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| February 01, 2007 | Thursday | Muharram 12, 1428 |
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‘Taliban behind suicide attacks’: Marriott bomber’s sketch released
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Investigators said on Wednesday they had found leads linking a string of suicide bombings to Taliban militants, as the death toll from a wave of violence rose to 23....
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Govt hopes language of US law will be changed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government on Wednesday expressed hope that the Bush administration would improve on the Pakistan-specific legislation adopted by the United States House of Representatives, hinting that it had been given assurances in this regard....
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Move in US for curbs on arms sales to Pakistan WASHINGTON, Jan 31: The US licence for military assistance and arms sales to Pakistan expires this year which explains why some lobbies on Capitol Hill have suddenly increased their efforts to impose new restrictions on Islamabad....
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Support for ME peace initiative
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday drummed up support for his plan to find an Islamic solution to Middle East violence in talks with the leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia....
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Curfew in Hangu for second day; 4 die in violence
HANGU/KOHAT, Jan 31: Four people were killed and 16 others, including a woman, suffered injuries in two days of sectarian violence in southern Hangu district, police said....
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Food support budget increased
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government has decided to increase the Food Support Programme (FSP) budget by over 150 per cent from Rs4.38 billion to Rs11 billion in the next financial year....
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Pakistan, Nato to jointly tackle infiltration
BRUSSELS, Jan 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Tuesday pledged tougher action to stop Taliban insurgents from crossing into Afghanistan but agreed that military solutions alone could not stabilise the violence-torn country....
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‘Hotline helps check border crossing’
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: A new hotline linking coastal security agencies in India and Pakistan has helped prevent their fishermen from inadvertently crossing the disputed sea boundary, India’s coast guard said on Wednesday....
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Village girl assaulted, disrobed; 6 arrested
KARACHI, Jan 31: Six men have been arrested on a charge of raping a teenaged girl and forcing her to parade naked through her village near Ubaro because one of her...
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Man, woman stoned to death
MULTAN, Jan 31: A man and a woman were tied to trees and stoned to death for alleged charge of adultery by angry relatives in a Punjab village....
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Nine held in UK for plot to behead Muslim soldier
LONDON, Jan 31: Security services arrested nine men in early morning raids on Tuesday what they said was to pre-empt a suspected plot to kidnap and torture a British Muslim soldier...
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Mirage crashes
FAISALABAD, Jan 31: A Pakistan Air Force Mirage aircraft crashed in Katcha Dhappra fields, near Machiwal, in Jhang district on Wednesday. Reports said the aircraft took off from the Rafiqui airbase and was on a training flight....
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WB wants accountability mechanism improved ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to improve "transparency and accountability mechanisms" in the provinces to ensure good governance which is widely lacking across the country....
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Oil prices
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The prices of petroleum products will remain unchanged for the next 15 days, a notification issued by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority said here on Wednesday....
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Quaid’s statue at Canada’s university
TORONTO, Jan 31: A statue of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was erected at Canada’s leading York University, with a minister describing Jinnah as ‘George Washington of Pakistan’....
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Kashmir Day holiday
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government has announced public holiday on February 5 on account of Kashmir Solidarity Day. According to a notification issued by the Interior Division here on Wednesday, one-minute...
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Five killed near Kojak Pass
QUETTA, Jan 31: Five people, two of them Frontier Corps personnel, were killed when two vehicles fell in a ditch after colliding with each other at the Kojak Pass, near Chaman, on Wednesday....
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Meeting reviews security situation
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that the government was determined to continuing the war on terrorism, expose the elements -- whether local or foreign -- involved in the latest terrorist acts and give them exemplary punishment....
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