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| July 14, 2007 | Saturday | Jamadi-us-Sani 28, 1428 |
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Lal Masjid women, children also killed: G-6 curfew to be lifted today
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government on Friday admitted that some innocent women and children were killed in the eight-day bloody operation in the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex.... 
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Bodies not kept in I-9 storage, SC told
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Supreme Court was told on Friday that not a single body of the people killed in the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa operation had been put in the Sarhad-Balochistan Cold Storage in Islamabad’s Sector I-9....
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MMA holds protests against operation
ISLAMABAD July 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday organised protests all over the country against the Lal Masjid operation on the call of the Wafaqul Madaris....
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Measures approved to tighten security
ISLAMABAD, July 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday presided over a meeting which approved new security measures to control the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, especially in the NWFP and tribal areas....
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Over 6,000 villages hit by flood in Sindh, Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Foreign donors have pledged over $6 million for the people hit by recent rains and floods. This was announced by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Farooq Ahmed Khan at a press briefing here on Friday....
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European Parliament urges re-election by new assemblies
LONDON, July 13: In what appeared to be an unusual move, the European Parliament has sounded a warning to President Musharraf through a 19-point resolution to desist from getting himself re-elected...
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Fahim to call ARD meeting soon: PML-N unsure whether to attend
LAHORE, July 13: PPP-Parliamentarians President Makhdoom Amin Fahim says the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy is intact despite the formation of the All Parties Democratic Movement and he will be calling...
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SC says no bar on non-Muslims: Appointment of Chief Justice ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Constitution did not bar a non-Muslim judge from becoming the country’s chief justice. The ruling was made after a petition...
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Pakistan better off with elected govt: Boucher
WASHINGTON, July 13: Pakistan would be better off with an elected government, which will also provide a better base to combat terrorism, says US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher.Mr...
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UN agencies complete assessment of losses
QUETTA, July 13: Representatives of United Nations aid agencies have completed assessment of losses caused by recent cyclone and floods after visits to various districts of Balochistan....
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Troops start patrolling areas in Swat, Battagram
MANSEHRA/MIGORA, July 13: Army and paramilitary troops started patrolling violence-hit areas of Battagram and Swat districts of the NWFP on Friday after reports that most of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had wound up their activities in the earthquake-hit areas, sources said....
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Explosives-laden car seized, three arrested
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 13: Police arrested three suspected militants and seized an explosives-laden vehicle and arms and ammunition and some jackets meant for suicide bombers from a house in the Akber town area on Friday....
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Tribal elders warned of action
KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), July 13: The political administration has warned elders of Utmankhel and Tarkhani tribes of strict action if attacks continue on government installations and security forces in the agency....
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Taliban in Bajaur area ‘enforce Sharia’
KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), July 13: Local traders closed their shops on Friday in response to a call from the local Taliban. All shops, banks and other business centres remained closed....
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Committee to scrutinise allotment of Haj quota
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Supreme Court on Friday appointed an independent committee to scrutinise provisional allotment of quota for Haj this year. On Thursday, a three-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal,...
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Aga Khan stresses role of civil society
GOUVIEUX (France), July 13: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili community, has pledged to support democratic processes, find means to help the people living below the poverty line...
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Higher inflows force Irsa to release more water ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has been compelled to release about 45,000 cusecs of water, over and above the irrigation and power requirements, because of higher inflows and operational constraints mainly at Tarbela Dam, it is learnt....
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AJK govt approves new logo
MUZAFFARABAD, July 13: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a new logo of the state to reflect the vision of Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, a move which some critics have called inappropriate....
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Kashmiris observe ‘martyrs day’
SRINAGAR, July 13: Hundreds of Kashmiris clashed with government forces as shops closed on Friday in occupied Kashmir in response to a call for a strike to mark the anniversary of...
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US Senate doubles Osama head money to $50m
WASHINGTON, July 13: The US Senate on Friday doubled the bounty on Osama bin Laden to 50 million dollars, reflecting frustration that the Al-Qaeda mastermind remains free and rising anxiety over possible future attacks....
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