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| February 22, 2007 | Thursday | Safar 4, 1428 |
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India opposes joint train blast probe: Pact signed to avert N-accident risks
NEW DELHI, Feb 21: India on Wednesday rejected the Pakistan National Assembly’s demand for a joint investigation into bombing of the Delhi-Attari Express on Monday. At least 23 Pakistani passengers are...
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MMA against teaching pre-Islamic history
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Religious parties in the National Assembly were on Wednesday up in arms against teaching Pakistan’s pre-Islamic history in schools to find Speaker Amir Hussain willing to keep the...
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Al Qaeda operating along Durand Line: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network continue to operate from the area that straddles the Durand Line, says the US State Department without specifying whether the...
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Accused says he tried to kill Benazir: Woman minister laid to rest
GUJRANWALA, Feb 21: Punjab Social Welfare Minister Zille Huma Usman, who was shot dead by a religious fanatic here on Tuesday, was laid to rest in the Cantonment area graveyard on Wednesday....
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Blair announces plan to reduce troops in Iraq
LONDON, Feb 21: Key US ally Britain, along with Denmark, announced on Wednesday a major troop withdrawal from Iraq, even as the United States sends in thousands of extra soldiers to douse the raging insurgency....
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India probe focus moved to Old Delhi
NEW DELHI, Feb 21: Indian investigators are looking into a suspicious phone call made to Azad Kashmir just after bombs on a train bound for Pakistan killed 68 people, an official said on Wednesday....
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UN working on fresh Iran resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21: The UN Security Council looks set to thrash out another hard-to-negotiate resolution on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, one likely to punish Tehran for intransigence....
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Journalist Qalandar freed
SHINKO (Khyber Agency), Feb 21: Journalist Suhail Qalandar and his friend, who had been kidnapped 50 days ago, were freed on Wednesday from a house near the Shinko area of Bara tehsil....
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Senate winds up pre-budget debate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Senate started deliberations on the law reforms bill on Wednesday after winding up a debate on the next year’s budget. Over 20 senators, from both sides of...
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Committee report on new set of rules for NA presented
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The next National Assembly is likely to be run under a new set of rules and procedures, recommended by a 17-member special committee in its report presented to the lower house on Wednesday....
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PIA crew reinstated
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed PIA to allow its cabin and ground crew to resume their duty....
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MQM to replace woman MNA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is reported to have decided to replace Shamim Akhtar, a woman legislator, with another party activist Kishwar Sultana....
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Indian team may accept gas price
NEW DELHI, Feb 21: India may agree to the price that Iran is asking for its natural gas to flow through the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline....
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Air forces of India, France hold joint exercise
KALAIKUNDA AIRBASE (India), Feb 21: Indian and French air forces fielded some of their deadliest combat aircraft on Wednesday to engage each other in mock fights and aerobatic displays during a joint exercise....
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12 Pakistanis held in Iran
DALBANDIN, Feb 21: Iranian authorities on Wednesday handed over 12 Pakistanis to Levies force Taftan, District Administrative Officer Dalbandin said....
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Sermon against vaccination
FIZA GHAT (Swat), Feb 21: A religious figure in a Swat village has told people not to take any preventive measures against polio ‘as those killed during an outbreak are martyrs’....
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Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Feb 21: The supply of gas to the main purification plant in Sui was affected as militants blew up a pipeline supplying gas to the plant from the Sui gas field....
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Opposition invited for talks on EC-related legislation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani on Wednesday invited opposition leaders to discuss the proposed legislation aimed at empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan....
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