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| March 19, 2006 | Sunday | Safar 18, 1427 |
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Quake prediction centre to be set up: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that an Earthquake Prediction and Probability Analysis Centre will be established in the country. The centre will cater to the needs of South and Central Asia and the Middle East, he said.... 
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Package N-deal stressed
WASHINGTON, March 18: Pakistan is believed to have conveyed to the US that instead of offering a unilateral nuclear deal to New Delhi, Washington should devise a package for both India and Pakistan....
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‘Waziristan, Balochistan issues may delay polls’
LAHORE, March 18: The government is determined to hold elections on schedule in 2007 but disturbances in Balochistan and Waziristan or ‘unforeseen developments in the region’ may delay the process for...
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Two policemen injured in attack
QUETTA, March 18: Two policemen were injured on Saturday in a hand-grenade attack in the Shahbaz Town area while a 12-year-old boy was wounded in Mastung after a pencil-bomb exploded in his hands....
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PML leader among three shot dead
KARACHI, March 18: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader and former provincial minister Badar Iqbal was shot dead by unidentified attackers on the busy M.A. Jinnah Road here on Saturday....
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Anti-terror war to go on: Musharraf
BAHAWALPUR, March 18: War against terrorism will continue until objectives are achieved and a handful of miscreants cannot be allowed to set up a state within state and challenge the rule of law, says President General Pervez Musharraf....
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US foresees consensus on Iran at UNSC
UNITED NATIONS, March 18: The United States and its allies on Friday predicted adoption of a UN Security Council statement on Iran’s nuclear ambitions next week, although China and Russia still had misgivings....
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Ex-Afghan governor, 15 others killed
KANDAHAR, March 18: At least 16 people, including nine policemen and a former provincial governor, were killed in attacks across southern Afghanistan blamed on Taliban militants, officials said on Saturday....
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Tanvir takes over PAF command
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat handed over the command of Pakistan Air Force to Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed at a ceremony held at the Air Headquarters here on Saturday....
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Osama offered to buy votes for Nawaz: Qazi
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has revealed that Osama bin Laden had offered to buy loyalties of legislators to see Mian Nawaz Sharif as prime minister....
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Bush says Iraq war has seen ‘setbacks’
WASHINGTON, March 18: On the eve of the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday that the past three years have tested “our resolve.”...
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Iran frees dissident journalist
TEHRAN, March 18: Iran’s most prominent political prisoner, dissident Akbar Ganji, was released late on Friday night after six years in prison. Visibly thinner and sporting a bushy beard, Mr Ganji...
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Bird flu kills Egyptian woman
CAIRO, March 18: Egypt said on Saturday that a 30-year-old woman has died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, making her the country’s first human victim as the virus spread to birds in Israel....
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25 contesting for NALC seats
SKARDU, March 18: As many as 25-candidates are contesting for the technocrats and women’s reserved seats of the Northern Areas Legislative Council scheduled to be held on March 22....
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‘Quake resistant houses to be built’
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority will ensure construction of seismically resistant houses in the areas hit by the October 8 earthquake. ERRA Deputy Chairman Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmed...
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PML-N to consider en bloc resignations: Shahbaz
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Tendering of en bloc resignations by members of opposition in assemblies will be discussed in the PML-N’s meeting in London on March 25-26, says president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Mian Shahbaz Sharif....
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