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| June 27, 2007 | Wednesday | Jamadi-us-Sani 11, 1428 |
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Cyclone batters coastal areas
QUETTA, June 26: Tens of thousands of people fled for safety as cyclone Yemyin and high tides hit major parts of Balochistan coast and Ormara before noon and caused havoc in...
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32 feared dead as boats sink in sea
KARACHI, June 26: At least 32 fishermen are feared dead as tropical cyclone Yemyin lashed coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan with winds of up to 130 kilometres an hour....
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PPP and PML-N challenge voters’ lists in SC
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, June 26: The Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N have filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the draft electoral rolls prepared by the Election Commission of Pakistan, both alleging irregularities in the process of registration....
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Judiciary alone not responsible for country’s ills: Ramday
ISLAMABAD, June 26: Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, heading a 13-member bench hearing a petition challenging a presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has deplored that it is judiciary which...
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Fata peace linked to pullout of Nato from Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, June 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon tribesmen to stop cross-border infiltration of unwanted elements who were causing unrest in Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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Legislators from Fata boycott jirga
PESHAWAR, June 26: Parliamentarians from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Tuesday boycotted a grand jirga which was addressed by President Pervez Musharraf at the Governor’s House....
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Sindh gets Rs200m for rain victims
ISLAMABAD, June 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday announced a relief package of Rs200 million for the victims of rain and windstorm in Sindh....
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Rs100m for relief in Balochistan
QUETTA, June 26: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf has allocated Rs100 million to the provincial relief commissioner as emergency funds to help compensate people affected by torrential rains and flood in different parts of the province....
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Alert in capital on reports of terrorist infiltration
ISLAMABAD, June 26: The government has beefed up security arrangements for foreign nationals and important personalities in the capital after intelligence reports suggested that some suspected terrorists or suicide bombers ‘may have entered Islamabad’ to hit high-profile targets....
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Autonomy bill not on cabinet agenda
ISLAMABAD, June 26: A meeting of the federal cabinet is being held here on Wednesday to approve some protocols and ratify agreements with various countries. The political situation in the country will also come under discussion....
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Swiss judge set to complete Benazir inquiry
GENEVA, June 26: A Swiss investigating judge is expected to complete soon a long-running inquiry into alleged money laundering by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Geneva’s chief prosecutor said on Tuesday....
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Violence against media, curbs criticised
ISLAMABAD, June 26: Representatives of media organisations, political parties, bar associations and civil society on Tuesday criticised recent violence against media outlets and government’s imposition of curbs on media and called for withdrawal of the recently amended Pemra ordinance....
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Cheney shapes America’s Pakistan policy: reports
WASHINGTON, June 26: America’s policy on Pakistan is essentially run from the office of Vice-President Dick Cheney who enjoys unprecedented power in the Bush administration, reveal a series of reports published...
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18 boats with 264 fishermen missing: Navy rescues several vessels
KARACHI, June 26: Several fishing vessels, which ventured out into the sea before a cyclone warning had been issued by the Met Office, were rescued on Tuesday....
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Hundreds of people stranded on islands
THATTA, June 26: Hundreds of people of 50-odd villages, located on various islands in the Arabian Sea, have been cut off from the mainland following rain and heavy winds since Saturday afternoon....
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Rs1bn for Karachi sought
KARACHI, June 26: Four federal ministers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have urged Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to announce a Rs1 billion grant on emergency grounds to provide compensation for...
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Fire erupts in NA building; sensitive records destroyed
ISLAMABAD, June 26: A mysterious fire in the Parliament House which broke out on Tuesday night gutted sensitive records of the Public Accounts Committees (PACs) and the service branch of the National Assembly, sources in the NA said....
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Flood hits Chitral infrastructure
CHITRAL, June 26: Daily life was affected in the Booni town after flood badly hit the infrastructure in the town....
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