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| June 29, 2007 | Friday | Jamadi-us-Sani 13, 1428 |
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Rains affect relief work: •400,000 displaced in Balochistan •Mirani Dam safe •Power, gas supplies disrupted •No traffic on highways
QUETTA, June 28: As heavy to moderate rains continued to lash different parts of Balochistan on Thursday, nine people died in Harnai and Turbat. The rainfall hindered a massive rescue and...
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56 die as rains wreak havoc in NWFP: Monsoon hits Punjab, N. Areas
LAHORE/ PESHAWAR, June 28: A spell of intermittent moderate to heavy rains, likely to last six days, began in Punjab, NWFP and Northern Areas on Thursday....
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Govt likely to seek reference hearing by full court: counsel
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The federal government on Thursday placed the entire material relating to the reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry before the Supreme Court and assured the bench that...
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Khan network out of business, says US State Department
WASHINGTON, June 28: The Khan network of nuclear proliferators is out of business, says the US State Department, rejecting a claim by some American lawmakers that the network is still active....
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Iran seeks changes in IPI price accord: Some progress reported in Delhi talks
NEW DELHI, June 28: Iran on Thursday sought last-minute changes in an agreement on the price of natural gas that it is to supply to India and Pakistan through a $7.4...
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Bail for ‘same-sex’ couple; SC suspends jail sentence
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a ‘same-sex’ couple and suspended a verdict handed down by the Lahore High Court. The high court had declared the...
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Ulema slam seminary’s coercive measures
WASHINGTON, June 28: The radical seminary which has held Islamabad hostage for the past several months is no more recognised by the board that oversees madaris in Pakistan, says Qari Mohammed Hanif Jalandhry....
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Deadline for setting up power plants extended
ISLAMABAD, June 28: In the midst of a power crisis, the government on Thursday extended the deadline till 2010 for big business houses and existing independent power producers (IPPS) to set...
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Security of 3 ministers beefed up
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Additional security has been provided to three federal ministers on the basis of intelligence reports that militants in South Waziristan have decided to eliminate them....
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Proposals on ‘friendly exchanges’ swapped
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan and India swapped draft proposals for ‘promotion of friendly exchanges’ on Thursday when the culture secretaries of the two countries met here to start the fourth round of talks on the subject....
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Gas supply disrupted
QUETTA, June 28: Gas supply to Quetta and four other districts of Balochistan was disrupted after a main gas pipeline was washed away by flash foods in the Bolan River between Dhadar and Gokart, some 100km from here, on Wednesday night....
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3 militants killed while trying to plant bomb
MIRAMSHAH, June 28: Three suspected militants were blown up while planting a improvised bomb in the Datakhel Tehsil area of the North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday night, according to an official....
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Mine blasts kill soldier, hurt seven
QUETTA, June 28: A soldier was killed and seven people were wounded in two landmine blasts in Balochistan, officials said on Thursday. The soldier and three people were wounded when their...
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Six charged in financial scam in US
NEW YORK, June 28: Six Pakistanis were indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and organise a financial crimes enterprise, US law-enforcement authorities said....
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Pakistani on trial in Italy over murder of daughter
ROME, June 28: The father of a Pakistani immigrant girl and three other male relatives went on trial in Italy on Thursday, after being accused of murdering her last year for adopting a Western lifestyle and having an Italian boyfriend....
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EU to relax ban on PIA
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The European Union (EU) has announced a plan to relax the restrictions imposed on the fleet of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from flying to the 27-nation bloc....
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Military rule to hurt Pakistan: PML-N
WASHINGTON, June 28: If democracy is not restored, the country may face another East Pakistan-like tragedy in Balochistan, a senior PML-N leader said on Thursday. Ahsan Iqbal, who heads the party’s...
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Bajaur cleric vows to enforce Sharia
KHAAR, June 28: Local militant leader Maulana Faqir Mohammad has vowed that his supporters will continue to struggle for the enforcement of Sharia in the Bajaur Agency....
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