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| April 20, 2007 | Friday | Rabi-us-Sani 02, 1428 |
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SC serves notice on president over reference
ISLAMABAD, April 19: The focus of the legal battle involving Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry shifted from the Supreme Judicial Council to the Supreme Court on Thursday when a bench of... 
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Pakistan, Afghan troops clash: Matter reported to tripartite commission
KABUL, April 19: Afghan troops tore down a new anti-Taliban fence erected by Pakistani soldiers on the border between the two countries on Thursday, sparking a gun battle which caused no casualties, officials said....
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Demonstrations against religious extremists
ISLAMABAD, April 19: Thousands of women rights activists, members of different non-governmental organisations and civil society groups on Thursday held rallies across the country to protest against what they called rapidly...
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Shoaib Malik new captain
LAHORE, April 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday named all-rounder Shoaib Malik as captain of the national team. The 25-year-old, who has played in 18 tests and 137 one-day internationals,...
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Acting CJ says no pressure on him
ISLAMABAD, April 19: The Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Rana Bhagwandas, has made it clear that there is no pressure on him in connection with the presidential reference filed against Chief Justice Mr Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry....
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Secular alliance being explored
LAHORE, April 19: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan met Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Dubai last month and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has also initiated an ‘informal’...
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JF-17 aircraft to be sold, says PM
CHENGDU, April 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said the serial production of JF-17 Thunder aircraft next year would strengthen Pakistan’s defence and the country would recover investment made on the project by selling the aircraft....
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PAF gets fighter squadron
ISLAMABAD, April 19: A new fighter squadron “No 27 Tactical Attack Squadron” was added to the Pakistan Air Force at a ceremony held at the PAF Base, Rafiqui (Shorkot), on Thursday....
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Doha deal is achievable, says WTO chief
LAHORE, April 19: World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy is cautiously optimistic of a successful conclusion of the stalled Doha Development Round — which, many assume, will rebalance the global...
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N-deal with India in jeopardy: US official
WASHINGTON, April 19: The Indo-US nuclear deal, signed last year with so much fanfare, is in jeopardy because New Delhi wants key clauses rewritten, a senior US official told the Financial Times....
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Pakistan, Iran agree to launch bus service
ISLAMABAD, April 19: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to launch a bus service between the two countries through the Quetta-Zahidan-Mashhad route to further strengthen trade relations and people-to-people contact....
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Rail track blown up in Quetta
QUETTA, April 19: The railway link between the provincial metropolis and rest of the country was cut off after the main railway track was blown up here late Thursday night using a homemade explosive device....
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Players may be called to testify in Woolmer case
KINGSTON, April 19: Pakistan cricket players could be called to testify next week at a coroner''s inquest into the homicide of team coach Bob Woolmer, a Jamaican investigator said on Thursday....
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WI beat BD
BRIDEGETOWN (Barbados), April 19: West Indies beat Bangladesh by 99 runs in their Super Eights match on Thursday....
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Indian troops charged with killing Kashmiri
SRINAGAR, April 19: Authorities in occupied Kashmir have charged nine members of the security forces with murdering a street vendor and trying to pass him off as a Pakistani militant, officials said on Thursday....
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Patent Ord of 2000 amended
ISLAMABAD, April 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance to amend the Patent Ordinance of 2000....
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Disaster management bill okayed
ISLAMABAD, April 19: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday unanimously passed the national disaster management bill after incorporating an amendment in its clause 4....
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Five killed in road accident
QUETTA, April 19: Five people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others injured when a passenger wagon overturned on the RCD Highway, near the Baghbana area of Khuzdar district, on Thursday....
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