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| June 15, 2007 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1428 |
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Armymen among nine killed: Ambush in Quetta
QUETTA, June 14: Seven army soldiers, a police constable and a passer-by were killed on Thursday when some armed men riding on a car sprayed a van with bullets on the Zarghoon road, police said.... 
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Punjab presents Rs356bn budget with no new tax
LAHORE, June 14: The Punjab government on Thursday placed before the assembly the budget for fiscal year 2007-08 amounting to Rs356.17 billion with no new taxes and a surplus of Rs112.68...
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‘Institutional reaction’ from SC urged: Attempt to remove CJ
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The counsel for Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to frustrate attempts to remove the chief justice from his post through an “institutional...
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Musharraf cautions media against ‘abusing freedom’
ISLAMABAD, June 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday cautioned the media against ‘abusing freedom’ and said it should not do anything which could aggravate a crisis....
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NA opposition criticises rise in defence budget
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Army’s top brass came under more than usual opposition flak in the National Assembly on Thursday during the general debate on the new national budget for their perceived backing of the political role of President Pervez Musharraf....
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Boucher told Mulla Omar not in Balochistan
QUETTA, June 14: United States Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher on Thursday concurred with Pakistan that there was no evidence to suggest the presence of Taliban leader Mulla Omar in Balochistan....
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Mosques on occupied land illegal in Islam: CII
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology on Thursday said mosques built on occupied land were considered illegal in Islam and prayers offered there would not be accepted....
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Opposition challenges amendments: Senate debate on Money Bill
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The opposition in the Senate rejected 15 of the 21 amendments proposed through the Money Bill which, it said, violated Article 73 of the Constitution....
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PPP leader dies in jail
LAHORE, June 14: A PPP office-bearer from Gujrat, who was detained by police a few days ago during raids in the province against opposition activists, died in the Kot Lakhpat Jail “due to cardiac arrest” on Thursday evening....
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Hamas routs Fatah in Gaza; Abbas dissolves govt
GAZA, June 14: Hamas fighters hunted down key loyalists of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after seizing most of the final strongholds of his secular Fatah movement in the enclave....
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Islamabad acts to cope with power crisis
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The loadshedding is likely to be significantly reduced in the next few days, following a decision to release more water for power generation and purchase surplus production from private industrial units, besides expected fall in temperatures....
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‘Security in Kashmir improved’
SRINAGAR, June 14: A senior Indian official said on Thursday that the security situation in Kashmir was improving, but warned that New Delhi would not be complacent over the threat from Kashmiri militants....
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India may have first woman president
NEW DELHI, June 14: Forty years after it elected a woman as perhaps its most powerful prime minister ever, India appeared to be bracing on Thursday to have its first woman president next month....
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Desecration of Iraq shrine condemned
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Pakistan on Thursday condemned desecration of the Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra and urged all sides in Iraq to exercise restraint, cautioning them that attacks on places of worship could stir up sectarian strife....
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Four foreigners held in Taftan
QUETTA, June 14: Border security authorities arrested four foreigners in the Taftan town on the Pakistan-Iran border who crossed into Pakistan without travel documents, official sources said on Thursday....
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Disqualification reference against Imran submitted
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afghan Niazi on Thursday submitted a reference to National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain, seeking disqualification of chief of the Tehreek-i-Insaaf Imran Khan....
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Refugee camp deadline may be missed
QUETTA, June 14: The Afghan refugee camp in Jungle Pir Alizai would not be closed on Friday as the residents have refused to go to their homeland saying the situation there was not conducive for their repatriation....
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Indian families find no trace of kin
NEW DELHI, June 14: A group of Indian families returned from Pakistan on Thursday after finding no trace of 54 relatives who disappeared after the 1971 India-Pakistan war....
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