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| March 12, 2006 | Sunday | Safar 11, 1427 |
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Senate to elect chairman today: Soomro, Mandokhel in the run
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The first session of the Senate after completion of the election of its 50 new members will be held here on Sunday to elect chairman and deputy chairman for the next three-year term.... 
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Sacking of HBL workers stayed
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) on Saturday stayed retrenchment of 2,300 workers of the Habib Bank announced by the management on Friday....
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Govt cuts short NA session
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The government on Saturday cut short a National Assembly session in only its second sitting, effectively blocking opposition-sought debates on US President George Bush’s visit and crackdowns in Balochistan province and the North Waziristan tribal area....
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10 killed in air raid on seminary
MIRAMSHAH, March 11: Ten people were killed and three others injured in helicopter gunship attack on a seminary in the embattled North Waziristan Agency on Friday night, officials and residents said....
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MMA condemns Fata operation
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the killing of innocent people in the military operation against so-called saboteurs in the North and South...
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Sindh submits revised plan for RBOD
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Sindh has opposed a federal government proposal to dispose of saline effluent into River Indus, saying it will put at risk people and three million acres of land in Kotri Barrage area....
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Musharraf assures fast uplift in Balochistan
Lilla (Jhelum), March 11: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday affirmed that retrogressive elements would not be allowed to hold back progress in Balochistan or suppress their own people....
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‘Mine blast not linked to rights struggle’
ISLAMABAD March 11: Jamhoori Watan Party leader Shahid Bugti on Saturday dismissed as baseless the government’s claims that Friday’s landmine blast had occurred in Dera Bugti area or it had anything...
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Dialogue on energy plans with US tomorrow: FO
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Foreign Office on Saturday announced that the US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman would initiate the dialogue on enhanced energy cooperation with Pakistan on Monday....
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US hostage killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 11: The body of a kidnapped American peace activist was found bound and shot in Baghdad, police said on Saturday, as US President George W....
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Milosevic dies in jail
THE HAGUE, March 11: Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has died, the UN tribunal said on Saturday, just months before the expected conclusion of his trial for war crimes in the Balkans wars in the 1990s....
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No tough action against Iran, warn Russia and China
UNITED NATIONS, March 11: Russia and China cautioned against any tough action against Iran by the UN Security Council, as the five permanent members of the council met to consider proposals to pressure Iran to resolve questions about its nuclear programme....
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India, China hold talks on border dispute
NEW DELHI, March 11: India and China held a new round of talks on Saturday aimed at settling a decades-old border row in their first top-level meeting since New Delhi struck a landmark nuclear deal with the United States....
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Panthers party chief for Kashmir’s reunification
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chairman and member of Legislative Assembly Bhim Singh has proposed reunion of the two parts of Kashmir, saying it would pave the...
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Khetran chieftain accuses govt of wavering against terrorists
QUETTA, March 11: Chief of the Khetran tribe Sardar Abdur Rehman Khetran claimed that the Marri and Bugti insurgents had re-established their camps where areas of the three tribes converged and...
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PIA to expand fleet with 10 more planes
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will acquire 10 aircraft of different categories on lease in an effort to enhance the size of its fleet, the National Assembly was told on Saturday....
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