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| March 13, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 23, 1428 |
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Nationwide protest by lawyers; 40 hurt in Lahore baton-charge
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, March 12: As the nation waited with bated breath for the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to proceed against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, lawyers’ anger against the action burst out across the country on Monday....
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SJC takes up reference in camera today
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Supreme Judicial Council initiates on Tuesday its proceedings on the reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Sources confirmed that the proceedings would be held in camera and media would not be allowed to cover them....
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TV channels off air for airing protest
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Two private TV channels remained off air for some time on Monday after getting a warning from the government''s media regularity authority for showing pictures of police baton-charge...
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Opposition leaders condemn action against CJ ISLAMABAD, March 12: Leaders of major opposition parties on Monday condemned the action taken by the government against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. They also criticised the composition of the Supreme...
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Colourful opening to cricket gala
TRELAWNY (Jamaica), March 12: The Cricket World Cup officially opened on Sunday with a colourful but low-key ceremony. Nine independent states from the West Indies will host 51 games involving 16 teams, including defending champions Australia....
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Composite Dialogue round begins today
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet here on Tuesday to formally launch the fourth round of the Composite Dialogue with issues of Kashmir and peace and security high on the agenda....
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Jirga panel agrees to end ‘blame game’
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The first meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Jirga Commission on Monday discussed various issues, including that of border mining and fencing and a reported Nato plan of striking inside Pakistan, interior ministry sources said....
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Govt distances itself from warning to US
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The government on Monday distanced itself from a resolution unanimously passed by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence demanding a halt or reduction in counter-terrorism cooperation with...
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No consensus on dams: report
ISLAMABAD, March 12: An inter-provincial committee on large dams has failed to reach consensus on construction of Kalabagh and Akhori dams and has promised to present a resettlement action plan for Bhasha dam by June 2008....
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JF-17s welcomed at Kamra
ATTOCK, March 12: It was a historic day for Pakistan when two FJ-17 Thunder fighter aircraft arrived from China at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra on Monday....
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Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, March 12: A gas pipeline was blown up near Jinnah town here on Monday, disrupting supply to many areas for several hours. A portion of the 6-inch diameter pipeline...
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US says it is Pakistan’s internal matter
WASHINGTON, March 12: The US State Department on Monday described the government’s action against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as Pakistan’s `internal matter’ and refused to comment on the development....
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Six shot dead, bodies burnt
PARACHINAR, March 12: Attackers on Sunday night shot dead six people in their sleep and burnt their bodies in the Shabak area of the Kurram Agency, officials said on Monday....
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Five die in accident
MUZAFFARABAD, March 12: Five people died when a car fell into the Jhelum river near Subri, some eight kilometres of here. A police official on Monday said that the car went...
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Five injured in landmine blast
QUETTA, March 12: Five tribesmen were injured in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti on Monday, police said. Security guards and close relatives of Wadera Abdul Rehman Bugti were going to Sui from Dera Bugti in the pick-up....
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Man killed
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 12: Gunmen shot dead a man here on Monday, police said. Syed Arshad Abbas, 35, a rickshaw driver, was shot dead by two assailants on a motorcycle...
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Dubai airport shut after BD plane aborts takeoff DUBAI: Fifteen people were injured on Monday when a Bangladeshi airliner was forced to abort its takeoff from Dubai, prompting the closure of the region''s busiest airport for more than seven hours....
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Police chief, 8 cops killed in Afghan blast
HERAT, March 12: A district police chief and eight of his policemen were killed on Monday when a remote-controlled bomb blew up their vehicle in western Afghanistan, police said....
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