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| March 09, 2007 | Friday | Safar 19, 1428 |
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Musharraf acts to allay Iranian concern
ISLAMABAD, March 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf telephoned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday night and exchanged views with him on important issues, with specific emphasis on his Middle East peace initiative, to allay Iran’s concerns about it.... 
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Pakistan, India to lay segmented pipeline
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Iran, Pakistan and India plan to start laying a $7.23 billion gas pipeline by September 2009 on a segmented basis to ward off possible US sanctions aimed at punishing oil companies dealing with Iran....
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Women’s role stressed in curbing extremism
ISLAMABAD, March 8: President Pervez Musharraf has said that the country is facing ‘serious threats’ of suicide bombing and extremism which need to be checked before it is too late....
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ARD approves seven-point agenda for MPC
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Thursday formally approved a seven-point agenda for the multi-party conference (MPC) of opposition parties scheduled for March 24-25 in...
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Democrats threaten to block delivery of F-16 fighter jets: Legislation termed counter-productive
WASHINGTON, March 8: Democratic lawmakers, who now control both chambers of the US Congress, have threatened to withhold the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, despite a strong warning from...
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Pakistan paid heavy price, says Crocker
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan has paid a far heavier price for its anti-terror role than any other country and the United States is ‘fully satisfied with Islamabad’s role’, according to outgoing US Ambassador Ryan C....
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Formation of commission on disappearances urged
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Supreme Court was asked here on Thursday to order establishment of an independent commission on disappearances which should comprise senior lawyers, parliamentarians and former judges....
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Police asked to register case against minister
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges on Thursday directed the Sindh police to get a case registered against a provincial minister for allegedly...
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‘Pakistan will not allow maritime terrorism’
KARACHI, March 8: Pakistan will not allow its maritime area to become a ‘floating base’ for international terrorism, says commander of Pakistan Navy’s submarine force Commodore Farrukh Mahfouz....
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Baitullah’s aide picked up by Nato forces from tribal area
TANK, March 8: A close companion of militant commander Baitullah Mehsud was captured in a joint operation conducted by Nato and Afghan forces in a Pakistan region on Wednesday, informed sources told Dawn on Thursday....
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Talks yielding results: Singh
NEW DELHI, March 8: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that peace talks with Pakistan had brought ‘positive results’....
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36 smuggled artifacts returned to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan on Thursday became richer in its cultural heritage -- courtesy the international community -- when over three dozen missing artifacts of the Gandhara period were returned to the home country....
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Hekmatyar splits with Taliban
KARACHI, March 8: Afghan militant Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said his forces have ended cooperation with the Taliban and suggested that he is open to talks with embattled President Hamid Karzai....
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Iraq crisis has no military solution: US commander
BAGHDAD, March 8: The new US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, said on Thursday reinforcements pouring into Baghdad have a long task ahead of them and warned there is no military solution to the conflict...
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IAEA cuts aid to Iran
VIENNA, March 8: The UN atomic watchdog on Thursday unanimously approved a cut of almost half its aid programmes to Iran as part of UN sanctions over Iran''s nuclear programme, an IAEA spokesman said....
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Six schoolboys among 7 killed in accident
SHEIKHUPURA, March 8: Six schoolboys and a rickshaw driver were killed and seven other people were injured when a truck rammed into two rickshaws near Khanqah Dogran, Nankana district, on Thursday morning....
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Quran copy signed by Aurangzeb seized
BANGALORE, March 8: Police in southern India said on Thursday they had seized a copy of the holy Quran purported to be more than 300 years old and transcribed by emperor Aurangzeb....
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Touchi Scouts HQ attacked
MIRAMSHAH, March 8: The headquarters of Touchi Scouts came under mortar attack in Miramshah in North Waziristan on Thursday, official sources said....
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Suspected suicide bomber arrested
TANK, March 8: Police on Thursday arrested a suspected suicide bomber and found 20kg of explosives and two jackets in his possession, a senior police official said....
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Demand for release of Baloch youths
KARACHI, March 8: Leaders of the opposition in Balochistan and Sindh assemblies on Thursday demanded immediate release of over 7,000 Baloch youths allegedly picked up by secret agencies....
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