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| April 23, 2007 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 05, 1428 |
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Presidential election to be completed this year: Aziz: Meeting discusses judicial crisis, Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD, April 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz chaired a high-level meeting held at the Prime Minister’s House on Sunday to discuss the judicial crisis and the lingering issue of Jaamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid.... 
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Hasina barred from leaving for Dhaka: Khaleda’s supporters file writ petition
LONDON, April 22: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina was barred from boarding a flight to Dhaka on Sunday after Bangladesh’s authorities asked the airlines to prevent her returning home....
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Israel rejects Musharraf’s mediation offer
JERUSALEM, April 22: Israel turned down on Sunday an offer by President Pervez Musharraf to serve as a mediator in peace efforts with the Palestinians but said he would be welcome to visit the Jewish state....
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Battle for judiciary set to enter parliament
ISLAMABAD, April 22: What has turned into a hot battle for judiciary fought on streets and courtrooms for weeks now will enter parliament when the National Assembly meets on Monday for...
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Contentious issues not resolved: Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD, April 22: Lal Masjid clerics on Sunday said contentious issues between them and the government had not been settled, adding that the standoff would continue till the enforcement of Sharia in the country....
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Altaf seeks Chaudhrys’ support for rally
KARACHI, April 22: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain has appealed to PML president Chaudhry Shujaat and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to support the rally his party planned to hold in Lahore in protest against extremism....
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Karzai urged to stop hurling allegations
ISLAMABAD, April 22: President Pervez Musharraf called on Sunday for an end to accusations from Afghan leadership about Taliban activities to reduce tension between the two countries....
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Fight against Uzbeks may strengthen Taliban: Chicago Tribune report
WASHINGTON, April 22: Using tribesmen to beat Uzbek militants could actually strengthen the Taliban and consolidate the group''s influence in the seven lawless semi-autonomous tribal areas in Pakistan''s northwest frontier, The Chicago Tribune reported on Sunday....
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M.H. Panwahar passes away
HYDERABAD, April 22: Noted agriculture expert, research scholar and historian M. H. Panwahar died here on Saturday night at the age of 82....
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Paramilitary officer, three children injured in Bara
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 22: A major of the Mehsud Scouts and three school students suffered injuries in crossfire between armed supporters of Lashkar-i-Islam and law-enforcement personnel in the Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Sunday....
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India test fires supersonic cruise missile
BHUBANESWAR, April 22: India on Sunday successfully tested a surface-to-surface version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile developed jointly with Russia, official sources said....
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Pemra serves notice on TV channel
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Aaj TV, a private television channel, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure....
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Thousands attend Geelani’s rally
SRINAGAR, April 22: Thousands of people on Sunday attended a rally in Srinagar to welcome back a Kashmiri leader who underwent cancer treatment in Mumbai....
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Over 55 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, April 22: Car bombs killed 18 people in Baghdad on Sunday and gunmen shot dead 23 workers after pulling them off a minibus in Iraq''s northern city of Mosul....
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Fazl urges Kashmir settlement through dialogue
LAHORE, April 22: JUI chief and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday urged India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue....
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3 children of Lehri tribe die in explosion
QUETTA, April 22: Three children died in an explosion in Khad Kocha area of the Mastung district, some 75 kilometres south-east of here, on Sunday....
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PPP smells foul play in petroleum policy
ISLAMABAD, April 22: Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday expressed concern over what it called yet another scandal brewing this time in the petroleum sector and demanded thorough probe....
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Affected people promised due compensation: Land for new Defence Complex
RAWALPINDI, April 22: Military authorities gave out an assurance on Sunday that people settled on the land acquired for the Defence Complex Islamabad (DCI) would not be evicted without payment of...
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