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| June 14, 2007 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428 |
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Council records presented to Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Supreme Judicial Council on Wednesday surrendered its records relating to the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to the Supreme Court after the court overruled the government lawyer’s plea that the record was ‘protected’.... 
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US pressuring Musharraf to hold fair polls: Boucher
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher on Wednesday met a cross-section of the Pakistani politicians and assured them that the US was pressing Gen Pervez Musharraf...
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Boucher says US wants broad-based relations
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, on Wednesday reiterated his government’s commitment to a strong, broad-based relationship with Pakistan....
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Lawmakers restore $50m military aid
WASHINGTON, June 13: US lawmakers have restored $50 million in military aid to Pakistan. Overall, Pakistan would receive $300 million in military grants next year, the same amount as this year....
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Power riots
KARACHI, June 13: Karachi on Wednesday witnessed another day of power riots as frustrated residents in several localities took to the streets to vent their anger against the KESC for prolonged power breakdowns....
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Shortage of power reaches 2900MW
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The countrywide electricity shortage is learnt to have increased to about 2,900MW owing mainly to continued closure of about 25 generating units across the country, adding to the misery of consumers in the sizzling temperatures....
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Saudi FM sues PIA
NEW YORK, June 13: Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal has sued Pakistan International Airlines, accusing it of blocking efforts to sell $8.6 million in shares of the carrier''s PIA Investments unit, a Bloomsburg News report says....
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Mushahid urges Musharraf to convene APC
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf to convene an All-Party Conference (APC) to discuss and work out a programme for free and fair elections....
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Imran says Altaf involved in terrorism, money laundering
LONDON, June 13: Imran Khan of Tehrik-i-Insaaf who is visiting the UK these days has levelled four serious charges against Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain which include terrorist activities leading...
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Nawaz picture causes stir during budget debate
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was briefly placed in the prime minister’s chair in the National Assembly on Wednesday, but only in a picture poster, in a dramatic...
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Ex-minister faces ‘murder’ probe
ISLAMABAD, June 13: Police on Wednesday added section 316 of the PPC to the FIR registered against former minister of state for communications Mohammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi, so far facing charges...
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Kabul bans Pakistani vehicles
CHAMAN, June 13: Afghanistan is to ban private Pakistani vehicles from crossing into its territory over a key southern border for “security reasons,” an official said on Wednesday....
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Senate to regulate media coverage of proceedings
ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Senate on Wednesday decided to regulate what was termed uneven coverage of its proceedings by the electronic and print media. This will be unprecedented in the parliamentary...
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Militant group warns pro-govt tribal elders
GHALLANAI, June 13: A new militant group in the Mohmand Agency has vowed to hit back at pro-government tribal elders if they continue to cooperate with the political administration....
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Curfew in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, June 13: Suspected Al Qaeda militants on Wednesday blew up the minarets of a revered shrine in Samarra, target of a 2006 bomb attack that unleashed a tidal wave of sectarian violence....
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DSP injured
QUETTA, June 13: A police officer was injured in firing by unidentified men in the Killi Ismail area near here on Wednesday. Deputy Superintendent of Police Rana Javed Iqbal was injured by two armed men on a motorcycle.—Staff...
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‘Global Action Day’
KARACHI, June 13: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) will observe June 15 (Friday) as the Global Action Day to mark the first...
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Four killed as truck overturns
CHAKWAL, June 13: Four persons were killed when a cement- laden truck overturned in the salt range area of Lahore- Islamabad motorway. The trailer (TLP-790) was on its way to Faisalabad...
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