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| March 10, 2007 | Saturday | Safar 20, 1428 |
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CJ suspended, escorted home: • Justice Iftikhar summoned by SJC on 13th for reference hearing • Ex-judges call it a blow to judiciary’s independence; minister defends decision • Whither judicial activism?
ISLAMABAD, March 9: In a highly dramatic move that has the potential to change the course of judicial activism in the country, President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday virtually suspended the...
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Reference filed under constitution, says minister
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Division Wasi Zafar on Friday said that the reference filed by the president before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), against...
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‘An unprecedented occurrence’
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, March 9: Former chief justices of the Supreme Court, senior lawyers and human rights activists have criticised President Gen Musharraf’s decision to suspend Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on the charge of misuse of authority....
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NA body warns US on sanctions law: Threat of non-cooperation in war on terror
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence on Friday threatened that Pakistan could end cooperation with the US in the war on terrorism if the US Congress passed...
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‘Vision 2030’ draft calls for ‘unfettered democracy’
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Establishment ‘visionaries’ have advised the government to overcome the “democracy deficit”....
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Meeting to discuss obstacles: Turkmen gas project
ISLAMABAD, March 9: A working group of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan would meet in Ashkabad later this month to discuss various issues hampering progress on the proposed gas pipeline to Pakistan from the central Asian country....
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8 hurt in Hub bomb blast
QUETTA, March 9: Eight people suffered injuries in an explosion in the Hub area of Lasbela district on Friday night. The blast affected power supply in some areas....
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Envoys told to focus on economic diplomacy
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The consultative meeting of Pakistani envoys on foreign policy matters concluded here on Friday with a broad brief from the top leadership to step up economic diplomacy, emphatically...
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TV channel tenders apology
LAHORE, March 9: The Geo TV network on Friday tendered an unconditional apology before a full bench of the Lahore High Court in a contempt of court case....
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Explosion damages rail track
QUETTA, March 9: A portion of the railway track between Quetta and Chaman, near the Killi Alamo suburb of the city, was damaged in a bomb blast on Friday night....
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Afghan ‘spy’ killed
MIRAMSHAH, March 9: Militants gunned down an Afghan national, accusing him of being a US spy, in the Momadkhel area of North Waziristan on Thursday night, local people said on Friday....
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A spring blow jolts judiciary
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Amid an early spring, Pakistan''s judiciary on Friday got one of the hardest blows it suffered for decades from both military and civilian governments, with a presidential order halting apparent judicial activism of a chief justice....
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Non-bailable warrants against Benazir, Asif: Assets case
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The district and sessions judge, Islamabad, on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in the assets declaration case....
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Afghan team visits JCSC headquarters
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Brigadier General Ghulam Sakhi Asifi, along with 17 members of Afghan National Army Senior Command and Staff Course on Friday visited Joint Staff Headquarters....
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12 Afghans rounded up
TAXILA, March 9: The local police on Friday rounded up 12 Afghan nationals in Taxila for their illegal stay in the country....
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UK firm gives satellite kits to quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD, March 9: A leading British telecom company has donated four satellite communication equipments worth Rs140 million to the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan....
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Sri Lanka blast kills three
COLOMBO: A roadside bomb killed at least three police commandos and wounded another 12 in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, the military said. The blast went off near a heavy vehicle...
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Tornado jets for Afghanistan
BERLIN: The German parliament on Friday approved a decision to send six Tornado jets to Afghanistan to carry out reconnaissance missions for Nato in the fight against the Taliban....
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