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| March 04, 2007 | Sunday | Safar 14, 1428 |
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Pakistan rebuts US senators’ assertions: ‘Understanding’ on direct air strikes
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Pakistan on Saturday made it clear that there was no understanding with the coalition forces that allowed them to target alleged Taliban and Al Qaeda sites in Pakistan.... 
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Islamabad FMs meeting matter of concern: Iran
RIYADH, Match 3: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that ‘all countries’ in the Gulf region viewed as ‘a matter of concern’ the conference held in Islamabad last Sunday, calling for ‘explicit answers’ about ‘our apprehensions’....
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Baitullah pledges to abide by peace deal
PESHAWAR, March 3: Militant commander Baitullah Mehsud has reiterated that he will abide by the peace deal he had struck with the government and offered it support to curb violence in South Waziristan....
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Pakistani, US agents interrogate Obaidullah
ISLAMABAD, March 3: US and Pakistani agents were interrogating the Taliban’s former defence minister on Saturday in the hope that he can help them hunt down other militant leaders, security officials said....
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Hataf-II test-fired
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Pakistan on Saturday test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, its second test within eight days, the military said....
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Security fears keep expats away: Investment conference
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Over 43 per cent of those invited to the Overseas Pakistanis Investment Conference, scheduled here for March 5 and 6, have refused to take part in the meeting...
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Madressahs being misused: US
WASHINGTON, March 3: Terrorist organisations sometimes use some madressahs in Pakistan for money laundering and financing their activities, says a US government report....
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Ghee, cooking oil prices reduced
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday announced a cut of Rs6 per kg in ghee and cooking oil prices....
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PPP hints at moving SC against voter registration
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) is considering challenging the ongoing voters'' registration process in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, it is learnt on Saturday....
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US army secretary sacked
WASHINGTON, March 3: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates fired Army Secretary Francis Harvey on Friday as the Bush administration scrambled to respond to an outcry over poor treatment for veterans at the Army’s top hospital....
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Police patrol attacked
TANK, March 3: A police patrol party was attacked allegedly by the local Taliban here on Saturday night, leaving two people injured....
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‘US spy’ shot dead
MIRAMSHAH, March 3: A tribesman, suspected of spying for the US, was shot dead in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said....
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Five suspected terrorists held
HYDERABAD, March 3: Police on Saturday said they had arrested a five-member gang of terrorists involved in some two dozen bomb explosions in Karachi and Hyderabad....
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Afghan linked to Quetta suicide attack held
QUETTA, March 3: Police on Saturday announced the arrest of an Afghan involved in a suicide attack in a courtroom that killed 16 people, including a judge, on Feb. 17....
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12 fishermen arrested
KARACHI, March 3: Martime Security Agency has apprehended 12 Indian fishermen and five boats for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters....
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Taliban hiding in DP camps: Nato
WASHINGTON, March 3: In a rare endorsement of Pakistan’s position on the Taliban issue, a senior Nato commander has acknowledged that Afghan refugee camps are a “great source” of strength for...
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DP camps haven for Taliban: Memon
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence Senator Nisar A. Memon said on Saturday that the closure of refugee camps and early repatriation of Afghan refugees would deny any safe haven to the Taliban....
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3 labourers die in blast during oil exploration
DADU, March 3: Three labourers were killed in an explosion during exploration of oil and gas being carried out by a team of a Polish company near Karo Kot in the Khirthar mountain range here on Saturday evening....
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