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| February 03, 2007 | Saturday | Muharram 14, 1428 |
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‘Guarding border not sole responsibility of Pakistan’: • Musharraf concedes ‘some failures’ • Fencing best available option
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday accepted "some failures" at the tactical level in dealing with Taliban militants in the border region with Afghanistan, but said the overall...
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Curbs to affect ties, US govt tells Congress
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The Bush administration has informed Congress that imposing restrictions on Pakistan will put at risk America’s relationship with a crucial partner against terrorism....
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Pakistan gets eight attack helicopters
RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: Pakistan on Friday received eight night-capable Cobra attack helicopters AH1-F from the United States aimed at enhancing country’s capability in the war on terror....
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Nato to step up efforts along border
LONDON, Feb 2: Nato forces are getting ready to step up efforts to take control of the Afghan side of the country''s border with Pakistan, the alliance''s military chief said in an interview published in the Financial Times on Friday....
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Afghan minister warns Islamabad
LONDON, Feb 2: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta has warned Pakistan against ‘nursing hegemonic ambitious towards Afghanistan’ and advised Islamabad to stop ‘using terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy’....
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Kabul loses control of district
KANDAHAR, Feb 2: Afghan authorities lost control on Friday of a southern Afghanistan district British forces left to tribal elders last year, after Taliban fighters attacked and disarmed police, officials said....
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Donors to fund Bhasha dam
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to finance the construction of $6.5 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam and increase overall funding to Pakistan to about $4 billion....
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Sindh rejects claim about water going waste
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has rejected a claim of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) that a large quantity of water goes waste in the...
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7 held for holding karo-kari jirga
KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Seven people were arrested in Gul Mohammad Shaikh village and adjoining areas on Friday for their alleged involvement in holding a jirga which had declared two women as karis....
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Schoolgirl seeks justice, calls for arrest of rapists
LARKANA, Feb 2: A 13-year-old schoolgirl belonging to the Mehar taluka of Dadu has accused four people of abducting and raping her....
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A. Hannan or Kishan Lal, SC wants answer
KARACHI, Feb 2: The mystery surrounding the nationality and religious identity of a detainee lodged at present in Central Prison, Karachi, deepened on Friday when the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town police office informed...
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Blasphemy charge: village woman held
LAHORE, Feb 2: A 40-year-old Christian woman has been charged with blasphemy in Chhanga Manga. Martha Bibi was put under arrest on Friday....
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S. Africa beat Pakistan in Twenty20
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 2: Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman pounded the Pakistan bowlers as South Africa raced to a ten-wicket win in a Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday....
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Fossil fuel pollution to spell disaster: UN
PARIS, Feb 2: Scientists on Friday delivered their starkest warning yet about global warming, saying fossil fuel pollution would raise temperatures this century, worsen floods, droughts and hurricanes, melt polar sea...
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Jirga panel meets today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The recently-constituted Jirga Commission will meet for the first time here on Saturday to formulate its recommendations to stop any movement of terrorists across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a source in the interior ministry said on Friday....
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Internship programme approved
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday approved the National Internship Programme (NIP) under which people completing 16 years of education, with last two years at institutions recognised by...
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‘US spy’ beheaded
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 2: The body of an Afghan national, killed on suspicion of spying for the United States, was found near Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan Agency on Friday, officials said....
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Bomb blast
PARACHINAR, Feb 2: A bomb exploded in the Sadda bazaar in the Kurram Agency on Friday, damaging three shops....
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