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| April 21, 2007 | Saturday | Rabi-us-Sani 03, 1428 |
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Court summons top officials over disappearances: DAG accuses ministry of non-compliance
ISLAMABAD, April 20: In a step-by-step approach, the Supreme Court on Friday summoned the secretaries of the defence and interior ministries and the head of the government’s Crisis Management Cell to... 
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US troops can’t look for Osama in Fata: Centcom
WASHINGTON, April 20: The US military does not have permission to conduct operations inside Pakistan’s tribal territory even if it is tipped that Osama bin Laden is hiding in that area, says the commander of the US Central Command (Centcom)....
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Rocket fired at Fazl’s home
PESHAWAR, April 20: A rocket was fired at the residential compound of JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday night....
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Abhishek, Aishwarya tie the knot
MUMBAI, April 20: Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, one of Bollywood''s best-known screen couples, married on Friday in a traditional Hindu wedding in which the groom rode a white horse before the pair took their vows around a sacred fire....
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Musharraf-Karzai meeting confirmed
ANKARA, April 20: The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan will visit Ankara on April 29-3O for talks under Turkey''s auspices aiming to cool tensions between the two allies in the war against terror, the Turkish presidency confirmed on Friday....
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The emerging contours of PPP-govt deal
ISLAMABAD, April 20: It is already being called by some people as the mother of all deals. Some others — from both the ruling and opposition parties — say it amounts to a great betrayal....
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Raja Qureshi refuses to represent govt
KARACHI, April 20: Senior lawyer and former Advocate General of Sindh Raja Qureshi has refused to represent the government in the presidential reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Nawaz opposes talks with govt
LONDON, April 20: Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said he is even against holding talks with the government, let alone striking a deal....
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PPP leaders to attend Republican presentation ISLAMABAD, April 20: Senior Pakistan People''s Party politicians would be heading for Dubai next week not to hear their leader but American political researchers....
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No deal being struck with PPP: president
ISLAMABAD, April 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejected the impression that any deal with Pakistan People’s Party was being negotiated, and announced that the election would be held according to schedule in a fair, free and transparent manner....
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India committed to IPI project: official
ISLAMABAD, April 20: India was fully on board and committed to take part in the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project to be started in 2008, a senior government official said on Friday....
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Lal Masjid clerics vow to enforce Sharia in country
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Lal Masjid clerics on Friday vowed to enforce what they called ‘Shariat’ (Islamic system) in the country even if the government does not want to do so....
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Khalid Shaikh case: SHC issues notices
KARACHI, April 20: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the federal and provincial attorneys in a petition seeking the recovery of Khalid Mohammad Shaikh,...
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Two killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 20: Fresh gunbattles between Kashmiri militants and government troops in occupied Kashmir left two dead on Friday and sparked a noisy demonstration, police and residents said....
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Landmine blast kills man
QUETTA, April 20: A man was killed and two others were injured in a landmine blast in the Loti gas field area in Dera Bugti district on Friday....
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Aussies crush NZ
Australia kept their unbeaten record intact with an emphatic 215-run win over New Zealand in a Super Eights match on Friday. Matthew Hayden struck his third century of the tournament to...
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Woolmer
KINGSTON (Jamaica), April 20: Jamaican police investigating the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer said the case would have been “severely compromised” had the coroner''s inquest started as scheduled on Monday.—Reuters...
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Notices issued in loan remission case
KARACHI, April 20: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the attorney-general, the federal finance ministry, the State Bank of Pakistan and others on Friday in a petition challenging remission of loans amounting to Rs4.14...
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Nasa building evacuated in Houston
HOUSTON, April 20: Workers evacuated a building at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center and police surrounded it on Friday after reports that a man with a gun was spotted and shots were fired, authorities said....
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Man kills family members to grab property
MULTAN, April 20: Greed for grabbing the entire property of the family seems to be the motive that made a 22-year-old Multan youth to kill his parents, two brothers and three sisters in New Multan area here....
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Bet loser commits suicide
SWABI, April 20: A rickshaw driver committed suicide on Friday after losing a bet in a race with another driver here....
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Five killed in accident near Muzaffarabad
MUZAFFARABAD, April 20: At least five people, including a woman, were killed and 16 others injured when a passenger bus they were traveling in veered off the narrow hilly road and plunged into a ravine, police said....
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