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| March 20, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 30, 1428 |
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Not very convincing, Mr President
KARACHI, March 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that a state of emergency would not be declared in the country and parliamentary elections would be held on time.... 
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LHC judge resigns in protest: Several judicial officials quit
LAHORE/KARACHI, March 19: A Lahore High Court judge and two judicial officers of Sindh went public with their protest resignations while four more civil judges are reported to have tendered resignations to their respective district and sessions judges.....
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Inzamam quits one-day cricket
KINGSTON, March 19: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Sunday announced his retirement from one-day cricket after his team''s humiliating exit from the World Cup and the death of coach Bob Woolmer....
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PCB chief resigns
KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Dr Naseem Ashraf, tendered his resignation to President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday evening. It has been learnt that Dr Ashraf, who is in the interior of Sindh, faxed his resignation to the presidency....
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AG served notice on CJ’s manhandling
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government’s chief law officer to assist in the matter involving police manhandling of “suspended” Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Bhagwandas meditating in Indian Ashram
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who is to assume the office of the acting chief justice of the Supreme Court, is meditating in Lucknow, India, it is learnt....
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Plan to requisition NA, Senate sessions: Battle for judiciary
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The parliamentary opposition plans to take what has become a battle for judiciary to the National Assembly and the Senate, opposition sources said on Monday....
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PPP to keep away from protests called by MMA
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has decided not to attend any meeting convened by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on the issue of the ongoing judicial crisis....
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Qazi wants assemblies dissolved
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Monday demanded the dissolution of present assemblies in order to end what he called the ongoing judicial and political crisis....
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Benazir calls for CJ’s reinstatement
NEW YORK, March 19: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Sunday demanded that Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry should be honourably restored to his original high position in order to defuse the unprecedented political and judicial crisis in the country....
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Desalination plant in Gwadar opened
QUETTA, March 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the fate of Pakistan and the entire region will be changed when the Gwadar Port starts functioning as it will generate tremendous trade and economic activities in the area....
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Indian Navy detains 13 Pakistani fishermen
THATTA, March 19: Indian Navy is reported to have arrested 13 fishermen in Sir Creek near taluka Jati on Sunday night. According to reports reaching here, two boats -- Al Yousuf...
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Two students die in clash between militants
TANK, March 19: Two school students were killed and six others injured when their bus was caught in crossfire between local Taliban fighters and Uzbek militants in the restive South Waziristan agency on Monday, witnesses and local people told Dawn....
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India record biggest win
India recorded the biggest victory margin in one-day cricket on Monday when they beat Bermuda by 257 runs in their Group B match at Port of Spain, Trinidad....
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PAC bars missions from fund collection
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue immediate instructions to Pakistani missions abroad to stay away from all types of fundraising....
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Supermodel Naomi on cleaning duty
NEW YORK, March 19: Naomi Campbell, wearing black stilettos and slinging dark work boots over her shoulder, traded the catwalk for community service on Monday at a sanitation garage to start a five-day sentence for assaulting her maid....
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Lawyers observe token hunger strike
QUETTA, March 19: Lawyers observed a token hunger strike and boycotted proceedings of courts for one hour on Monday. A statement issued here by the Balochistan High Court Bar Association...
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US embassy convoy hit
KABUL: A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-filled car into a US embassy convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, wounding five embassy staff and guards and at least three passers-by, officials said....
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