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| March 11, 2007 | Sunday | Safar 21, 1428 |
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CJ held incommunicado; lawyers slam ‘arrest’
ISLAMABAD, March 10: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry remained incommunicado on Saturday for the second consecutive day and a heavy police contingent was posted to guard his residence....
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CJ asked to resign, says relative
QUETTA, March 10: Advocate Aamir Rana, a close relative of Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, has claimed that the government was putting pressure on the chief justice to resign from his post....
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Iftikhar won’t step down: SCBA president
ISLAMABAD, March 10: Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who has been restrained from functioning as the Chief Justice, is not going to step down voluntarily, claims Supreme Court Bar Association president Munir A....
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Govt step in accordance with law, says PM
LAHORE, March 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday action against Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had been taken in accordance with the law and the Constitution....
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Army officer, 3 militants killed in border clash
MIRAMSHAH, March 10: An army officer and three militants were killed and two soldiers wounded in a gunbattle in Dwa Toi area of North Waziristan on Saturday, official sources said....
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Two more killed in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 10: Two people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents in the city, increasing the death toll in sectarian violence to four during the last three days, police said....
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Naeem’s licence cancelled
LAHORE, March 10: The Punjab Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday cancelled the licence of lawyer Naeem Bokhari. Speaking at a press conference, PBC vice-chairman Tariq Javaid Warraich said the decision was taken at a meeting of the council held here....
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Destroying the last vestiges
PISLAMABAD, March 10: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, was summoned by the president on Friday and asked to explain allegations of misconduct that are yet to be publicly specified....
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ARD says it will support lawyers
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on Saturday announced its complete support to lawyers in their protest against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice...
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Terrorists won’t be allowed to disrupt peace, says Musharraf
KARACHI, March 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday described the ongoing multi-nation naval exercise Aman 07 as a strong message from all peace-loving nations to ‘terror-mongers’ that they would not be allowed to disrupt global peace and security....
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Benazir names team for MPC
ISLAMABAD, March 10: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Saturday nominated a seven-member delegation of her party for the multi-party conference of opposition parties in London on March 24 and 25....
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Clash between Taliban, foreign militants averted
PESHAWAR, March 10: A bloody clash between members of local Taliban and foreign militants was averted in Mirali area of North Waziristan on Saturday but shopkeepers shut down their shops and...
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Jirga meeting postponed
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The first meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Jirga Commission could not be held according to schedule on Saturday after the Afghan delegation’s arrival was delayed....
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Baghdad asks neighbours to help end fighting
BAGHDAD, March 10: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, addressing a meeting at which US officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria, urged Iraq’s regional rivals on Saturday “to stop supporting militants in the country”....
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NA body proposes setting up anti-power theft courts
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Water and Power has proposed establishment of special courts for a swift legal action against those involved in power theft....
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Qazi calls opposition meeting
ISLAMABAD, March 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Saturday announced the convening of another multi-party conference in the capital on Monday (tomorrow) to devise a strategy to overcome...
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American news agency squares off with US military
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The US military has asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists’ footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week,...
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No action taken against PIA officials
KARACHI, March 10: The government has failed to take punitive action against top management of the Pakistan International Airline for negligence in meeting safety standards, which resulted in the EU ban on all but seven of its Boeing 777 aircraft....
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