan 9: The Balochistan Education Foundation with the financial assistance of the World Bank is planning to open 200 community schools in the province, while funds have been released for...
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