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| February 07, 2007 | Wednesday | Muharram 18, 1428 |
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Armed attack on Islamabad airport: Gunman killed, three security personnel injured
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: An armed man who tried to force his way to the VIP lounge at the Islamabad airport died on Tuesday when a grenade he was carrying exploded during an exchange of fire with security personnel....
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Agreement signed for Gwadar Port operations
GWADAR, Feb 6: The deep-sea Gwadar Port will emerge as a central energy port in the region, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz after the signing of a 40-year agreement between the...
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Anti-terror panel’s first meeting next month
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The first meeting of the joint anti-terrorism mechanism established by Pakistan and India last year will be held in Islamabad from March 6 to 7....
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Dealing with common foe
NEW DELHI: The announcement that the anti-terrorism panel meeting will be held in March coincided with an alleged suicide bombing at Islamabad airport on Tuesday, and a day after Indian police...
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Curbs on journalists in Parliament House
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government on Tuesday imposed unprecedented curbs on media in the Parliament House during the National Assembly and Senate sessions, barring journalists from the parliament cafeteria and ministers’ chambers....
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JI, JUP boycott NA session as MMA rift continues
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Two parties boycotted the start of a National Assembly session on Tuesday in a glaring rift in the six-party Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal over whether the grouping should honour or revoke a vow to quit the lower house....
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Pakistan, Turkey agree on group for Mideast
ANKARA, Feb 6: Pakistan and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to form a group of Muslim countries that will work towards peace in the Middle East....
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SC takes notice of protester’s stripping
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took notice of the stripping and beating of a young man who was protesting along with other people against the disappearance of their family members....
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Thar Express to resume operations on 17th
LAHORE, Feb 6: Operations of the Thar Express, which runs between Munabao and Zero Point, will resume on Feb 17....
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India urged to put an end to custodial killings in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Taking serious notice of large-scale custodial killings and disappearances in occupied Kashmir, Pakistan on Tuesday expressed the hope that the Indian prime minister would fulfil his pledge of...
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‘Afghanistan, Pakistan improve coordination’
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: The United States has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan have improved their cooperation to stop cross-border activities of the Taliban extremists but did not specify....
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Code to rein in NGOs on the cards
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: A proposed code of conduct for non-governmental organisations, giving sweeping powers to the government to regulate the functioning of NGOs and tightening supervision of civil society’s activities is likely to be enforced by the end of this month....
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Govt concedes increase in income disparity
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The federal government on Tuesday conceded that income disparity ‘increased marginally’ during the past four years but, at the same time, claimed a substantial decline in poverty rates....
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Israel begins excavation near Al Aqsa mosque
JERUSALEM, Feb 6: Under heavy police guard, Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday began a dig near the Al Aqsa mosque amid protests and threats from Palestinians and Muslim governments....
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Top Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Feb 6: Gunmen dressed in Iraqi army uniform kidnapped a top Iranian diplomat in Baghdad after an encounter with his guards, officials said on Tuesday, in an attack branded as a “terrorist” act by Tehran....
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Two killed in Dawn delivery van accident
ATTOCK, Feb 6: The driver and conductor of one of the Dawn’s delivery vans were killed in a road accident on the G.T. Road near Burhan village early Tuesday morning....
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$5.3 million epidemiology training plan launched
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Health Services Academy on Tuesday inaugurated a $5.3 million training programme, which the organisers claimed would turn the ministry of health employees into field epidemiologists and laboratory scientists....
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Plea to restore ban on wedding meals
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Supreme Court was requested on Tuesday to ban wedding meals by declaring a law adopted by parliament last year that allowed people to serve ‘one-dish’ meal at wedding ceremonies to be against the Constitution....
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