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| April 06, 2007 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1428 |
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Hafsa clerics set up Qazi court in Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Hard-line religious leaders established on Thursday a Qazi court in Lal Masjid, a parallel judicial system in the federal capital, challenging the writ of the government for the fourth time over the past 45 days....
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Squeals on govt-PPP deal
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The country’s political scenario was put in a spin on Thursday as senior government leaders kept issuing conflicting statements on reports of a deal between the government and...
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SC moved on CJ’s status
ISLAMABAD, April 5: The Supreme Court was moved on Thursday to seek an authoritative declaration not to use the term “non-functional” for Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who is facing a reference before the Supreme Judicial Council....
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Media report about aiding anti-Iran militants denied
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Pakistan on Thursday rejected a US media report that it was secretly aiding a militant group for attacks across the border in Iran as “tendentious”, the Foreign Office said....
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Singh hopeful of Siachen talks’ positive outcome
NEW DELHI, April 5: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday he was hopeful of a positive outcome at the two-day talks with Pakistan on the Siachen Glacier and Sir Creek disputes starting in Islamabad on Friday....
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Talks on Siachen today
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Top Indian defence officials flew on Thursday to Pakistan for fresh talks on demilitarisation of a glacier in Kashmir where freezing temperatures have claimed more lives than actual combat....
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Protests in Islamabad against ‘moral police’
ISLAMABAD, April 5: Several hundred men and women protested here on Thursday against the religious militancy and ferociousness of the students of Lal Masjid madressahs who have held the capital in awe for 10 weeks....
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Freed UK sailors back home
LONDON, April 5: All 15 sailors and marines held by Iran for almost two weeks arrived at Heathrow Airport around lunchtime on Thursday. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking to reporters...
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Govt will reinstate CJ, hopes Malik
KARACHI, April 5: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Munir A. Malik hopes the reference against Chief Justice Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would eventually be withdrawn unconditionally....
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Tribesmen seek air support against Uzbeks
WANA, April 5: The tribal Lashkar set up to fight the hardened Uzbek militants hiding in Shin Warsak and Kaloosha areas of the restive South Waziristan Agency has sought air and ground support from the government....
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Avalanche kills three in Chitral
CHITRAL, April 5: Three people were killed after an avalanche hit their home in Shah Salim village here on Thursday morning. The village is situated near the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan and is about 150 kilometres from the valley....
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Nine killed as tractor rams into madressah
HAFIZABAD, April 5: Nine students of a madressah were killed and 17 injured after a speeding tractor-trolley rammed into the wall of a seminary after hitting a donkey cart....
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BD polls after 18 months, says CEC
DHAKA, April 5: Bangladesh Chief Election Commissioner Shamsul Huda on Thursday ruled out holding of national and local elections in the next 18 months. Declining to give any time frame for...
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Three charged over 7/7 bombings
LONDON, April 5: Three suspects were charged on Thursday over the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings in London which killed 52 commuters, police said, in the first indictments since the attacks....
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Road-roller blown up
QUETTA, April 5: Saboteurs blew up a road-roller machine near the Dera Murad Jamali bypass on Thursday night. Police said that a high-explosive device had been planted beneath the machine.—Staff Reporter...
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Bomb explodes near women’s college
PESHAWAR, April 5: A bomb exploded near the City District Women Degree College in the Hashnagri region on the Grand Trunk Road on Thursday. Police said that the blast took place...
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NA body defers disaster management bill
ISLAMABAD, April 5: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday, while discussing the National Disaster Management Bill 2006, decided to defer the bill on the...
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Eight die in Afghan violence
KHOST, April 5: Five Taliban and two policemen were killed on Thursday in the latest violence in Afghanistan, officials said.An interpreter working with Nato-led troops was killed and his three colleagues...
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