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| July 12, 2007 | Thursday | Jamadi-us-Sani 26, 1428 |
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Mystery shrouds exact casualty figures: •Resistance wiped out: ISPR •Media visit put off
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The government said on Wednesday that army commandos had wiped out all militant resistance in Islamabad’s Lal Masjid compound after an eight-day operation, but withheld from the media some vital information about the civilian casualty toll....
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Grand alliance — minus PPP
LONDON, July 11: A mini-summit of the Multi-Party Conference (MPC) held here on Wednesday launched a sort of a grand alliance, calling it the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), but minus the PPP. The PPP went on a solo flight arguing that it was not the right time to organise public rallies the APDM plans to hold in Quetta on August 9 and in Rawalpindi on August 14....
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Counsel told to wind up arguments by 20th
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would wind up by July 20 the hearing of the petition of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry challenging the filing of the presidential reference against him....
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Illegal activities in madressahs not to be tolerated: PM
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The government will take stern action against madressahs involved in illegal activities or promoting militancy and extremism, and such institutions will be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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Body flown to Rajanpur
RAJANPUR, July 11: The mortal remains of Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his two colleagues reached Rajanpur by a C-130 plane which landed at the Farid Airbase on Wednesday night....
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Burial after arrival of relatives: SC
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the burial of Abdul Rashid Ghazi in his native village of Rojhan in Rajanpur district, till the arrival of close relatives by a special aircraft to be arranged by the government....
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It’s ‘Operation Sunrise’ not ‘Silence’
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Just when every Pakistani with access to any form of news media was getting ready to hear that ‘operation silence’ at the capital’s Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa is about...
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Musharraf gets a pat from Bush
WASHINGTON, July 11: A day after troops carried out an operation against Lal Masjid in Islamabad President Gen Pervez Musharraf received a pat on the back from no less a person than US President George W....
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‘Musharraf to address nation today’
ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on the military operation against the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex that killed many people and the government''s new anti-terror strategy, officials told AFP on Wednesday....
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US warns its citizens in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, July 11: The United States has warned its citizens in Pakistan to be vigilant because of the possibility of attacks by “terrorist elements” after the Lal Masjid operation....
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US envoy’s remarks criticised
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Religious parties and figures have criticised the support extended by a US consulate official on Wednesday to the operation against Lal Masjid and demanded that the government expel him for interfering in Pakistan’s internal affairs....
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Karzai supports operation
KABUL, July 11: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday supported Pakistan for attacking Taliban-style militants dug in at a mosque and urged his neighbour to crack down on all radical religious groups there....
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Protests continue in NWFP
PESHAWAR, July 11: Protests against the Lal Masjid operation were held in different parts of the NWPF on Wednesday. In Battagram, thousands of people took out a procession against the killing of Abdul Rashid Ghazi and others....
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Measures to protect Chinese ordered
MUZAFFARABAD, July 11: The federal government has warned the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the provincial governments to take adequate security measures to protect Chinese nationals....
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More villages flooded in Jaffarabad
QUETTA, July 11: Jhal Magsi remains cut off from other parts of Balochistan two weeks after floods devastated the area. At the same time, rains continued to wreak havoc in Jaffarabad district....
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Over 100 villages inundated
DADU, July 11: Floodwaters headed towards the Maddo area after inundating over 100 villages on Wednesday....
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Blasts anniversary haunts Singh
NEW DELHI, July 11: The first anniversary of the Mumbai train bombing that killed 187 commuters and rocked India’s fragile peace talks with Pakistan brought a mixed bag of challenges and...
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UK looking into bomb plotter’s trip to Pakistan
LONDON, July 11: Britain is investigating how the ringleader of a failed 2005 London bombing plot, identified as a possible terrorist, went to Pakistan for terror training, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday....
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12 die
KANDAHAR, July 11: More than a dozen people including three policemen and an Afghan civilian were killed in a spate of violence across insurgency-hit Afghanistan, authorities said on Wednesday....
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Al Qaeda settled in safe haven: US officials
WASHINGTON, July 11: Al Qaeda has become entrenched in a remote corner of Pakistan and the United States fears a military strike could spawn new militant activity in the country, US officials said on Wednesday....
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