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| April 18, 2007 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1428 |
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27 pacts signed with China: N-cooperation discussed: Aziz
BEIJING, April 17: Pakistan and China have signed 27 agreements and memorandums of understanding to ‘re-energise’ their strong bilateral cooperation in all fields, including defence, space technology and trade and economics....
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Major demand of Lal Masjid clerics accepted
ISLAMABAD, April 17: The government on Tuesday again went on the defensive in its standoff with the clerics of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa and provided land for two of the seven mosques demolished by the Islamabad administration....
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SHC stays transfer of PTCL assets
KARACHI, April 17: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday stayed the transfer of immovable assets of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited to Etisalat, purchaser of 26 per cent of PTCL shares,...
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Ulema convention opposes ‘Sharia by force’
PESHAWAR, April 17: A convention of some 2,000 scholars, teachers and administrators representing over 1000 madressas across the country on Tuesday declared suicide attacks un-Islamic and opposed enforcement of Sharia by force....
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NA called for ‘heated session’
ISLAMABAD, April 17: After weeks of hesitations, President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called the National Assembly to meet on April 23 for what is billed to be an explosive session due...
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PPP likely to be a big loser: analysts
ISLAMABAD April 17: The Pakistan People’s Party would be a big loser in the event of a deal with the government, according to political analysts based in the capital....
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Hundreds held to ‘thwart’ protests
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Police are expected to deal strictly with the protesters in order to enforce Section 144 during the fifth hearing of the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry here on Wednesday....
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Protests against presidential reference likely to grow
ISLAMABAD, April 17: The crowd protesting over the reference filed against the country’s highest adjudicator outside the Supreme Court may grow bigger following an appeal of the Pakistan Bar Council to...
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Afghanistan seeks more cooperation from Pakistan
KABUL, April 17: Taliban militants are still crossing the border from Pakistan to attack targets in Afghanistan and the two key US allies must boost cooperation to stop them, an Afghan spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Plane makes emergency landing at Karachi
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, April 17: A PIA aircraft carrying over 100 passengers made an emergency landing on Tuesday at the Karachi airport a few minutes after takeoff....
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Shariat court acquits two in serial killing case
LAHORE, April 17: A division bench of the Federal Shariat Court on Tuesday acquitted two alleged accomplices of a self-proclaimed serial killer of 100 children, Javed Iqbal, who had been found...
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Four brothers hanged for killing relatives
MULTAN, April 17: Four brothers were hanged in the New Central Jail here on Tuesday for killing 13 close relatives....
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Farmers hold protest against WTO regime
LAHORE, April 17: Farmers here on Tuesday took out a protest procession against the World Trade Organisation regime, terming it lethal for the farming sector....
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Arrests won’t deter MMA from protest
ISLAMABAD April 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has said administrative restrictions and large-scale arrests of workers will not stop the alliance from holding a demonstration outside the Supreme Court building on Wednesday...
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SA reach semis
South Africa marched into the semi-final on Tuesday with a nine-wicket trouncing of England, whose players were booed off the field by their own supporters....
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Khaleda’s son freed in exile deal: press
DHAKA, April 17: Bangladesh ex-prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia may head into exile in the latest political twist since an army-backed government began a drive against corruption and the country’s entrenched power elite....
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US mourns varsity victims; gunman identified
SPRINGFIELD (Virginia, US), April 17: As flags across the United States flew at half mast in honour of the victims of America’s deadliest shooting spree, police identified the man who killed...
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18 outlaws arrested in Attock
ATTOCK, April 17: The Attock police have arrested 18 outlaws including gamblers in separate strikes in different areas of the district on Monday....
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