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| February 21, 2007 | Wednesday | Safar 3, 1428 |
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SC upholds most parts of Hasba
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld most parts of the Hasba bill adopted by the NWFP Assembly, but said a few clauses needed to be modified as they were violative of the Constitution.... 
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Woman minister killed by fanatic
GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma Usman was shot dead by a man described by police as a religious fanatic when she was going to address an open court here on Tuesday....
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Federal minister survives attack
QUETTA, Feb 20: Federal Minister for Frontier Regions Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind survived an attempt on his life in the Sani area of Bolan district on Tuesday....
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Kasuri in Delhi; talks to send strong anti-terror warning: Sober response to carnage; media avoids finger-pointing
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who arrived here on Tuesday for scheduled talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, said an important visit had been marred by explosions in a packed train....
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NA wants joint probe into train attack
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously demanded a joint India-Pakistan inquiry into Sunday night’s firebombing of the Samjhota Express in India that killed 68 people, after the government...
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‘Unaccounted for’ train passengers
NEW DELHI: The following is a list of Pakistani passengers who boarded the train at Delhi, but did not cross Attari on Monday. Their names do not figure in the list of the injured either....
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Two members of ‘terrorist network’ held in capital
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The government on Tuesday claimed to have traced a network of terrorists allegedly involved in the killings of former MNA Maulana Azam Tariq, provincial minister Pir Binyamin and...
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Suspected suicide bombers arrested
HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Police arrested two suspected suicide bombers in the Baldia police station area on Tuesday....
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Rail track near Quetta blown up
QUETTA, Feb 20: The rail link between Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off as militants blew up a main railway line near Quetta late on Tuesday night....
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Musharraf’s only option is deal with Benazir: report
LONDON, Feb 20: President Pervez Musharraf is contemplating entering into a deal with Benazir Bhutto and her party to keep extremists at bay, according to an article published in the Times on Tuesday....
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Move for indigenous N-fuel capability
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Pakistan will develop an indigenous nuclear fuel manufacturing capability and set up, as a first step, a chemical processing plant (CPP)....
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Sketches of two suspects released
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Two men were allowed to jump from a Pakistan-bound train shortly before it erupted in flames, officials said on Tuesday. They also released sketches of the men, raising questions about security along the India-Pakistan rail link....
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Afghan ‘spy’ beheaded
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 20: Masked men beheaded an alleged Afghan spy in public and also chopped off his hands and feet near a security checkpoint in Miramshah, North Waziristan Agency, on Monday, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday....
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Indian soldier died rescuing passengers
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: An Indian soldier onboard the fire-bombed train to Pakistan died while rescuing trapped passengers from blazing carriages, officials said on Tuesday....
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Gas pipeline blown up in Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 20: The supply of gas to four districts of Balochistan and a private power plant was disrupted on Tuesday as militants blew up a main pipeline in Akhtarabad, a suburb of Quetta....
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Sindh card with PML now: PM
KARACHI, Feb 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that the Sindh card was now in the hands of Pakistan Muslim League and it would win the coming general elections....
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Journalist M.H. Riaz passes away
KARACHI, Feb 20: Senior journalist M.H. Riaz died in London last week. He was in his early 80s. He has left behind his wife, three daughters and a son....
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LHC questions detention of citizen
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the assistant advocate-general of Punjab to contact the interior ministry to find out reasons behind the detention of a citizen for several months....
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