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| February 23, 2007 | Friday | Safar 5, 1428 |
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Govt proposes opposition’s role for peace: Militancy in Waziristan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The government proposed to a distrusting opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday to broker a new peace deal in the militancy-plagued Waziristan tribal area after coming under fire for two days during a law and order debate.... 
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4 attacks averted, claims ministry
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Law-enforcement agencies claimed on Thursday to have averted at least four major terror attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being...
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Advani cautions Kasuri against Kashmir ‘haste’
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri returned home on Thursday — a day earlier than the planned four-day visit during which he kept alive hopes for progress on...
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Senate condemns murder of woman minister
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The Senate on Thursday took a serious notice of the gruesome murder of Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma and passed a unanimous resolution condemning the gory act by a religious fanatic....
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APNS slams govt for using ads as lever to gag press
KARACHI, Feb 22: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has severely criticised the government for using advertisements as a lever to control the press and curb freedom of expression which is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution....
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Indian police detain seven over train blasts
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Indian police teams have fanned out to three northern states after blasts which killed 68 people on a train to Pakistan, detaining seven people for questioning, officials and a report said on Thursday....
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Committee urges MMA council to formulate strategy for MPC
ISLAMABAD Feb 22: A Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal committee has urged the alliance’s supreme council to hold a meeting and chalk out the alliance’s strategy before the London multi-party conference....
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CBR told to expand tax net
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to reduce the burden of taxes on the poor, but asked the tax collectors to strive to bring potential taxpayers in the net....
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Talks on IPI project begin
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India started here on Thursday to discuss security problems for the proposed 2,720-kilometre Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
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125 seminaries agree to receive govt aid
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: About 125 seminaries in the NWFP province have agreed to receive financial grant from the government despite stiff opposition from the Ittehad Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Deenya, a coalition of five seminary boards....
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Pact on Gwadar was transparent, says minister QUETTA, Feb 22: Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghori has denied any irregularity in the awarding of contract to the Singapore Port Authority for running the Gwadar Port and declared that the entire process was transparent....
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US warns Iran of fresh sanctions: Enrichment continuing: IAEA
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: The United States said on Thursday it would seek more sanctions against Iran for its failure to meet a UN deadline, but also hinted at holding direct talks with Tehran on nuclear and other disputes....
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Karzai asks Canada, Italy not to withdraw
KABUL, Feb 22: President Hamid Karzai urged Italy on Thursday not to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, after the Italian government resigned because of a parliamentary defeat over its plan to keep its 2,000 forces in the volatile country....
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Half of Palestinians can’t buy food: UN
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Feb 22: Nearly half of Palestinians are unable, or risk being unable, to access minimum food supplies, warned the first UN report of its kind since the West slapped an embargo on the Hamas-led government in Palestine....
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Soldier injured in blast
HANGU, Feb 22: A bomb exploded on the Parachinar-Kohat road in the Tore Ghar area near Tall on Thursday, causing minor injuries to an army man, police said....
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Man killed as ‘militant’ was innocent: Indian police
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: An alleged militant who security forces claimed was killed in a gunbattle in Indian Kashmir last year was instead “beyond doubt” a small-town carpenter killed in custody, police said on Thursday....
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Education policy review faces delay
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The ongoing review of the national education policy is likely to be delayed as Javed Hassan Aly, heading the review team, has resigned from the job due to...
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Five children die as house roof collapses
QUETTA, Feb 22: Five children of a family were killed when the roof of a mud-house in a village of Sherani area of Zhob district collapsed on Thursday....
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