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| April 14, 2007 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1428 |
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Defence terms two SJC judges hostile
ISLAMABAD, April 13: The counsel defending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in a reference before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Friday described two members of the council as ‘distinctively hostile’....
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Protest rallies in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, April 13: A large number of lawyers, politicians, political workers and social activists on Friday thronged the Constitution Avenue to express solidarity with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who appeared...
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Provinces reject Wapda’s request: Water discharge
ISLAMABAD, April 13: For the second time in 10 days, Wapda has asked for more water discharges but again it has been rejected by the provinces on the grounds that it...
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Curfew relaxed in Parachinar
PARACHINAR, April 13: The administration relaxed for two hours on Friday a curfew clamped here a week ago after a jirga brokered a ceasefire between sectarian groups in most parts of the Kurram Agency....
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Musharraf receives message from Putin
ISLAMABAD, April 13: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail E. Fradkov during a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday conveyed to him that Pakistan had an important place in Russia’s foreign...
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Lal Masjid cleric urges ulema to enforce sharia
ISLAMABAD, April 13: Lal Masjid Khatib Maulana Abdul Aziz has appealed to ulema and the people to enforce Sharia in their areas and launch a peaceful campaign for Islamic system in the country....
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Pakistan, India to take up Sir Creek on May 17-18
ISLAMABAD, April 13: After the inconclusive round of talks on the Siachen glacier issue here last week, Pakistan and India will take up the long-running Sir Creek boundary dispute on May 17-18, it is learnt....
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India missile test forces diversion of two airliners
JAKARTA, April 13: Two Garuda Indonesia flights heading to Saudi Arabia had to divert course and return to Jakarta due to a missile test carried out by India this week, an Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday....
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Call for early completion of motorway
RAWALPINDI, April 13: President General Pervez Musharraf has stressed the need for early completion of Islamabad-Peshawar motorway, saying that it is an important link between Peshawar and other parts of the country....
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Three security personnel killed in Kohlu
QUETTA, April 13: Three security personnel were killed when a landmine went off in Tartani Manjara area of the Kohlu district on Friday. Official sources said the security personnel were clearing...
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Conman who doubled money arrested
GUJRANWALA, April 13: A man was arrested in Wazirabad on Friday for allegedly running an illegal banking system that drew thousands of depositors from central Punjab....
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Security men charged with killing cleric
SRINAGAR, April 13: Indian authorities in Kashmir on Thursday charged ten security personnel and a civilian with the murder of a cleric. “The accused were charged with hatching a criminal conspiracy,...
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No signs of ‘spring offensive’: Germany
BERLIN, April 13: Taliban have shown no sign that they have launched a ‘spring offensive’ against United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in Afghanistan, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung has said....
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World Bank directors fault Wolfowitz
WASHINGTON, April 13: Directors of the World Bank on Friday faulted institution’s chief Paul Wolfowitz for pushing through the promotion and salary package of his girlfriend and pledged to take quick action....
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Former FBI agent held in Iran
TEHRAN, April 13: A former FBI agent is being held by Iranian authorities, the Financial Times on Friday quoted an associate of the missing American as saying....
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Man faces death by stoning for adultery with stepdaughters
DUBAI, April 13: A Pakistani man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters, a local daily reported on Friday....
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Ex-minister held with relief goods in BD
DHAKA, April 13: The army-led joint forces of Bangladesh detained former law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Moudud Ahmed of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and seized 220 saris of the government...
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Three killed; body found in Pindi
RAWALPINDI, April 13: Three persons including a woman were killed in separate incidents, while the body of a missing midwife was also found in the city on Friday....
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