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| January 21, 2007 | Sunday | Muharram 01, 1428 |
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US in a fix over Pakistan role in global strategy
WASHINGTON, Jan 20: Pakistan, along with Afghanistan and Iraq, is among the three top countries the United States sees as the hub of activities that threaten America’s global interests.... 
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PPP not to attend London meeting
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Saturday put the opposition Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy in an awkward position when it refused to attend a multi-party conference being...
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Kashmiri leaders agree to set up working groups
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that leaders from both sides of Kashmir have agreed to set up working groups to...
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HRCP barred from Akhtar’s trial
KARACHI, Jan 20: The judge of an anti-terrorism court on Saturday disallowed the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) from observing the proceedings of a case against former chief minister of...
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Akhtar allowed B class in jail
KARACHI, Jan 20: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday allowed B class in Karachi Central Prison to former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who is being tried for taking armymen hostage....
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Helicopters target Kohlu areas
QUETTA, Jan 20: Security forces continued an operation against militants in different areas of Kohlu district along the border of Sibi on Saturday and arrested dozens of people....
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Aurakzai warns against peace deal derailment PESHAWAR, Jan 20: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Saturday warned that any damage to the North Waziristan peace agreement would put the people back in an abyss of uncertainty and despair....
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Govt claims consensus on dams
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: An inter-provincial committee on dams finalised on Saturday a draft report on the construction of five major dams by 2016 and resolved with consensus to implement a cabinet...
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Musharraf arrives in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Jan 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived in Madinah-i-Munawwara on Saturday to begin his four nation Middle East tour. He was received at the airport by Governor Prince Abdulaziz bin Majed bin Abdulaziz and other senior officials....
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Hillary to run for president
NEW YORK, Jan 20: Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton on Saturday took the first step toward a 2008 White House bid that could make her the first woman president of the United States, she announced on her website....
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Goody voted out of UK reality TV show
LONDON, Jan 20: The British public voted to evict Jade Goody from the British reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother”, which has attracted international criticism for broadcasting alleged racist incidents....
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Inquiry into long loadshedding hours
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Local Government and Rural Development directed the ministry of water and power to investigate the issue of hours-long loadshedding as it had...
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13 US troops killed in copter crash
BAGHDAD, Jan 20: Thirteen US troops were killed on Saturday when a military helicopter crashed northeast of Baghdad, a military spokesman told AFP. “A military helicopter went down in the afternoon...
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Claims rejected
KABUL, Jan 20: Taliban on Saturday rejected claims made by its captured spokesman, saying he did not know the movement’s “secrets”. The Taliban also rubbished statements by the spokesman, known as...
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Four held in Mumbai
| MUMBAI, Jan 20: Four people were arrested with 6kg of powerful explosives near a crowded railway station in Mumbai on Saturday, six months after a string of train bombings that killed 186 people in the financial hub....
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Ashura on 30th
| QUETTA, Jan 20: Muharram moon was sighted on Saturday and Ashura will be observed on Jan 30, Markazi Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Mufti Munueebur Rehman announced here.—APP...
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Greek court turns down extradition plea
| ATHENS, Jan 20: A Greek court on Friday threw out a request by Pakistan to have a leading member of Greece''s Pakistani community extradited to Islamabad for alleged human trafficking, a judicial official said....
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Omar Ayub figures in WEF list of young leaders
| KARACHI, Jan 20: The World Economic Forum has named Omar Ayub Khan, the Minister of State for Finance, among 250 `Young Global Leaders 2007’. The WEF released the list on Friday....
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