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| January 19, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 28, 1427 |
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No decision on presidential poll, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The government denied in the Senate on Thursday that the cabinet had decided to get President Pervez Musharraf re-elected by the present parliament and provincial assemblies, calming down a protesting opposition that vowed to resist such a move.... 
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Inflation threat to economy: SBP
KARACHI, Jan 18: The SBP has warned that high food prices have the potential to neutralise all efforts being made to control the spiralling inflation which rose to 8.9...
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Infiltration to be checked effectively: NSC: Concrete steps on Afghan side urged
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Discussing the worsening situation in South Waziristan, the National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday decided to effectively check cross-border movement in order to eliminate foreign terrorists from the...
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SHC orders Pemra to permit uplinking
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority is to grant ‘uplinking'' permission to the television channel proposed to be launched by the Pakistan Herald Publications by the end of...
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Wind-power firms back out of tariff deal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: With the energy crisis deteriorating, wind-power producers (WPPs) on Thursday backed out of an agreed power tariff of 9.5 cents per unit for sale to Pakistan, saying their input costs have increased substantially....
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Misbah to stay with father: SC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the UK-born schoolgirl, Misbah Irum Rana, would stay with her father in Pakistan....
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Mirwaiz supports Musharraf’s ideas
LAHORE, Jan 18: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), on Thursday asked the political leadership of Pakistan and India to evolve a consensus on a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Kashmir dispute....
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India protests over Kashmir firing
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: The New Delhi government on Thursday lodged a protest with Islamabad over gunfire from across the Line of Control which injured two Indian border guards....
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Art Buchwald dead
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: Legendary US columnist Art Buchwald, whose biting humour appeared in newspapers around the world for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 81, his son said on Thursday....
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Blast cuts Quetta rail link
QUETTA, Jan 18: Railway traffic between Quetta and the rest of the country was suspended as the main tracks were blown up near Dera Murad Jamali on Thursday night....
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Ex-police chief gets bail
KARACHI, Jan 18: Additional Inspector-General Tariq Jamil, who was relieved as the capital city police officer of Karachi and asked to report to the establishment division on Tuesday, was granted interim...
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RACE ROW OVER BRITISH TV SHOW
LONDON, Jan 18: Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty''s treatment by a handful of other contestants on a British reality television show sparked a wider debate on Thursday about the extent of racism and xenophobia in Britain....
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Sanctuaries discussed regularly: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: US spy chief told Congress on Thursday that the Bush administration had discussed with Islamabad the problem of alleged Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan with ‘great, great regularity’....
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Navy gets first P-3C Orion
KARACHI, Jan 18: First of the eight P-3C Orion reconnaissance aircraft was inducted into the Pakistan Navy on Thursday and the second one is expected to join the fleet next month....
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MPA quits ruling party
| QUETTA, Jan 18: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League, MPA Mir Bakhtiar Khan Domki, has resigned from the PML membership. “I have resigned in protest against the military operation and massive arrests of Baloch leaders and workers,” he told newsmen in Sibi....
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Thousands attend Taliban fighter’s funeral
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Thousands of mourners, including militants with rifles, attended a funeral on Thursday in village in North Waziristan of a Taliban fighter allegedly killed in a Nato raid in Afghanistan, witnesses said....
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US govt’s help sought to bridge Pakistan-Afghan rift
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 18: A US congressional delegation has urged the White House to appoint a presidential envoy for removing differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan. At a Wednesday afternoon news conference, members...
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Pakistani family in US alleges intimidation
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18: The Muslim community is outraged at the $35,000 bond set by a Immigration Judge in New Jersey for mother and sister of Matin Siraj, a 24-year-old Pakistani...
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