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| January 11, 2007 | Thursday | Zilhaj 20, 1427 |
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Commission for jirgas constituted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The prime minister on Wednesday approved the constitution of a commission for organising jirgas in coordination with the government of Afghanistan. Presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai will... 
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Fencing issue on tripartite agenda
RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: The proposed fencing and mining of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan border is most likely to figure in the 20th meeting of the trilateral commission, comprising Pakistan, United States and Afghanistan, which meets here on Thursday....
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Bio-metric screening introduced at Chaman border post
QUETTA, Jan 10: Pakistan on Wednesday introduced along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Chaman area the biometric computerised control system to check illegal crossing of people and vehicles from both sides of the border....
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Sectarian crisis brewing in Muslim world: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday warned of a sectarian catastrophe in the Muslim world and called for taking steps to control the centrifugal and divisive forces from within to avert a terrible crisis....
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Bajaur seat won by ANP-backed candidate
KHAAR, Jan 10: Shahabuddin Khan, who was backed by the Awami National Party (ANP), has won the National Assembly seat NA-44 in Bajaur Agency in the by-election held on Wednesday....
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Scottish mother ready to drop custody claim
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The mother of 12-year-old Misbah Irum Rana – who is at the centre of a custody tussle between her parents – told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that she was ready to drop her claim....
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German help sought to deal with power crisis
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pakistan has sought the financial and technical assistance of Germany to overcome the massive power shortfall that the country faces in the immediate future....
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Wapda to end loadshedding
LAHORE, Jan 10: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Wednesday started supplying 72 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) to the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), helping the latter to generate additional 500MW and correspondingly reduce loadshedding....
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Benazir not to attend London conference
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The chairperson of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Benazir Bhutto, will not attend the multi-party conference in London next month which has been proposed by the PML-N Chief, Nawaz Sharif....
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High alert in India
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India has sounded a nationwide alert for apossible hijack attempt at one of its main airports, TV news channels reported on Wednesday....
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US plans action against ‘Iranian, Syrian elements’: New Bush strategy for Iraq
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: President George Bush is expected to announce the dispatch of 21,500 more US troops to Iraq, a senior White House official told journalists on Wednesday....
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Mystery surrounds Sikhs’ protest in Lahore
NANKANA SAHIB, Jan 10: Around 30 members of the Sikh community staged a protest demonstration outside the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) office in Court Street in Lahore on Wednesday against...
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Woman ‘sold by in-laws’ appeals for protection GHALANI (Mohmand Agency), Jan 10: A tribal woman, who was allegedly sold by her in-laws to a family in Punjab about eight months ago, has reached here after escaping from her captors....
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Film giant Ponti dies
GENEVA, Jan 10: Oscar-winning Italian producer Carlo Ponti, who discovered the teenage Sophia Loren, launched her film career and later married her despite threats of bigamy charges and excommunication, died on Tuesday night....
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Balakot people still wait for shelters
| BALAKOT, Jan 10: The people of Balakot, one of the towns devastated by the October 2005 earthquake, continue to suffer because the official promise to provide them shelters is yet to be fulfilled....
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Three POs killed in gunbattle with police
| ATTOCK, Jan 10: A three-member gang of proclaimed offenders was eliminated by the anti-dacoit squad of the elite force after a gunbattle at Nawa village in the Kala Chitta mountainous area on Wednesday....
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PAC misinformed on consumer rights
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has said officials of various ministries misinformed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday by stating that there was no consumer protection law in place in the federal capital....
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Experts asked to look into standards of legal education
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Supreme Court while ruing the falling standards of education due to commercialisation of law colleges has asked a group of experts to look into the matter....
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