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| July 02, 2007 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Sani 16, 1428 |
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Over two million severely hit: •Balochistan death toll 100 •15 districts affected •Loss estimated at Rs10bn
QUETTA, July 1: Balochistan has suffered a loss of around Rs10 billion because of cyclone and flood which severely affected over two million people in 15 districts and destroyed roads and communication network....
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Relief operations continue
RAWALPINDI, July 1: Relief and rescue operations by the army continued for the fifth day in flood-hit areas of Balochistan and elsewhere in the country. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 10 helicopters carried out the operations in Turbat, Nasirabad, Nodez, Gabban, Kalatuk, Solaband, Sibbi,...
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Thousands of villagers marooned in Sindh
LARKANA/DADU, July 1: Four people were killed as heavy rains again lashed different parts of the province on Sunday, with floodwater inundating 350,000 acres of land in Qambar-Shahdadkot district and over...
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Widespread rain forecast for Sindh, Balochistan
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, July 1: A strong monsoon weather system is likely to cause widespread heavy rains in Sindh over the next four days and scattered rains have been forecast for Balochistan during the next two days....
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Lahore police claim nabbing eight terrorists
LAHORE, July 1: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested eight terrorists, including the ringleader of a banned religious outfit, and seized a large cache of explosives....
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Five suspects of Glasgow attack held
GLASGOW, July 1: British police arrested a fifth person on Sunday after a fuel-loaded jeep was rammed into Scotland’s busiest airport in what police said was a terrorist attack linked to two failed car bombings in London....
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Nepra allows tariff hike on hydel-power
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed 15 per cent and eight per cent increase in fixed and variable tariffs respectively in Wapda’s hydropower units with immediate effect....
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Musharraf may quit army post in Oct: paper
LONDON, July 1: Dissatisfaction with President Musharraf’s rule is growing and he faces the prospect of having to step down in October when his current term as Army Chief ends, The Sunday Telegraph has predicted....
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200 rescued from glacier-hit village
CHITRAL, July 1: Army helicopters launched a rescue operation on Sunday to evacuate people stranded in Sonoghur village, which was struck by a huge glacier on Friday....
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MQM urges special relief package
KARACHI, July 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday called upon the government to give the calamity-hit status to the affected areas of Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP, waive taxes and announce a special relief package for the victims....
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Talks with India from tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, July 1: A 10-member delegation from Pakistan will be going to India for the home secretary-level talks on the vital issues of terrorism and drug trafficking this week....
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Militants killed by own bomb
PESHAWAR, July 1: Two suspected terrorists were killed when a bomb they were allegedly trying to plant at an oil tanker terminal on Ring Road exploded early on Sunday morning....
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Sindh wants convict shifted to Haripur
MANSEHRA, July 1: The Sindh home department has requested the NWFP government to take a mastermind of the Karachi jail bomb plot to the Haripur central prison for carrying out the...
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Timing is the key
The endgame, and the finality it implies, hasn’t started. But the time is fast approaching when President General Pervez Musharraf must commit himself to making some crucial decisions....
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Rail track to be replaced
QUETTA, July 1: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that work on replacing 300 kilometres narrow-gauge rail track between Bostan and Zhob with broad gauge will be taken up soon....
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Delay in relief operation criticised
QUETTA, July 1: President of the People’s Party Parliamentarians in Balochistan Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani has criticised the delay in relief and rescue operations in flood-hit districts and alleged that the...
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Pakistani woman, Spanish couple scale peak in Shimshal
ISLAMABAD, July 1: A Spanish couple and five climbers from Northern Areas, including a woman, have scaled the 6,050-meter high Minglig Sar Peak at Shimshal in the Karakoram ranges....
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13 arrested, arms, liquor seized
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The Islamabad Police on Saturday arrested 13 persons, including five women, for their alleged involvement in immoral activities and possessing illegal weapons....
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