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| February 15, 2007 | Thursday | Muharram 26, 1428 |
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Education to get 4pc of GDP: Cabinet wants cement price reduced
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase the public-private investment in the education sector to four per cent of the Gross Domestic Product next year, from 2.6... 
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Three ‘missing’ men in govt custody
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The federal government said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that three out of six recently traced persons from a list of 41 people "missing" for many years are under its custody for security reasons....
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Transplant ordinance
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the promulgation of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance, 2007....
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Lack of quorum blocks bill
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Lack of quorum -- a bane of the present parliament -- blocked a key law reforms bill in the National Assembly on Wednesday despite somewhat improved attendance on...
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Sanctuaries of Taliban must be hit: US general WASHINGTON, Feb 14: A top US military commander has called for “steady and direct” attacks on Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan....
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Airport suicide bomber identified
RAWALPINDI, Feb 14: An armed man, who was killed during a shootout with security personnel at the Islamabad airport on February 6, is suspected to have links with a banned militant outfit, security sources told Dawn late Wednesday evening....
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Pakistan lose ODI series
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: Shaun Pollock produced a masterly bowling performance as South Africa crushed Pakistan by nine wickets in the fifth one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium here on Wednesday to clinch the series 3-1....
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Rangers-BSF talks begin
WAGAH, Feb 14: A high-level delegation of the Pakistan Rangers and officials of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday began talks over militancy, drug trafficking and sporadic gun battles along their border and the Line of Control in Kashmir....
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World help sought on Kashmir, Palestine
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday sought the international community’s help to resolve political disputes like Kashmir and Palestine and for removing disparities between rich and poor nations....
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Pakistan to host meeting on ME: Preparation for Makkah summit
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Pakistan will host a meeting of foreign ministers from seven Muslim nations this month to discuss how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and bring peace to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday....
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Large-scale deportation from Europe likely
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The government on Wednesday approved the much-awaited ‘re-admission agreement’ which will empower the European Union (EU) to crack down on Pakistanis living illegally in Europe....
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TNFJ leader shot dead in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 14: A local leader of Tehrik Nifaz Fiqa-i-Jafria (TNFJ) was shot dead here on Wednesday. A police official said two motorcyclists opened fire on Jawad Hussain Jawad...
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11 die in Iran bomb attack
TEHRAN, Feb 14: Eleven members of Iran''s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed on Wednesday when a car bomb ripped through a bus carrying them to a base in a sensitive south-eastern border province, official media reported....
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Turkmen president sworn in
ASHGABAT, Feb 14: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov became gas-rich Turkmenistan''s new president on Wednesday, pledging to follow a path set by late authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov and to respect existing energy contracts....
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Taliban commander among 11 killed, claims Nato: Militia threatens ‘biggest-ever offensive’
KANDAHAR, Feb 14: A Nato airstrike early on Wednesday destroyed a compound housing a Taliban leader responsible for a wave of violence across southern Afghanistan, killing the commander and at least 10 other suspected militants, the Western alliance said....
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Biggest US deployment planned for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: The Pentagon announced plans on Wednesday to maintain some 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan -- the most since it invaded the country in 2001....
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Explosion damages gas pipeline in Sui
QUETTA, Feb 14: A gas pipeline was blown up in Sui on Wednesday, disrupting supply to the main purification plant. According to Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) sources, an explosive device was...
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Security tightened in capital
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Thousands of security forces were deployed in the federal capital on Wednesday raising fears that terrorists and suicide bombers were on the prowl....
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