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| January 15, 2007 | Monday | Zilhaj 24, 1427 |
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Mukherjee wants step-by-step move on Kashmir: Wide-ranging talks with political leaders
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday had a breakfast meeting with Pakistani parliamentarians and wound up his two-day visit to the country with a trip to Taxila.... 
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PPP holds ‘election rally’ in Pindi
RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday ruled out any deal with the government and announced that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto would return to the country during the current year....
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Four officials of Atomic Energy Commission kidnapped
KOHAT, Jan 14: At least four officials of the Atomic Energy Commission based in Banda Daud Shah tehsil of Karak district were kidnapped from their office by armed men on Sunday, sources said....
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MPC forms campaign panel
QUETTA, Jan 14: A multi-party conference (MPC) here on Sunday constituted a committee to contact the political leadership of other provinces for launching a nation-wide movement for restoration of genuine democracy in the country....
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Sindh, NWFP oppose land plan for Kalabagh, Akhori dams
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Sindh and the NWFP have opposed the finalisation of land acquisition and resettlement plans for Kalabagh and Akhori dams till people are convinced by Wapda of their benefits on the basis of facts and figures....
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Musharraf, Hillary discuss Afghanistan
LAHORE, Jan 14: A delegation of US Senate led by Senator Hillary Clinton called on President Pervez Musharraf here on Sunday and discussed with him regional situation, Pakistan-US relations and bilateral issues....
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Pakistan-China conservation plan
PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The World Wide Fund (WWF) and China’s Xiangjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography will initiate a joint development and conservation plan for protected areas and community people along the Pakistan-China border, said a senior official....
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‘Judiciary working for gender equality’
KARACHI, Jan 14: The superior judiciary of Pakistan is striving to fulfil its constitutional mandate to take steps for ensuring gender equality, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry told the Asia Pacific Advisory Forum for Judicial Education here late on Saturday night....
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Work on IPI project to begin this year: report
WASHINGTON, Jan 14: Construction of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline may begin this year despite a strong US opposition, says a report prepared for the United States Congress....
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Time-bomb defused in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The city police on Sunday foiled a sabotage bid by defusing a time-bomb placed near the main gate of the meteorological office on Khyber road in the cantonment area....
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Six hurt as helicopter crash-lands
MIANWALI, Jan 14: Six people suffered minor injuries when an interior ministry helicopter on its way from the Chaklala Air Base in Rawalpindi to Quetta crash-landed on a hilltop near Bani...
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Blast kills two girls, woman
MINGORA, Jan 14: Two girls and a woman belonging to the same family died when they stepped on an explosive device in Matta tehsil of the Swat district on Sunday....
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Oil-tanker explodes in Chaman
QUETTA, Jan 14: An oil-tanker carrying fuel for US forces in Afghanistan exploded and caught fire near the border town of Chaman on Sunday....
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Abbas turns down temporary deal
RAMALLAH (West Bank), Jan 14: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has rejected any temporary solution to the Middle East conflict as visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged a renewed US push for peace....
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Law officer’s killing: report sought from Punjab govt
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The federal government on Sunday took serious note of the assassination of additional advocate general Punjab Chaudhry Arif Bhinder and directed the provincial government to submit a report...
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PPP activists, police clash at blockades
| ATTOCK, Jan 14: People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) activists clashed with law-enforcement agency personnel on Sunday at a number of blockades put in place to prevent them from taking part in a party meeting at Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi....
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BD cabinet meets to resolve poll crisis
| DHAKA, Jan 14: Bangladesh’s interim cabinet met for the first time on Sunday to begin work on steering the country out of a state of emergency and to hold free and fair elections....
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Girl assaulted by Rescue 15 personnel
| KOHAT, Jan 14: Four police personnel of the Rescue 15 staff posted to help people in difficult moments have been punished for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl belonging to Darsamand area of Hangu district, a senior official told Dawn on Sunday....
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