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| July 06, 2007 | Friday | Jamadi-us-Sani 20, 1428 |
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Besieged cleric seeks safe passage: •Nerves as standoff continues •Govt sticks to its guns
ISLAMABAD, July 5: As a battle of nerves between heavily-armed security forces and militants holed up in the Lal-Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex lingered for the third day, desertions by the Madressah students continued....
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Late-night round
ISLAMABAD, July 5: There was another round of intense firing around midnight outside the besieged Lal Masjid as the security forces captured five more militants trying to escape by scaling the mosque’s wall....
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Cleric and daughter remanded in custody
RAWALPINDI, July 5: An anti-terrorism court remanded on Thursday Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz in police custody for seven days. His daughter Tayyaba Dua, alias Amina Abdullah, was sent to Adiala Jail on remand for the same period....
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Judgment will be historic, says Ramday
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, who is heading a 13-member larger bench hearing a petition by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry challenging the filing of presidential reference against him, on Thursday hinted that the verdict, whenever came, would be historic....
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Spin Boldak suicide blast kills police commander
KANDAHAR, July 5: A suicide attacker blew himself up at a police gathering in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine people including a boy, while a Nato force soldier died in a separate blast....
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Missiles fired on army base in Landi Kotal
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 5: Four missiles were fired on an army base in Landi Kotal on Thursday night. Officials of the Landi Kotal political administration told Dawn that two missiles landed inside the base, but caused no damage....
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Man kills children in frenzied knife attack
RAHIM YAR KHAN, July 5: A man stabbed his four children minor and a nephew in the small town of Pakka Laran in the Liaquatpur tehsil, on Thursday....
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27 killed
MANSEHRA, July 5: Twenty-seven people were killed in two road accidents, one in Balakot and the other near Abbottabad....
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Restraint in dealing with Lal Masjid crisis lauded
WASHINGTON, July 5: The United States said on Thursday that the government of Pakistan had displayed ‘exceptional restraint’ in dealing with the Lal Masjid crisis. In its second statement on the...
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China backs crackdown
BEIJING, July 5: China on Thursday voiced support for a crackdown by Pakistan’s government on Lal Masjid in Islamabad.“As a friendly neighbour of Pakistan, China backs Pakistan’s measures to safeguard social...
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Militants vow to avenge Lal Masjid deaths
KHAAR, July 5: Suspected militants have threatened to carry out suicide attacks across the country in revenge for the killing Lal Masjid students. Pamphlets purportedly distributed by the Mujahideen-i-Bajaur in villages...
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Gunmen kill four policemen
PESHAWAR, July 5: Gunmen killed four policemen and injured two others in Mathani area on the outskirts of Peshawar early on Thursday morning. Two police constables were on a routine patrol...
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Blast kills constable
QUETTA, July 5: A traffic police constable was killed and four people, including another constable, were injured when a powerful bomb exploded in Dera Allahyar town, some 350km east from here, on Thursday....
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London court jails ‘cyber-jihadis’ in first case of its kind
LONDON, July 5: Three ‘cyber-jihadis’ who used the Internet to urge Muslims to wage holy war on non-believers were jailed for between six-and-a-half and 10 years on Thursday in the first case of its kind in Britain....
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Canada pledges $2m for flood victims
OTTAWA, July 5: Canada will be contributing up to $2 million to provide immediate relief to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan affected by the recent storms and floods....
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Reward for constable who foiled escape bid
ISLAMABAD, July 5: A woman constable of the Islamabad Traffic Police, who foiled the escape bid of burqa-clad Maulana Abdul Aziz from Lal Masjid, was awarded commendation certificates and cash reward on Thursday....
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Civil society opposes amnesty for clerics
ISLAMABAD, July 5: An alliance of major civil society organisations on Thursday opposed amnesty for the administration of the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa. The alliance — Insani Huqooq Ittehad —...
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Pakistan, China agree to consolidate defence ties
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Pakistan and China on Thursday expressed their desire to further expand and consolidate bilateral ties in diverse fields especially in the area of defence....
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