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| March 30, 2007 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1428 |
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Curfew relaxed for two hours in Tank
TANK, March 29: The town was calm but tense on Thursday and a curfew clamped a day earlier after fierce clashes between law-enforcement agencies and militants on Tuesday night was relaxed for two hours.... 
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Women freed after forced confession
 ISLAMABAD, March 29: A confrontation between the government and hard-line religious leaders in the federal capital eased to some extent on Thursday when students of Madressah Hafsa released three...
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Suicide bomber kills two soldiers
RAWALPINDI/GUJRAT, March 29: A suicide bomber blew himself up in an army training area in Guliana near Kharian Cantonment on Thursday, killing two soldiers and injuring seven others....
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US, S. Arabia in rare row on Iraq: Foreign occupation
WASHINGTON, March 29: The United States on Thursday rejected Saudi Arabia’s stand that Iraq was under an ‘illegitimate foreign occupation’ and said US troops were there at Iraq’s invitation, under a UN mandate....
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Four die in Waziristan fighting
WANA, March 29: At least four people were killed and as many wounded in clashes between two militant groups in South Waziristan on Thursday, officials and residents said....
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Tribes failed to avert Bajaur attack: official
KHAAR, March 29: Tarkani tribesmen have assured the political authorities of Bajaur Agency of their cooperation in maintaining peace in the area. The assurance came from elders of the tribe during...
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Reference fallout fears split cabinet
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Members of the federal cabinet are divided into two distinct camps on the issue of the presidential reference against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Mr Justice Iftikhar...
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Missing varsity girl appears before SC
HYDERABAD, March 29: A second-year girl student of the Sindh University Jamshoro, who had been missing since Jan 19, appeared before Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas in Islamabad on Wednesday and said...
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Fazl sets terms to quit Balochistan coalition govt
LONDON, March 29: The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is also secretary-general of the MMA, on Wednesday offered to withdraw his alliance from Balochistan...
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ARD meeting ends without decision
ISLAMABAD, March 29: A meeting of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) here on Thursday ended without taking any decision owing to differences between two main components — the...
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Bhasha dam to be redesigned
ISLAMABAD, March 29: The government has decided to redesign the Diamer-Bhasha dam to make it safe from seismic activities, which will increase the project cost by $700 million, it is learnt....
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119 deportees from Spain arrive
RAWALPINDI, March 29: A batch of 119 Pakistanis deported from Spain for overstaying and having entered the country illegally arrived in Islamabad on Thursday. A special flight carrying the deportees and...
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Man jailed for abusive remarks
LAHORE, March 29: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced a district leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to five-year imprisonment for making abusive remarks against President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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NZ beat Windies
 ST JOHN’S (Antigua), March 29: West Indies suffered the second defeat in two days in the Super Eight leg of the World Cup on Thursday, losing to New Zealand by seven wickets....
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Tremors shake parts of Clifton
KARACHI, March 29: Panic gripped residents when parts of Clifton were shaken by tremors on Thursday night. Met office said the epicentre of the tremors, which occurred at around 7:27pm, could not be ascertained as its intensity was “low and mild”....
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Pak-EPA under pressure to go soft on CDA: Environmental violations
ISLAMABAD, March 29: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) is coming under immense pressure from its parent ministry to go soft on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and not to issue...
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Women barred from casting vote
BANNU, March 29: Tribal elders in the district reportedly barred women from casting their vote in the by-election of NA-26 held on Thursday. Except for a few polling stations, all others...
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Landmine blast
QUETTA, March 29: A man was injured in a landmine explosion near Dear Bugti, on Thursday. Police sources said Mohammad Razee Bugti was working in his field in Dynari Pat area when the landmine exploded.—Correspondent...
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