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| June 08, 2007 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1428 |
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Spymasters say CJ kept tabs on judges
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Heads of two intelligence agencies and the president’s chief of staff on Thursday filed affidavits in the Supreme Court against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who had accused... 
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Rs398bn deficit likely in new budget
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The government will present a Rs1.874 trillion federal budget for 2007-8 in the National Assembly on Saturday, envisaging revenue target of Rs1.025 trillion, defence spending of Rs275 billion...
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Journalists barred from parliament
ISLAMABAD, June 7: An angry National Assembly speaker barred journalists from parliament on Thursday in a show of insensitivity to their protests against new media curbs and what critics called the...
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Bush defends Pakistan democracy
WASHINGTON, June 7: Democracy is “a lot more established” in Pakistan than in some other nations, says US President George W. Bush, adding that much of the political protests seen in the country is “posturing” about the forthcoming elections....
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PM laments lack of party support
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said that some members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League had either lost heart and joined the opposition ranks or they were deliberately keeping quiet over the ongoing political crisis....
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Cyclone leaves 400 passengers marooned
QUETTA, June 7: Almost four hundred passengers on board seven coaches were marooned as flood waters whipped across the plains of southern Balochistan on Thursday in the wake of Gonu cyclone....
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Benazir not to attend MPC
KARACHI, June 7: Vice-Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Makhdoom Amin Fahim said here on Thursday that the party’s chairperson Benazir Bhutto would not attend the Multi-Party Conference called by Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif in London....
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Major developments likely on Kashmir: Attique MUZAFFARABAD, June 7: Azad Kashmir’s Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Thursday predicted major developments on the Kashmir issue in coming days and called for demonstration of greater responsibility by the Kashmiri leaders on both sides of the divide....
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Tax adjustments to raise cost of living
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Despite the talk of no new tax being levied in the next year’s national budget, the cost of living is expected to rise as a result of several adjustments in the tax structure....
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Aurakzai warns of action in Bajaur
KHAAR, June 7: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai warned here on Thursday that the government might use force against militants if tribal elders failed to maintain peace through jirgas in the Bajaur Agency....
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Two more held in Hammad murder case
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two persons, including the man who had masterminded the murder of Syed Hammad Amjad Raza, additional registrar of the Supreme Court and personal assistant to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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25 killed in Oman; storm heads towards Iran
MUSCAT, June 7: Cyclone Gonu killed at least 25 people in Oman and left another 26 missing, state television said on Thursday, as driving rain and pounding winds in the fiercest...
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G-8 accord on cuts in greenhouse gases
HEILIGENDAMM (Germany), June 7: World leaders agreed on Thursday to pursue substantial but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and work with the United Nations to clinch a new deal to fight global warming by 2009....
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India seeks strong ties with China
NEW DELHI, June 7: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday that China was India''s greatest neighbour with which New Delhi desired to have a strong relationship....
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UK police on watch for vehicle bombs
LONDON, June 7: Pakistan is still being regarded here as the base for Al Qaeda from where terrorist activity in Britain has been planned and directed....
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Tamils evicted from Colombo over security concerns
COLOMBO, June 7: Sri Lanka evicted hundreds of minority ethnic Tamils from the capital on Thursday and sent them back to the war-torn north citing security concerns, as the military battled Tamil Tigers in the east....
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11 arrested in S. Arabia
RIYADH, June 7: Saudi Arabia has arrested 11 of its nationals in two days on suspicion of their involvement in extremist activities, the Saudi interior ministry announced on Thursday....
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Pakistanis among 42 held in Greece
KOMOTINI (Greece), June 7: Police in northeastern Greece on Thursday arrested 42 illegal immigrants who had marched an estimated 140km inland to get a ride in a truck to Athens, said a police source in the city of Komotini....
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Government holds off media curbs
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The government’s decision to suspend implementation of the Pemra Ordinance 2007 promulgated by president on June 4 evolved mixed reaction on Thursday and some media personnel described it as government’s retreat under tremendous pressure generated by nationwide protests....
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EU, EC express concern over media curbs
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The European Union (EU) and the European Commission (EC) have expressed their concern over the present state of media freedom and rising cases of intimidation of journalists in Pakistan....
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