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| February 28, 2007 | Wednesday | Safar 10, 1428 |
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Karachi to get one of world’s tallest towers
KARACHI, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf has said that one of the tallest buildings of the world is planned to be constructed in Karachi.... 
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CNG-based transport in five years: CDWP approves 40 projects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday approved an ambitious programme to introduce CNG-based public transport system in all major cities in five years....
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Cheney escapes suicide attack: 23 dead at Bagram military base
BAGRAM, Feb 27: A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main US military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice-President Dick Cheney, killing 23 people and wounding another 20....
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BJP defeats Congress in 2 states
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: India''s ruling Congress Party was defeated on Tuesday in important state elections in the Punjab and Uttarakhand by a resurgent opposition led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...
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UK aid not linked to terror war: Beckett
ISLAMABAD, Fen 27: British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Margaret Beckett on Tuesday said the United Kingdom would not link aid to Pakistan with its counter-terrorism related performance....
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Blair accepts responsibility for Iraq debacle
LONDON, Feb 27: Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday accepted his responsibility for the situation in Iraq but refused to own what he said the deaths of innocent people who he insisted were being killed by terrorists....
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More border troops being deployed: Aurakzai
PESHAWAR, Feb 27: NWFP Governor NWFP Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has said that Pakistan is deploying additional force along its border in the Waziristan tribal region with Afghanistan to check cross-border infiltration....
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Madressah girls vow to continue occupation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Students of the Madressah Hafsa occupying the Children’s Library have said that they will end the occupation when the government rebuilds demolished mosques and implements Shariah in the country....
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Women protection law needs interpretation: Age of puberty not determined, observes LHC
LAHORE, Feb 27: Observing that some provisions of the Women Protection Act 2007 required interpretation, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought assistance on a law point whether a girl...
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PAC wants details of PSM land transfer
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Tuesday sought details from the Ministry of Production of reported allocation of 6,000 acres of Pakistan Steel Mills...
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India denies tariff relief withdrawal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: New Delhi on Tuesday denied having taken a unilateral decision to withdraw tariff concessions for Pakistan under the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta), causing confusion and adding uncertainty to the fate of the regional trade agreement....
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King vows to punish terrorists
RIYADH, Feb 27: Saudi King Abdullah on Tuesday said the fatal shooting of four Frenchmen was an act of terrorism....
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Security fears dogged Cheney’s trip
BAGRAM AIR BASE (Afghanistan), Feb 27: Security fears led US Vice President Dick Cheney to exchange his Air Force Two suite for a high-tech trailer chained to the floor of a cavernous military plane for his visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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An isolated attack: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: The White House said on Tuesday that a Taliban attack on a military base where US Vice-President Dick Cheney was staying does not say ‘anything’ about the strength of the militia....
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Bomb kills 18 Iraqi boys
BAGHDAD, Feb 27: A truck-bomb exploded at a crowded football pitch in Ramadi on Tuesday, slaughtering 18 boys under the age of 15, a Sunni leader said....
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Two DCOs’ homes attacked in Balochistan
QUETTA, Feb 27: A grenade was hurled at the home of the Kalat district coordination officer on Tuesday. According to sources, the grenade exploded in the backyard of the house....
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UN proposes border security plan with Iran, Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has proposed a plan to improve border security among three neighbouring countries — Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran — to control the drug trade....
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Pepa to get tough on industrial units
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s suo motu notice of the rising levels of pollution in the capital, the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pepa) has decided to go for the killing punch against the industrialists mocking the environmental laws....
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