ANP rally bombed, 25 dead: •Charsadda rocked thrice in 10 months •PA candidate injured
CHARSADDA, Feb 9: A powerful bomb ripped through a public meeting of the Awami National Party here on Saturday, killing 25 people and injuring 51 others....
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US general rules out unilateral action in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The United States will not attack or invade Pakistan and the two countries would have to work together for a “very long time”, the Chairman of the US...
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Police, lawyers clash after boycott decision
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse a rally of protesting lawyers on Saturday after they decided to boycott courts till the general election....
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Zardari proposes ‘political contract’
THATTA, Feb 9: The Pakistan People’s Party would work for a new “political contract” between the federating units and the centre. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto “by the people running the...
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Remarks on monetary policy irk SBP chief
KARACHI, Feb 9: State Bank Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar lost her cool on Saturday afternoon at a meeting with businessmen when the monetary tightening policy came under sharp criticism....
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$2.16bn Neelum-Jhelum hydel project launched
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: President Pervez Musharraf launched here on Saturday the $2.16 billion Neelum-Jhelum hydro-electric project, saying that its completion would contribute in a big way to socio-economic development of the country....
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FO dismisses claims Omar, Osama are in Pakistan: US opposes talks with militants
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders are directing operations against the US-led forces in Afghanistan from Quetta while Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al Zawahri, are...
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Two gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, Feb 9: Suspected militants blew up two main gas pipelines in the Tali Matt and Tangwani areas of Dera Bugti district on Saturday, disrupting supply to a Sui purification plant besides parts of Quetta....
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Power pylon damaged
KOHAT, Feb 9: The pylon of a high power transmission line was damaged in an explosion in the Ghulam Banda area of Kohat district on Friday night....
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Journalist killed for working ‘against Baloch cause’
QUETTA, Feb 9: Dr Chishti Mujahid, a senior columnist and photojournalist, was killed by a gunman in Satellite Town on Saturday morning. He was 55....
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Five firms allowed to set up wind power plants
RAWALPINDI, Feb 9: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued licences to five independent power producers (IPPs) for initiating wind power projects in the country....
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Another 1,500 Utility Store outlets planned
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The government is planning to open 1,500 more Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets to cover all union councils....
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US says time is running out for India N-deal
NEW DELHI, Feb 9: The civil nuclear deal offered by the US to India was almost at a ‘now or never’ stage, as a post-Bush administration may witness non-proliferation groups forcing additional conditionalities in it, US Ambassador David Mulford has said....
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Turkish MPs vote for lifting scarf ban
ANKARA, Feb 9: Turkey’s parliament voted on Saturday to lift a ban on headscarves at universities, handing a major victory to the Islamist ruling party and defying secularist objections to the move....
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UK apologises for arresting Shujaat’s relatives
LONDON, Feb 9: Britain has apologised to six men close to President Pervez Musharraf for mistakenly detaining them on suspicion of terrorism at London’s Gatwick Airport and holding them for more than 17 hours, officials said on Saturday....
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A sympathy wave: myth or reality?
IN the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, election talk has centred on a ‘sympathy wave’ at the ballot box for the Pakistan People’s Party. As politicians have sparred over and commentators...
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PPP examining Benazir report
KARACHI, Feb 9: The Scotland Yard team’s report on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is being examined by the legal experts of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and their conclusions will be submitted to the party leadership for deliberations....
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Security man killed in blast
QUETTA, Feb 9: A security man was killed and four others were injured on Saturday in a bomb blast in the Nushki area, some 160 kilometres west of here....
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