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| March 27, 2007 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 7, 1428 |
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Peaceful protest rallies held: Lawyers want opposition MPs to resign; call for withdrawal of reference
LAHORE, March 26: Political parties of all shades of opinion and lawyers’ associations held demonstrations across the country on Monday to ratchet up pressure on the government to withdraw the March...
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Agencies answerable to court: SC
ISLAMABAD, March 26: The Supreme Court observed on Monday that the controversy regarding missing people should be swiftly resolved, and stressed that the premier intelligence agencies should be answerable to court even if they are not accountable to any authority....
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Tribesmen pledge not to shelter terrorists
KHAAR, March 26: Tribesmen in the Bajaur agency gave on Monday an undertaking to the government to deny shelter to “locals as well as foreigners, including Afghans” involved in terrorist or anti-state activities....
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Jihadis try to recruit students; 3 killed in clashes
TANK, March 26: A police officer and two attackers were killed, while 13 others, including three paramilitary soldiers and a constable, were wounded when suspected militants attacked a police station, an...
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Jamaica avoided diplomatic row by letting team leave
LONDON, March 26: The Jamaica police chief probing the hotel room murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup said in an interview on Monday that he had let the team fly home to avoid a diplomatic row....
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PIA chairman Kirmani resigns
KARACHI, March 26: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chairman Tariq Kirmani has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Reports of Mr Kirmani’s resignation have been in circulation since Sunday...
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Musharraf stresses conflict resolution
ISLAMABAD, March 26: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday called for conflict resolution for durable peace and to realize the true economic potential of the region....
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Sanctions on Iran opposed
ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan said on Monday that it was opposed to imposition of sanctions as they were counter-productive and pressed for a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear issue....
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Arab ministers agree to revive ME peace plan
RIYADH, March 26: Arab foreign ministers on Monday agreed to revive a five-year-old plan for peace with Israel and called for contacts with all players in the Middle East peace process, including the Jewish state....
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LTTE plane attacks airbase
COLOMBO, March 26: The Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted to bombing the highly-guarded Katunayake Air Force base adjacent to the Bandaranaike International Airport in a night-time mission on Monday, killing three air force personnel and injuring over seventeen....
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20 Taliban killed
KABUL, March 26: Suspected Taliban militants attacked a district office in central Afghanistan in a clash that left 15 militants and two officers dead, the ministry of interior said on Monday....
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IPI plan: India to go ahead
NEW DELHI, March 26: Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee signalled on Monday that India intended to go ahead with the plan to lay a gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan despite objections from the United States....
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Four injured in blast
PESHAWAR, March 26: Four people, including president of the NWFP Olympic Association and former Senator Syed Aqil Shah, were injured when a bomb went off outside a bank on the Saddar Road on Monday night....
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Gradual return of refugees stressed
ISLAMABAD, March 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said Pakistan was in favour of gradual return of Afghan refugees as they could take part in reconstruction of their country....
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Moral, political support for Kashmir assured
ISLAMABAD, March 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that the settlement of Kashmir issue in line with the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people has the potential to change the destiny of over one billion people of South Asia....
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Iranian troops freed: IRNA
TEHRAN, March 26: Three Iranian soldiers kidnapped by bandits in a volatile border area and taken to Pakistan have been freed, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday....
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Arrest of ARD activists criticised
ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condemned the arrest of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) workers in the country in connection with the protest demonstrations against “assault on the independence of judiciary.”...
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Opposition’s ‘show of solidarity’ lauded
LONDON, March 26: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has complimented the ARD and opposition parties on successful show of solidarity throughout the country with lawyers and judiciary to demonstrate their support for the cause of rule of law in Pakistan....
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