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| March 12, 2007 | Monday | Safar 22, 1428 |
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Justice Iftikhar seeks open SJC proceedings: Asghar
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has demanded that the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) should hold open proceedings on the reference against him sent by President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Ministers disown Arbab’s remarks
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The government on Sunday said that details of the presidential reference were not known to anyone as long as the same came up for the Supreme Judicial Council...
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Shujaat calls it a matter between army and judiciary
NEW YORK, March 11: Pakistan Muslim League leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has refused to comment on the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, saying that it is an internal matter between the army and the judiciary....
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Missing people’s relatives criticise action against CJ
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is the latest victim of `forced disappearance’ and is being punished for his proactive role in the case pertaining to missing people....
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Deliberate misinformation or misplaced optimism
ISLAMABAD, March 11: A remark by Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani to journalists here on Sunday that big news was waiting for them at the residence of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad...
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Bid to influence judiciary: PPP
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has said that the suspension of the chief justice at a time when crucial constitutional issues are to come up for decision appears to be an attempt to influence the judiciary....
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Widespread rainfall; 10 die in Swat
LAHORE, March 11: Widespread rain lashed most parts of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, NWFP and Northern Areas on Sunday, bringing the temperature down by three to five degrees Centigrade....
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More US troops for Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, March 11: US President George W. Bush is sending 8,200 more troops to Iraq and Afghanistan on top of reinforcements announced earlier, the White House said....
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Madrid memorial for bomb victims
MADRID, March 11: A small glass tower channelling light into an underground chamber was unveiled as a memorial to victims of the Madrid train bombings, metres away from where the blasts killed 191 people exactly three years ago on Sunday....
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12 policemen killed in Taliban attacks
KANDAHAR, March 11: Taliban ambushed a police patrol in southern Afghanistan killing eight, a police commander said, while a suicide bombing and another gunfight left four more dead in a weekend of violence....
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Afghan Jirga Commission arrives
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Afghan Jirga Commission headed by Chairman Pir Syed Ahmed Gillani arrived here on Saturday on a three-day official visit....
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OIC envoys to launch forum in US
WASHINGTON, March 11: Envoys of 57 member nations of the world’s largest Islamic grouping are to launch an informal forum in Washington this week to discuss common concerns and act a...
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‘Omar is in Afghanistan’
KANDAHAR, March 11: Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar is in Afghanistan and leading the battle against the government and its international allies, a top rebel commander said on Saturday....
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Glacier depletion to hit river flows after 50 years
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Planning Commission expects glacial reservoirs feeding Pakistan’s irrigation system will be empty after about 50 years, resulting in up to 40 per cent permanent reduction in river flows owing to fast depletion of Himalayan glaciers....
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Cancellation of Naeem’s SC licence sought
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Punjab Bar Council has sought cancellation of Advocate Naeem Bukhari’s licence for the Supreme Court....
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Balochistan Bar official opposes strike
QUETTA March 11: Balochistan Bar Council vice-chairman Amanullah Kanrani has said that lawyers in Quetta would not boycott courts on Monday in protest against the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary....
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CAA denied more land for Gwadar airport
QUETTA, March 11: The coordination and implementation committee for development of Gwadar has decided not to provide more land to the Civil Aviation Authority for new airport in the port city...
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Cellphones recovered from prisoners
RAWALPINDI, March 11: The Adiala jail authorities on Sunday recovered seven mobile sets, two chargers and two transistors from the custody of prisoners....
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