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| February 17, 2007 | Saturday | Muharram 28, 1428 |
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West must match Pakistan’s efforts: Aurakzai: Call for political process in Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The Taliban are winning ever-greater public support in Afghanistan for a struggle that is taking on the character of a ‘liberation war’ against foreign troops, the NWFP governor said on Friday.... 
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PPP boycotts Senate session
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Friday announced to boycott the post-question-hour session in the Senate in protest against what they termed poll rigging and arrests of party workers during the Feb 10 by-poll in Karachi....
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Pakistan serious about Safta: PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan is fully committed to implementing the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta)....
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Combination of errors cited for Fokker crash ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: A combination of errors made by the ground staff and those made by the pilot resulted in the crash of Fokker flight PK-688, killing all those on board, an official investigation into the tragedy has concluded....
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PML-N gives three days to PPP: Benazir’s participation in MPC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Friday set a three-day deadline for its alliance partner, the People''s Party Parliamentarians, to come up with a final reply (by Monday)...
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Opposition runs show in NA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: It was a day of opposition in the National Assembly when Nabil Gabol of the People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) got the first opportunity to preside over the session...
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Attempts on Musharraf not fake: White House
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: The White House has strongly rejected a suggestion that Pakistan may have faked terrorist attacks on President Pervez Musharraf to win America’s sympathy, urging the journalist who asked the question not to concoct theories....
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US House rejects Bush plan for Iraq
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: The US House of Representatives on Friday rejected President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq and instead urged him to reconsider his strategy....
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3 suspected suicide bombers arrested
KARACHI, Feb 16: Karachi police on Friday claimed to have arrested three suspected Al Qaeda suicide bombers and seized arms and ammunition from their possession....
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KESC to set up new power unit
KARACHI, Feb 16: Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi said here on Friday that the KESC was building a new power plant and two foreign companies had shown interest in setting up 2,000mw coal-based plants....
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World’s ‘luckiest woman’
SYDNEY, Feb 16: A German paraglider told reporters on Friday how she survived after being catapulted to an altitude of 30,000 feet by a deadly storm then managed to land in a semi-conscious state and covered in ice....
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Big fresh water lakes detected under Antarctic ice
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: Lasers beamed from space have detected what researchers have long suspected: big sloshing lakes of water underneath Antarctic ice....
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Five killed in roof collapse
MARDAN, Feb 16: Five children died and 24 people suffered injuries when the roof a house collapsed in Garhi Daulatzai village here on Friday....
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Clashes erupt after blast in Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 16: Clashes broke out between police and an armed group following a bomb explosion in southeast Iran on Friday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday....
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Anti-polio drive claims doctor’s life
KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Feb 16: A doctor, who had gone to attend a meeting to promote anti-polio campaign, was killed and three health department officials were injured in a bomb explosion...
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Man sells daughter to pay for surgery
KARACHI, Feb 16: A man sold his 10-year-old daughter for $500 to pay for his eye operation, a police official said on Friday....
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Fazl calls for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD Feb 16: Leader of opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rahman has demanded of the US and the Nato to immediately announce withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan otherwise a...
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5 MMA leaders booked
KARACHI, Feb 16: Five leaders and workers of Jamaat-i-Islami, including MNA Mohammed Hussain Mehenti, were booked on Friday for violating the Loudspeaker Act while addressing anti-Israel and anti-government demonstrators from a mosque in the Old Town after Juma prayers....
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