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| January 13, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 22, 1427 |
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‘US, Pakistan both failed to curb terrorism’: Boucher holds high-level talks in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said here on Friday that Pakistan and the United States had been unsuccessful in eliminating terrorists and both needed to do more.... 
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Border security joint responsibility, president tells Boucher
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday pointedly told the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr Richard Boucher, that security along the...
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Pakistan’s anti-terror role globally praised: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Pakistan on Friday rejected a US intelligence official’s statement that Al Qaeda was still active in Pakistan and reminded that in breaking the back of Al Qaeda, the country had done more than any other in the world....
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Musharraf rules out poll alliance with PPP: PML, allies to contest from one platform
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday categorically assured the ruling Pakistan Muslim League and allied parties that they would be taking part in the next elections as coalition...
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Mukherjee arrives today; Siachen high on agenda
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives here on Saturday afternoon on a two-day official visit amid optimism that it may break the ice on the Siachen issue...
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Kashmir resolution first, says Kasuri
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday that tough bargaining on `trickier bilateral issues’ was the only certainty in the talks his Indian counterpart would hold in Islamabad....
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Nepra slams govt for forcing higher tariff
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: In an unprecedented move, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has protested against the government for what it called bulldozing the regulatory process by forcing higher tariffs...
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Inflation rises by 8.8pc
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Inflation rose by 8.88 per cent during the month of Dec 2006 over the same month in 2005 owing to an unusual increase in prices of foodstuffs, fuels, education fees and doctors’ consultations....
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Bangladesh gets new interim govt chief
DHAKA, Jan 12: Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, was sworn in as Chief Adviser to the caretaker government on Friday. President Prof Iajuddin Ahmed administered the oath of office to Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed at the Bangabhaban....
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US disturbing balance of power in South Asia, says report
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: An apparent new US embrace of India, particularly the recently concluded nuclear pact, has fuelled Pakistan’s anxieties about the balance of power in South Asia, says a report formulated for the US Congress....
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Punjab’s law officer gunned down
LAHORE, Jan 12: The Additional Advocate-General of Punjab, Arif Bhinder, and six other people were gunned down by at least 12 assailants on the Queens Road here on Friday morning....
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Stamp duty on transfer of shares deferred
KARACHI, Jan 12: The levy of stamp duty on electronic transfer of shares to or through the Central Depository Company (CDC), imposed in the Sindh Finance Bill 2006-07, has been held in abeyance for two years, beginning the current financial year....
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22 Hajis killed
RIYADH, Jan 12: Twenty-two Hajis leaving Saudi Arabia by bus were killed in a road crash near the border with the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday....
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Hafiz Sheikh, ex-chief of SBP in run for top job
LONDON, Jan 12: Dr Ishrat Hussain, former Governor State Bank of Pakistan and Dr Hafiz Shiekh, former Privatisation Minister are said to be in the run for the job of caretaker prime minister when the elections are called....
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Rocket attack on US embassy in Athens
| ATHENS, Jan 12: Attackers fired a rocket at the US embassy in Athens early on Friday, damaging the building but causing no casualties, officials said. Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras said...
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First Muslim lawmaker in Maryland
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12: Saqib Ali, a Pakistani-American on Wednesday took office as Maryland State’s first Muslim lawmaker. He is the second Pakistani-American elected to a state assembly....
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Indian court rejects Afzal Guru’s plea
| NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India''s top court on Friday rejected the final plea of a Kashmiri man sentenced to death for helping to launch the deadly attack on the nation''s parliament in 2001....
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Banks ordered to refund ATM charges
| KARACHI, Jan 12: The State Bank of Pakistan on Friday took notice of the banking practice which does not transfer the credit to customers’ accounts in case of failed transactions through ATMs....
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