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| January 27, 2007 | Saturday | Muharram 07, 1428 |
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‘Suicide blast’ at top hotel in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a hotel here on Friday, killing a guard and causing serious injuries to five others....
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Airports on alert
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: All airports in the country were put on high alert on Friday afternoon following a suicide bombing near a hotel in the federal capital....
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IPI pipeline states agree on gas pricing formula
TEHRAN, Jan 26: Officials from Iran, India and Pakistan have agreed on a pricing formula for the export of Iranian gas to meet India’s burgeoning energy demands, an Iranian oil official said on Friday....
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Bill placing curbs on aid may be changed: US official
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The US administration will press Congress to drop a provision in a new bill linking military assistance to Pakistan to its commitment to fighting terrorism, a senior US official said on Friday....
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Another US bill may seek surrender of Dr Khan WASHINGTON, Jan 26: An anti-proliferation bill, passed recently by the US House of Representatives, authorises the administration to ask Pakistan to surrender Dr A.Q. Khan to US authorities for investigation....
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Former ISI official missing
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a former official of the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) who went missing on Friday. The man had been suspected of inciting people to violence against the government....
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Defence secretary grilled by PAC: Use of airbases by US
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Defence Secretary Lt-Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi has declined to provide any information to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly about the nature of the agreement...
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US goads Pakistan to do more against Taliban
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: The US Undersecretary of State, Nicholas Burns, has said that the Taliban had established training camps in Waziristan and Balochistan while Pakistan needs to do more to close these....
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4th round of talks on MPC begins today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The fourth round of talks between the People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on the issue of holding a multi-party conference, proposed by former...
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Senate prorogued amid opposition boycott
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The Senate was prorogued after a brief sitting on Friday amid an opposition boycott, as both sides in the house continued sniping at each other over affairs of the Pakistan International Airlines....
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Police ordered to produce Briton held in plane plot
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: A court on Friday ordered police officials to produce a Briton who was held in connection with a plot to bomb transatlantic jets after jail chiefs failed to bring him to a legal hearing....
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Move to convene joint jirga opposed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Pro-government independent Senator from the Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata) Hameedullah Jan Afridi on Friday criticised a proposal for convening a joint jirga of Pakistani and Afghan tribesmen...
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Provinces agree on draft dam report
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The four provinces have concurred over a draft report prepared last week by the Ministry of Water and Power on major water projects that seek to remove provincial reservations over Kalabagh and Akhori dams....
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Blast can’t derail peace process
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Pakistan and India — hours after the suicide bombing at the venue where India’s national day function was to be held — joined their voice to fight terrorism and carry on with the peace process....
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Claim on firing along LoC rejected
| RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: A Pakistan Army spokesman has rejected the claim of an Indian Army spokesman about an exchange of fire between Pakistani and Indian forces along the Line of Control, and described it as a fabricated story....
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Machine readable passports
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The Saudi Embassy in Islamabad on Friday declared that with effect from Muharram 1, 1428 Hijra — corresponding to Jan 20, 2007 — visas would be issued only after the submission of machine readable passports....
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US troops authorised to take action against Iranians
| WASHINGTON, Jan 26: President George W. Bush has authorised US forces in Iraq to take whatever actions are necessary to counter ‘Iranian agents’ deemed a threat to American troops or the public at large, the White House said on Friday....
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Nato allies vow to step up Afghan efforts
| BRUSSELS, Jan 26: Nato pledged on Friday a robust response to an expected offensive early this year from Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan, as the United States offered to boost aid and possibly provide extra troops....
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Putin guest of honour as India displays its might
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NEW DELHI, Jan 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin was guest of honour on Friday at India''s Republic Day parade, showing that warm ties still exist between the former cold war allies despite New Delhi''s growing US tilt....
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Karzai becomes father
| KABUL, Jan 26: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has become a father for the first time at the age of 49, palace officials said on Friday. Karzai''s wife, Zeenat, who he married...
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