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| March 15, 2007 | Thursday | Safar 25, 1428 |
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Senate approves bill on US aid restrictions
WASHINGTON, March 14: The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a legislation featuring restrictions on US military assistance to Pakistan as well as calls for restoration of democracy.... 
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Acting CJ takes suo motu notice: Manhandling of Justice Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu notice of the police manhandling of the ‘suspended’ Chief Justice, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Pakistan and India agree to discuss security doctrines
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The two-day foreign secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India ended here on Wednesday on an upbeat note, with a significant decision to hold discussions on the respective security doctrines of the two countries....
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Wapda, IPPs to raise oil stocks
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The government has directed Wapda and independent power producers (IPPs) to significantly build up their oil stocks for avoiding loadshedding in the coming summer....
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Magistrate resigns in protest
BAHAWALPUR, March 14: A first class civil judge and judicial magistrate has resigned in protest against what he called humiliation and torture of the Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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Suspension of CJ challenged
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The ‘suspension’ of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and the appointment of an acting chief justice have been challenged in the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court....
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Militants still active in Fata, says Gates
WASHINGTON, March 14: Two senior US officials –- the secretary of defence and the military chief -– have once again accused Pakistan of allowing the Taliban and Al Qaeda to continue their activities in tribal areas....
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Boucher meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, March 14: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday met US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher at a dinner hosted by him in honour of outgoing US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker....
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Not a tussle between two organs of state: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has categorically denied reports that the issue of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry reflected a tussle between two organs of the state....
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Khalid Anwer not to represent government
KARACHI, March 14: Former law minister and prominent lawyer Khalid Anwer has strongly refuted an allegation that Mr Fakhruddin Ebrahim and he will be representing the government in the case pertaining to the Chief Justice....
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Woman, two men stoned, publicly executed
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), March 14: A woman and two men were publicly executed in Bara on Wednesday on charges of adultery, official sources said. The sources said that a local...
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Five BLA men arrested in Kech
QUETTA, March 14: Security forces claimed on Wednesday to have arrested a key member of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and four of his men after an operation in the Tump area of Kech district....
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Prices rose faster in Pakistan than in India, BD
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Prices of essential consumer items have increased faster in Pakistan than in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka this year as compared to the last year, official estimates reveal....
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18 Indian fishermen held
KARACHI, March 14: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Wednesday took into custody 18 Indian fishermen for fishing illegally in Pakistan’s territorial waters and seized three boats....
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Jirga panel to meet in Kabul next month
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The second meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Jirga Commission will be held in Kabul from April 8 to11. A joint declaration issued on Wednesday after the first meeting of...
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Australia, Kenya win
Australia beat Scotland by 203 runs in a Group A match in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Wednesday....
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Two killed, six injured as train hits pick-up
HYDERABAD, March 14: Two people were killed and six others were injured when a pick-up was hit by Mehran Express at an unmanned railway crossing, near Rahuki, some five kilometres off Tandojam, on Wednesday....
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Airport closed after plane makes belly landing
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Islamabad Airport was closed down after a South African plane coming from Muscat made an emergency landing on Wednesday. The plane was carrying three crew members all of whom remained unhurt....
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