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| January 18, 2007 | Thursday | Zilhaj 27, 1427 |
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Sitting assemblies to re-elect Musharraf: Cabinet raises Balochistan job quota
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday that the present assemblies would re-elect President Pervez Musharraf between Sept 15 and Oct 15 this year for a new term.... 
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Indian allegation of shelling rejected
RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: Pakistan has rejected India’s allegation of ceasefire violation. The statement of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to this effect was ludicrous and fabricated, said a spokesman of the Pakistan Army on Wednesday....
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Barrage damage adds to crisis
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: A change in the water distribution plan has worsened the country’s power crisis because of major damage to a protection wall of the Taunsa Barrage....
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SC seeks replies on hydel profit issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the federal government and Wapda to submit replies in two months on Frontier government''s claim of Rs110 billion hydel profits for power generation as determined by an arbitration tribunal....
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Poet Mohsin Bhopali dies
KARACHI, Jan 17: Poet Mohsin Bhopali died at PNS Shifa Hospital of pneumonia on Tuesday. He was 74. He left behind his wife, four sons and two daughters....
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29 brigadiers promoted
RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: The army selection board on Wednesday approved the promotion of 29 brigadiers to the rank of major general....
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Leaders of Kashmir to focus on common plan
NEW DELHI, Jan 17: A three-member delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaz Umar Farooq will begin a week-long visit to Pakistan on Thursday to set up a common minimum programme with Azad Kashmir....
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Baitullah vows to avenge attack
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: Top militant commander Baitullah Mehsud on Wednesday vowed to avenge the Hamzola (earlier reported as Zamzola) air strike in the next two weeks in his native South Waziristan which, in his words, would cause pain to Pakistan....
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Factory owners booked
KARACHI, Jan 17: The City District Government on Wednesday lodged an FIR against owners of a garment factory for misguiding fire department officials in a bid to save their goods just...
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CJ wonders can Misbah live with mother
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday wondered if the UK-born Muslim schoolgirl, Misbah Irum Rana, could be allowed to live with her mother, who herself was staying with a stranger in Scotland....
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Bomb blasts in Hub, Mastung
QUETTA, Jan 17: Two powerful bombs exploded in Hub and Mastung, while rockets were fired at two security checkposts in the Karmo-Wadh area of Kahan tehsil and the Pat Feeder area of Nasirabad district on Wednesday....
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Collision in air averted
KARACHI, Jan 17: A major air disaster was averted due to timely functioning of an automatic warning system in two passenger planes, which accidentally came face to face at the same altitude over Panjgur in the west of Balochistan....
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DPs registration date extended
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The government has extended the registration date for Afghan refugees until Feb 2 as a large number of them still remain unregistered. The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has until now registered only 1.5...
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Joint Kabul intelligence hub soon
KABUL, Jan 17: The first joint Afghan, Pakistan and Nato-led force intelligence centre is due to open in Kabul this month in a ‘significant step’ for efforts to defeat the Taliban remnants, an official said on Wednesday....
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More US troops for Afghanistan likely
| KABUL, Jan 17: United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday that he would consider more troops for Afghanistan where US commanders say the Taliban insurgency, controlled from Pakistani sanctuaries, is expected to intensify....
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Nato calls for action against infiltration
| BRUSSELS, Jan 17: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has urged Pakistan to take stronger action to stop cross-border infiltration of insurgents into Afghanistan and crack down on Al Qaeda operatives in the country....
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Naval chief leaves for US, S. Arabia
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir departed on an official visit to USA and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday....
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Rs5 notes to return
| ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday to re-introduce Rs5 denomination currency note....
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