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| March 02, 2007 | Friday | Safar 12, 1428 |
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Mullah Omar’s deputy Obaidullah captured
PESHAWAR, March 1: Pakistani security forces have captured Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, deputy to the elusive Taliban chief, Mullah Mohammad Omar, from Quetta, a federal government official has told Dawn....
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Benazir not to attend MPC, says Fahim
ISLAMABAD, March 1: The People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Thursday officially declared that party chairperson Benazir Bhutto would not attend the multi-party conference (MPC) of opposition parties being hosted by Pakistan...
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Balochistan projects to be completed in ’08: president
QUETTA, March 1: President Pervez Musharraf has said he is prepared to meet people who are against development projects in Balochistan and address their grievances....
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Govt asked to sign mine ban treaty
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Politicians and members of the civil society have asked the government to scrap the plan to mine the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area and sign the Mine Ban Treaty as...
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Sindh seeks Rs11.6bn to improve irrigation
ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Sindh government has sought from the centre additional Rs11.6 billion urgent funding for the rehabilitation of its ageing irrigation system....
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Four Fata senators meet MQM chief
KARACHI, March 1: Four senators from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) had a five-hour meting with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and his senior party colleagues in London...
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Mukherjee says Indian prisoners in Pakistan mistreated
NEW DELHI, March 1: India said on Thursday its prisoners in Pakistan were mistreated, a charge that is expected to nudge their recent agreement to set up a committee of judges...
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Iran raising wall along border with Pakistan
Quetta, March 1: Iran has started building a concrete wall along its border with Pakistan, from Taftan to Mand, to stop illegal border crossings....
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Ahmadinejad to visit S. Arabia
TEHRAN, March 1: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks on the regional situation with the kingdom''s leaders, an official said on Thursday....
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Osama is alive, says Taliban leader
LONDON, March 1: Osama bin Laden is alive and in contact with leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, a senior Taliban commander said in an interview aired on British television....
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Four soldiers killed in avalanche, 10 missing
LANDI KOTAL, March 1: At least four soldiers were killed and another 10 went missing when an avalanche hit an army patrol in Tirah valley of the Khyber Agency on Thursday, sources said....
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More terrorist attacks feared
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah has expressed the fear that terrorist may be planning more suicide attacks in the federal capital....
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Explosive-laden car found in Karachi
KARACHI, March 1: An explosive-laden car was found abandoned near Mohatta Palace in Clifton on Thursday....
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Stranded skiers rescued
SRINAGAR, March 1: The Indian army and police rescued three foreign skiers stranded on a peak in the Indian-held Kashmir after heavy snow triggered avalanches, the army said on Thursday....
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27 arrested in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, March 1: Slovak police announced on Thursday the discovery of 27 illegal immigrants, believed to come from India and Pakistan, hidden in an underground car park in the capital, Bratislava, Slovak press agencies reported....
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Kidney theft case collapses
BAHAWALPUR, March 1: The kidney sale case collapsed on Thursday when hospital records showed that the woman was without her right kidney even before the operation during which the organ was allegedly removed....
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‘Guantanamo prisoners denied justice’
UNITED NATIONS, March 1: UN Human Rights chief Louise Arbour on Wednesday lamented that hundreds of prisoners, including Pakistanis, Afghans and Arabs, remained in American jails without recourse to due process....
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World stocks keep falling
LONDON, March 1: Turbulent world stock markets fell again on Thursday as another wave of anxiety spread from Asia to Europe and led to further losses in the United States....
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