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| April 25, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 26, 1427 |
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Polls under caretaker set-up, says CEC: Election on time promised
ISLAMABAD, April 24: Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq has said that the next general election will be held on time and under a caretaker set-up and opposition parties should not have any doubts about fairness of the process.... 
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Benazir and Nawaz vow to restore democracy
LAHORE, April 24: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif met at the latter’s Park Lane apartment in London on Monday with both sides renewing their pledge to restore democracy in the country by getting rid of the military rule....
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Triple blasts in Egypt resort kill 30
CAIRO, April 24: Thirty people were killed and 150 wounded when three explosions rocked a market and a busy restaurant area in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Dahab on Monday....
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No plan to recognise India as N-weapon state: US
WASHINGTON, April 24: The US said on Monday that while it has concluded a deal for civil nuclear cooperation with India, it was not recognising the country as a nuclear weapon state....
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New ministers to take oath today
ISLAMABAD, April 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will administer oath of office to new federal and state ministers at a ceremony at the Aiwan-i-Sadar here on Tuesday....
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Proposals on nuke CBMs likely: FO
ISLAMABAD, April 24: Pakistan will hand over a draft agreement on prevention of incidents at sea and elaborate on its proposals to reduce threats on the Line of Control at the...
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Pakistan Navy assumes task force command: Coalition maritime security campaign against terrorism
MINA SULEMAN (Bahrain), April 24: Pakistan Navy on Monday assumed the command of the Coalition Maritime Security Campaign (CMSC) plan, becoming the first non-Nato country to lead such a coalition against terrorism....
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Joint exercise along border planned
KABUL, April 24: Afghan, Pakistan and US troops will conduct a joint military exercise in the volatile Afghan-Pakistan border region, the US military said on Monday, amid concerns over militant infiltration and poor coordination between the two neighbours....
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Nepal king backs down
KATHMANDU, April 24: Nepal’s King Gyanendra, buckling after 19 days of violent protests on the streets of the capital, agreed in a televised address on Monday to reinstate the parliament that was dissolved in 2002....
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President calls for timely dispensation of justice
RAWALPINDI, April 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said speedy justice is a major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at the grass-roots level....
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Haj flights by all airlines proposed
LAHORE, April 24: Religious Affairs Minister Ijazul Haq has said that the ministry has proposed Haj flights by all airlines in order to get the fare reduced....
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Pakistan-born wrote terror manual, court told in Sydney
SYDNEY, April 24: A Pakistani-born architect accused of plotting to bomb Sydney’s power grid and other sites wrote a “terrorism manual” and inquired about chemicals used in home-made bombs, a court heard on Monday....
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Forceps removed from girl’s abdomen
NAWABSHAH, April 24: A pair of forceps has been removed from the abdomen of a 17-year-old girl at the People’s Medical College Hospital here. The forceps had been left in the...
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Savings schemes profit to rise
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The government may soon announce an increase in yields on all national savings schemes by offering one per cent more on investments....
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Militant injured in clash
WANA, April 24: A suspected attacker was injured in a gunbattle between security forces and militants when a checkpoint in Khamrang village of the Birmal tehsil came under rocket attack on Monday....
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‘Taliban’ set newspaers on fire in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, April 24: Masked gunmen torched newspapers in Mirali in North Waziristan Agency on Monday because the publications branded them ‘terrorists’ and demanded that they be called ‘mujahideen’ or ‘Taliban’....
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SC seeks action against men who ordered sawara, vani marriages
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Punjab police chief to take action against members of a ‘punchayat’ who ordered that a three-year-old girl be given in marriage...
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Appeals of four more convicts to be heard: Attack on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 24: The Supreme Court on Monday admitted for regular hearing the appeals of four more civilian convicts handed down death sentence by a military court for their involvement in...
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