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| February 13, 2007 | Tuesday | Muharram 24, 1428 |
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World Bank asks India to cut Baglihar height
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Pakistan on Monday termed "great victory" the decision of the World Bank’s neutral expert who vetted three of its four objections on the design of Baglihar Hydroelectric Plant... 
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US rejects Kabul tirade against Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Rejecting the tirade of accusations against Pakistan emanating from Kabul, US Secretary of State for Defence Robert Gates on Monday eulogised the contribution made by the country as an important US ally in war on terror....
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No decision to drop border mining: FO: Canadian team to discuss alternatives
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Foreign Office on Monday made it clear that Pakistan had not yet taken any decision to abandon its plan of partially mining its troubled and porous international border with Afghanistan....
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Court issues notices for MMA legislators
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Supreme Court on Monday served notices for a third time on 68 legislators on petitions challenging seminary sanads (degrees)....
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NA fails to debate law, order
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Frayed tempers blocked a law and order debate and a key bill in the National Assembly on Monday before the house agreed to entertain multiple opposition privilege motions...
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Upper house prorogued amid walkout
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Senate on Monday was prorogued amid a chaos when the combined opposition refused to listen to the minister of state’s winding up speech on completion of the...
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Ulema celebrate victory
ISLAMABAD: Wafaqul Madaris (federation of seminaries) and mosque leaders celebrate with sweets what they called their victory in a prolonged standoff with the government on the issue of demolition of mosques...
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‘Key Afghan dam faces Taliban threat’
SPIN BOLDAK, Feb 12: At least 700 Taliban fighters have crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack a key dam, the Helmand governor said on Monday....
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We are happy, says Indian minister
New Delhi: In a verdict claimed by both India and Pakistan as a victory for their case, a World Bank-appointed neutral expert on Monday cleared the Baglihar power project in Jammu...
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Hegemony not acceptable, India told
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: In remarks that had the tone of a troubled past, Pakistan cautioned India on Monday against an arms race in the region and even more tersely told...
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Pipeline plan documentation by June
KARACHI, Feb 12: Petroleum and Natural Resources secretary Waqar Ahmed has said that documentation for the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project will be ready by June 2007....
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Kasuri to brief Saudi leaders on outcome of mission
LONDON, Feb 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on his way back home from Europe left here on Monday for Saudi Arabia where he is expected to brief the Saudi authorities on...
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79 killed in Baghdad blasts
BAGHDAD, Feb 12: Devastating bomb attacks ripped through two Baghdad markets on Monday, killing at least 79 people....
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Saddam’s aide to be hanged
BAGHDAD, Feb 12: Taha Yassin Ramadan, who served as vice-president to executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, was sentenced to death on Monday for crimes against humanity....
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US no longer in position to win Iraq war: report
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: A joint report by 16 US intelligence agencies warns that America no longer has the option of winning the war in Iraq....
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Notice issued in Mengal case
KARACHI, Feb 12: Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the Sindh High Court on Monday issued the advocate-general a notice on an application moved by former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal...
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Two blasts rock Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 12: The provincial capital was rocked on Monday night when two explosions were heard with brief interval. According to police sources, unknown people fired a rocket around 11:30pm that landed and exploded in Pashtoonabd area....
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Man killed, two injured
QUETTA, Feb 12: One person was killed and two others suffered injuries when armed men opened fire at a shop near Askrai Park on Monday night....
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