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| June 24, 2007 | Sunday | Jamadi-us-Sani 08, 1428 |
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11 killed in attack from Afghanistan: Nato says 60 ‘insurgents’ dead
MIRAMSHAH, June 23: A barrage of artillery and missiles fired from Afghanistan hit residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai area of the North Waziristan tribal region on Friday night, killing 11 people and wounding 10 others, eyewitnesses and officials said.... 
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44 die in Karachi rain
KARACHI, June 23: At least 44 people were killed and over 200 others injured on Saturday when torrential pre-monsoon rains, accompanied by a severe dust-storm, lashed Karachi, smashing the city’s infrastructure and leaving major roads submerged....
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Chinese hostages freed
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government on Saturday averted a near ‘diplomatic disaster’ between Pakistan and China by securing the release of nine Chinese nationals, six of them women, who were abducted by the Lal Masjid brigade form a massage parlour....
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Govt wavers over Hafsa revolt
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government wavered in the National Assembly on Saturday on how to deal with a prolonged revolt by madressah militants in Islamabad and betrayed disarray over some key...
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CJ gets warm welcome on way to Multan
OKARA/SAHIWAL, June 23: Seventeen hours after its departure from Lahore on Saturday morning, the Multan-bound caravan of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry reached Sahiwal after midnight on Sunday, covering only half journey....
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ACJ asks high courts to check ‘corruption’ in lower judiciary
ISLAMABAD, June 23: A top judicial body headed by Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas on Saturday took serious notice of a report by the Transparency International regarding complaints of corruption in...
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SC takes note of Kafila case: Shahid hospitalised
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu notice on the alleged murder of a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, Kafila Siddiqui and summoned the Advocate-General Punjab and Inspector-General Police Islamabad on June 29....
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$650m raised from UBL shares
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan has raised $650.3 million from the international equity market by selling to overseas investors 202 million shares of the United Bank Limited, accounting for 25 per cent of the bank’s total paid up capital....
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Over Rs7bn tax evasion detected
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Sales tax, customs and federal excise duty evasion of more than Rs7 billion has been detected....
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‘US must not seek quick change’
WASHINGTON, June 23: The United States should resist the urge to threaten President Pervez Musharraf or demand a quick democratic transition, says the prestigious Foreign Affairs magazine in its July-August issue....
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‘Disappearances’ campaigner released
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Authorities released late on Friday night Defence of Human Rights chief coordinator Khalid Khawaja who was arrested on January 26 this year and accused of distributing hate literature outside a mosque....
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Karzai angered by civilian casualties
KABUL, June 23: President Hamid Karzai angrily criticised on Saturday ‘indiscriminate and imprecise’ operations by Nato and US-led forces in Afghanistan, which, he said, had killed 90 civilians in just over a week....
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US House votes to ban Saudi Arabia aid
WASHINGTON, June 23: The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and bankrolling terrorist organisations....
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Eight more US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 23: Eight more US troops died in Iraq on Saturday, mostly in roadside bombings in Baghdad, as the American military battled suspected Al Qaeda insurgents in other parts of the country....
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Breakthrough in Quetta attack probe likely
QUETTA, June 23: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that law-enforcement agencies have arrested some important people in connection with the recent acts of terrorism in Quetta....
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Bombs found on oil tankers
MUZAFFARGARH, June 23: Police recovered here on Saturday bombs planted in the tankers engaged in oil transportation to Afghanistan....
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EU leaders strike deal
BRUSSELS, June 23: EU leaders on Saturday clinched a deal on Europe''s future, agreeing the shape of a treaty to streamline the expanded bloc after striking a compromise with tough-talking Poland in all-night talks.—AFP...
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Three envoys promoted to BS-22
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Foreign Office on Saturday promoted three of its officers from BS-21 to BS-22....
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