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| July 21, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 24, 1427 |
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Rebel sardars ‘to be fixed’: Musharraf praises role of agencies, criticises media
ISLAMABAD, July 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday the government was determined to re-establish its writ by force and ‘fix’ the oppressive sardars in Balochistan.... 
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India urged to avoid ‘blame game’
ISLAMABAD, July 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked India to avoid ‘blame game’ over Mumbai bomb blasts and held out the assurance that Pakistan would extend fullest cooperation if...
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32 militants freed on eve of Miramshah meeting
MIRAMSHAH, July 20: The government on Thursday released 32 militants and removed two checkpoints as a goodwill gesture, ahead of a meeting between a jirga formed to restore peace in the region and militant commanders scheduled for Friday....
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Indian analysts laud speech
NEW DELHI, July 20: Even ahead of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s late evening address to the nation on Thursday, which was seen by media analysts here as friendly and sympathetic, Indian...
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New raids in Lebanon: 4 Israeli troops killed
BEIRUT, July 20: Four Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside Lebanon on Thursday after Israel sent in ground forces across the border in the latest phase of its campaign to crush the Lebanese group....
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Violence displaces 27,000 families in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 20: Tens of thousands more Iraqis have fled their homes as sectarian violence looks ever more like civil war two months after a US-backed national unity government was formed, official data showed on Thursday....
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Pro-India lobby wants F-16 deal reviewed
WASHINGTON, July 20: Pro-Indian US lawmakers have urged the Bush administration to reconsider its decision to sell F-16 jets to Pakistan, vowing to resist the proposed $5.1...
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Speech criticised by opposition
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Major opposition parties have termed Thursday’s speech of President Pervez Musharraf ‘disappointing’ and a failed attempt to justify rising inflation and loadshedding as proof of increase in income and industrialisation....
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Annan sees hurdles to Lebanon truce
UNITED NATIONS, July 20: Calling for immediate end to hostilities in Lebanon, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday blamed both Israel and Hezbollah for the escalating violence in the region and said there were “serious obstacles to reaching a ceasefire”....
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Accounts of 42 ‘BLA members’ to be frozen
RAWALPINDI, July 20: The federal government has directed the four provincial governments and the chief commissioner of Islamabad Capital Territory to freeze the bank accounts of 42 suspected members of the...
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Comprehensive UNSC reform stressed
UNITED NATIONS, July 20: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated that any Security Council reform must be comprehensive ‘covering both its enlargement and working methods’. Addressing the UN General Assembly debate on the...
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Prisoners’ exchange with India halted
ISLAMABAD, July 20: In the wake of suspension of secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India, the process to exchange about a thousand prisoners on the two sides has come to a...
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India fears more terror attacks in Mumbai
MUMBAI, July 20: India’s government has warned Maharashtra state of more terror plots, a news report said on Thursday as investigators hunted for those behind bombings that ripped through the city’s commuter trains....
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10 SAMs seized in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, July 20: Security forces seized a large cache of illegal arms, including surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), from the Dera Bugti district, on Thursday....
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TV channels ordered to stop airing carnage
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Private television channels have been told to stop showing gruesome footage of accidents, bomb blasts and scenes of violence, the chairman of the government’s regulator said on Thursday....
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Team formed to help detained Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, July 20: A team has been constituted to facilitate safe and smooth return of hundreds of Pakistanis arrested recently in Oman, according to Acting Pakistan Ambassador to Oman Sarfraz Ahmad Khan Sipra....
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Pakistan and Romania agree to promote ties
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Pakistan and Romania have agreed on early convening of a joint government commission to review their bilateral trade and economic relations....
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Aziz approves tourism marketing strategy
ISLAMABAD, July 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday approved a tourism-marketing strategy which is aimed at exploiting the country’s tourism potential for promoting its unique products in national and international markets in an efficient manner....
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