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| January 20, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 29, 1427 |
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Time to give up armed struggle, says Mirwaiz
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday called for giving up armed struggle to pave the way for fruitful negotiations for a lasting settlement of the Kashmir dispute.... 
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NA committee slams oil-pricing formula
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Friday observed that there were "loopholes" in the petroleum ministry’s formula for fixing prices of petroleum products, as...
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Four camps destroyed in Kohlu, Sibi
QUETTA, Jan 19: Security forces destroyed at least four camps of tribal militants and arrested 30 people during an operation launched in Kohlu and Sibi districts on Friday....
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3,750 dock workers to be sacked
KARACHI, Jan 19: The government has decided to retrench about 3,750 workers of the Karachi Dock Labour Board (KDLB) by offering them early voluntary retirement with the assistance of the World Bank, official sources said here on Friday....
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Carpet market shops gutted
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: More than 150 shops and cabins, dealing in imported carpets and blankets, in one of the plazas at the Karkhano market were reduced to ashes when a fire...
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Survivors’ ordeal not over yet
PIRCHINASI (Azad Kashmir), Jan 19: Last year Mir Afsar was living in a tarpaulin tent and the weather was not so punishing. Today, he has moved to a proper shelter protected...
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Opposition assails ‘rule by ordinance’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The opposition in the Senate on Friday railed against what it called an excessive use of ordinances by the government rather than bills for the purpose of legislation....
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No decision yet on Benazir’s participation in MPC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The PPP Parliamentarians on Friday asked the PML-N leadership to wait till the party''s central executive committee (CEC) meeting on Saturday for a final decision regarding the participation...
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Old Rs5 note not legal tender: SBP
KARACHI, Jan 19: The State Bank has advised the general public not to accept the old Rs5 note which was demonetised on July 1, 2005....
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Probe into Rs570m refunds scam
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The authorities have detected a scam of over Rs570 million involving sales tax refunds through bogus exports to Afghanistan, Dawn has learnt. The CBR has launched an inquiry...
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Law ministry told to examine flaws in act: Land grabbing
LAHORE, Jan 19: A bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday proposed amendments to the Illegal Dispossession Act 2005 and asked the federal law ministry to examine flaws in the law....
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US to work with Pakistan against infiltration
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that the United States will work with Pakistan to solve the problem of infiltrators crossing into Afghanistan....
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N. Korea-US accord claimed
SEOUL, Jan 19: North Korea said on Friday it had reached a “certain agreement” with the United States in nuclear talks in Berlin, and praised the rare direct dialogue between the two bitter foes....
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Satellite-killer test not confirmed by China
BEIJING, Jan 19: Beijing insisted on Friday that it was opposed to an arms race in space after Japan and Britain joined a chorus of concern over a satellite-killing missile test...
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‘Jungle girl’ found in Cambodia
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PHNOM PENH, Jan 19: A Cambodian woman who went missing in the jungle for 18 years before being found last week is struggling to adapt to life as a human and wants to return to the forest, police said on Friday....
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1,264 Pakistanis detained in 31 countries
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Friday told the Senate that a total of 1,264 Pakistanis were arrested in 31 countries for having fake documents and visas during the last three years....
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Seven killed in separate incidents
| RAWALPINDI, Jan 19: Seven people were killed and two others were injured in different incidents in the twin cities during the last 24 hours, police said....
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50 injured in pile-up
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: More than 50 people were injured on Friday in a traffic pile-up due to fog near Attock. Seventeen vehicles including buses ploughed into each other on Khairabad bridge...
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