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| February 08, 2007 | Thursday | Muharram 19, 1428 |
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Dams’ height to be raised: Unanimous decision at high-level meeting
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The government on Wednesday decided to increase heights of Munda and Kurram Tangi dams by about eight feet and 30 feet, respectively, to meet demands of local people and bring maximum land under cultivation.... 
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‘Accord on IPI project by June’
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: India believes that an agreement on a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from oil and gas rich Iran to energy-starved India through Pakistan could be signed by June, an official said on Wednesday....
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Electricity from Iran for Gwadar
LAHORE, Feb 7: The Water and Power Development Authority on Wednesday signed an agreement with an Iranian company for purchase of 100mw of electricity for Gwadar....
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Investigators make headway in airport attack probe
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The country’s top security agencies, investigating into Tuesday’s armed attack at the Islamabad airport believe it was directly linked to some of the recent suicide attacks in the capital and in the North-West Frontier Province....
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Pakistan thrash South Africa
DURBAN, Feb 7: Pakistan trounced South Africa by 141 runs in the second one-day international on Wednesday....
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Pakistan must sign UN convention: HRCP: Enforced disappearances of citizens
KARACHI, Feb 7: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is disappointed to see that Pakistan is not among the pioneer signatories to a UN convention against enforced disappearances....
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400 Marri militants surrender
QUETTA, Feb, 7: About 400 Marri tribesmen and two of their commanders who had been fighting security forces in the Kohlu area surrendered their weapons before officials of the Frontier Corps on Wednesday....
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Agreement with Afghanistan to close 4 camps
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Four Afghan refugee camps in areas along the border will be closed this year as part of a plan of the Afghan and Pakistan governments to manage and regulate the Afghan population in Pakistan....
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Speaker’s ire, MMA boycott hit NA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: A boycott by the entire Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the speaker’s anger at absent ministers hit a poorly-attended National Assembly session on Wednesday before the government agreed to a law and order debate on Monday....
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MMA won’t attend NA session
LAHORE, Feb 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal decided here on Wednesday that its MNAs would not attend the National Assembly session till Feb 13 when a meeting of the alliance''s supreme council would decide whether its legislators should resign from the assemblies....
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Rs2bn released for clean drinking water project
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Steering Committee of the Clean Drinking Water Project (CDWP) on Wednesday approved the release of Rs2 billion to the provinces for implementation of the CDWA project from current year’s allocation....
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IB official shot dead in Darra
DARRA ADAMKHEL, Feb 7: An inspector of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) was killed and his driver wounded when two motorcyclists opened fire on his official car near Abbas Chowk here on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said....
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Govt lifts NA press restrictions
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Journalists on Wednesday staged a walkout from the National Assembly’s press gallery to protest against the government’s decision to restrict their movement in the Parliament House building and barring their entry to the cafeteria and ministers’ chambers....
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NGOs reject code of conduct
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Several prominent non-governmental organisations have rejected the proposed code of conduct for regulating the civil society and described it as an onslaught against them....
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18-year-olds asked to get enrolled as voters
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Election Commission has asked people who have attained the age of 18 years on or before Jan 1 to enrol themselves as voters in the computerised electoral...
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Palestinians vow to negotiate till deal is reached
MAKKAH, Jan 7: In a palace overlooking Islam’s holiest site, rival Palestinian leaders vowed on Wednesday to hammer out a power-sharing agreement to avert a civil war, asking their followers to...
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Two killed in clash after children’s feud
NOWSHERA, Feb 7: Two people were killed and six suffered bullet injuries in a clash between two groups following a quarrel among children in the Nowshera Kalan area on Wednesday....
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Remains of kidnapped engineer found
HYDERABAD, Feb 7: Police found the remains of Greesh Kumar, a Hindu engineer kidnapped last year, in an abandoned house in Sachal Sarmast Colony during a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday and...
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