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| July 05, 2007 | Thursday | Jamadi-us-Sani 19, 1428 |
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Chief cleric held in burqa escape bid: •1,100 students surrender •G-6 residents brave siege
TALKS between a three-member ulema delegation and Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi failed on Wednesday night after he refused to surrender unconditionally....
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No motive can be attributed to president: Qayyum
ISLAMABAD, July 4: A counsel for the federal government on Wednesday told a 13-member larger bench of the Supreme Court hearing a challenge by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry against the...
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316 rescued in Balochistan
QUETTA, July 4: Relief operation continued in cyclone- and flood-hit districts of Balochistan and army helicopters rescued 316 more people on Wednesday while a large number of people remained marooned in the Jaffarabad district....
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Pakistan, India share urgency in combating terrorism
NEW DELHI, July 4: India and Pakistan displayed a new shared urgency on Wednesday to combat terrorism in their respective backyards and, in an unusual unity of purpose, prescribed swift and effective punishment for its perpetrators.A...
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Suicide bomber kills six troops
MIRAMSHAH, July 4: A man, suspected to be a suicide bomber, rammed an explosives-laden car into a military convoy near a seminary in Bannu’s Gurbaz area on Wednesday, killing 10 people, six soldiers and four civilians....
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Swat attacks leave two policemen, 4 others dead
MINGORA (Swat), July 4: Four people were killed and a police officer, his driver and three civilians wounded in a roadside explosion near the police lines here on Wednesday....
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Over 40,000 move out of Shahdadkot: More breaches occur
LARKANA, July 4: Over 40,000 people of Shahdadkot on Wednesday moved out of the town after a new 50-foot-wide breach occurred in the Safiullah Magsi canal, near Dhori Shakh....
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Dr Aamir Liaquat resigns
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, July 4: Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain, the minister of state for religious affairs, on Wednesday resigned his office as well as his National Assembly seat on the orders...
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UK journalist freed after 16 weeks
GAZA CITY, July 4: BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed on Wednesday after 16 weeks held hostage by Palestinian extremists in Gaza, looking pale and drawn but delighted that his “terrifying” ordeal was over....
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Blasts rock Pasni, Bostan
QUETTA, July 4: Two powerful explosions rocked Bostan and Pasni on Wednesday. Police sources said a home-made bomb was planted in the courtyard of the government civil dispensary....
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Tharparkar, Cholistan face locust threat
RAWALPINDI, July 4: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) informed Pakistan on Wednesday that swarms of locusts from Ethiopia and Somalia were likely to cross the Indian Ocean and reach the country in coming days....
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PM’s foreign trips become casualty of turmoil
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s first official visit to the Netherlands has been put off due to the internal security situation....
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Two Pakistanis indicted in US
NEW YORK, July 4: A US Federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted two Pakistanis, one a Credite Suisse official and the other a financier on charges of conspiring to make illegal insider trading related to acquisitions on which the bank advised....
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Notice to TV channel suspended by SHC
KARACHI, July 4: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday suspended the operation of a termination notice served by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on a television channel....
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Journalists hold protest rally
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Journalists on Wednesday held a demonstration in front of the Press Information Department (PID) to protest the government’s inability to provide protection to mediapersons during the coverage of...
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Opposition seeks debate in Senate: Zakat fund embezzlement, CAA land scam
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Opposition members on Wednesday submitted two adjournment motions to the Senate Secretariat seeking discussion on the alleged Rs92 million embezzlement in the Zakat fund and leasing of valuable...
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Sri Lanka jets strike Tiger bases
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan air force jets on Wednesday carried out a second straight day of bombing raids against Tamil Tiger rebels positioned in jungles in the east of the island, the military said....
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Saudi Arabia to monitor ‘dawa’ camps
RIYADH, July 4: Saudi Arabia is planning to closely monitor the ‘dawa’ (propagation of Islam) camps, especially during the summer vacation season, with the stated objective of inculcating religious values among the participants....
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