Gift of life for condemned prisoners: Two-minute silence in NA for Benazir
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday announced that his government would recommend to the president to commute death sentences of thousands of prisoners into life imprisonment...
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Rs71bn deficit budget for Balochistan
QUETTA, June 21: The cash-strapped Balochistan government on Saturday announced a budget of Rs71.19 billion for financial year 2008-09 which showed a deficit of Rs8.80 billion....
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Ban on politics creates radical Madressahs, admits Rice
WASHINGTON, June 21: In countries where people do not have political freedom, politics is done in mosques and madressahs, warned US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice....
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Move to check trafficking of N-material
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has entered into an agreement with the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) to combat trafficking of radioactive and nuclear materials....
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PPP workers donate blood to mark BB’s birthday
LARKANA, June 21: The 55th birth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto was commemorated in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto on Saturday as a large number of PPP leaders and workers visited the village to pay homage to the slain People’s Party chief....
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20 minority men kidnapped
PESHAWAR, June 21: About 20 members of the Christian community were kidnapped and scores of others were beaten up by armed men who attacked them at a function here on Saturday night....
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Nato-Taliban border clash
MIRAMSHAH, June 21: Tension gripped Miramshah in N. Waziristan on Saturday after clashes broke out between Nato forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border....
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Attack on Iran to invite disaster: ElBaradei
NEW YORK, June 21: Experts here warned that any attack on Iran could trigger a response which could undermine world peace for decades to come....
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Mayawati quits Singh govt to protest inflation
NEW DELHI, June 21: An ally of India’s ruling alliance withdrew support for the government on Saturday in protest against high inflation, adding to the woes of Premier Manmohan Singh already under fire from leftist partners over a nuclear deal....
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Six foreign soldiers slain in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 21: Six foreign troops, including a Polish national, were slain in bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, the forces said, making it the deadliest day for international soldiers in the war-torn country this year....
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Iranians told to save energy or face loadshedding
TEHRAN, June 21: Iranians on Saturday were told to cut their electricity consumption by 10 per cent or face daily power cuts because of a severe drought and low production by hydroelectric power plants....
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Bosnian Serb turned over to war crimes tribunal
BELGRADE, June 21: Serb authorities on Saturday turned over an ex-Bosnian Serb police chief to the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands....
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30,000 cheer longest day at Stonehenge
SALISBURY PLAIN (England), June 21: About 30,000 people gathered in the rain by the mysterious standing stones of England’s Stonehenge on Saturday to mark the summer solstice, as dawn broke on the longest day of the year....
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Fierce gunbattle erupts in Khyber agency
LANDI KOTAL, June 21: A fierce gunbattle erupted between two groups in remote Tirah valley of the Khyber Agency on Saturday morning amid conflicting reports about the number of casualties....
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No compromise on nuclear programme: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Pakistan’s nuclear programme will continue unabated and it will not be compromised, according to President Pervez Musharaf....
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IIU, Bangkok institute to strengthen cooperation
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The International Islamic University (IIU) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen academic cooperation between them, a press release said....
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N.As get new IG
GILGIT, June 21: Khurshid Alam has been posted as Inspector General Police Northern Areas, a notification issued on Saturday said....
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PAF jet crashes
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Pakistan Air Force says one of its fighter jets has crashed on a training flight....
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