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| July 19, 2007 | Thursday | Rajab 03, 1428 |
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34 killed as govt forces clash with militants
PESHAWAR, July 18: Seventeen soldiers were killed on Wednesday after security forces fought fierce gunbattles with militants, triggered by two separate ambushes in Ghazlamai and Mir Ali areas, the army said....
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Only a ‘unified command’ can fight militancy: •Musharraf says re-election from present assemblies •No emergency •Polls on time
ISLAMABAD, July 18: President Pervez Musharraf believes the latest spate of suicide bombings and other related incidents in the country have clearly drawn the battle lines between the forces of moderation...
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Pirzada wonders why SC accepted ACJ appointment twice
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Veteran jurist Sharifuddin Pirzada told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the right time to check whatever wrong might have been done to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was when the acting chief justice was appointed twice....
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US sends conflicting signals on Fata
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 18: The Bush administration is sending conflicting signals to Pakistan on what action it may take against suspected Al Qaeda hideouts in the tribal belt, with the White...
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Stocks shed 394 points
KARACHI: The KSE 100-share index on Wednesday crashed by 394 points, or 2.8 per cent, from its recently attained all-time high level of 14,200 points on panic-selling what analysts called a belated reaction to the Lal Masjid operation....
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11pc growth in export projected: Trade policy unveiled
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The government on Wednesday unveiled the trade policy for the current fiscal year, projecting an ambitious 11 per cent growth in exports to $19.2...
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PPP seeks judicial probe into attack
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Questioning the government''s claim that Tuesday''s bomb blast in Islamabad was a suicide attack, the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Wednesday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident....
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Madressah reforms to continue, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government will continue to work with all the stakeholders to improve the madressah reforms programme so that needs for religious education are appropriately met....
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Interpol issues red notices against seven bureaucrats
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has diverted its attention from corruption cases against politicians to embezzlement cases involving bureaucrats and businessmen, it is learnt....
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Pearl’s widow names bank in lawsuit
NEW YORK, July 18: The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib Bank Ltd over the 2002 abduction, torture and murder of her husband....
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FO rejects American report
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Pakistan on Wednesday took serious note of what it termed the “unsubstantiated assertions” made in the latest US National Intelligence Estimate report about the presence of Al Qaeda...
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Red Cross, UN seek $55m for flood victims
GENEVA, July 18: The United Nations and the Red Cross appealed on Wednesday for $55 million in emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of flood victims, warning that an already dire situation could worsen in Pakistan....
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Brazil jet disaster kills 200
SAO PAULO, July 18: Rescue workers pulled scores of bodies from the charred wreckage of a plane here on Wednesday, as experts began investigating the deadliest plane crash in Brazil''s history, which left more than 200 people dead....
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India set to elect first woman president
NEW DELHI, July 18: India is set to elect its first woman president on Thursday in an election that has seen more controversy and mudslinging than any recent contests....
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Police, FC men clash in Sost
GILGIT, July 18: Policemen and Frontier Constabulary personnel clashed over the distribution of SIMs (subscribers’ identity modules) on Wednesday in Sost, 170kms north of Gilgit, suspending the operation of Sost Dry Port for four hours....
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Three killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 18: One person was killed and 16 people were injured in a hand-grenade attack in the occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A senior police officer, Farooq Ahmed, said...
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Pakistan, Lanka to diversify cooperation
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Pakistan and Sri Lanka will work towards diversifying bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, tourism, education and energy. This was reflected in a statement issued by the foreign...
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Autonomy bill put on back burner
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The much-awaited provincial autonomy bill has been delayed due to growing political uncertainty and the worsening security situation in the country. Sources told Dawn on Wednesday that parliamentary...
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3 given death sentence in Mumbai blast case
MUMBAI, July 18: An Indian anti-terrorism court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to three Muslims in cases involving the country’s worst bomb explosions. Pervez Nasir Sheikh, Abdul Gani Ismail Turq...
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Al Qaeda’s ‘rise’ irks Nato
BRUSSEL, July 18: Nato voiced concern on Wednesday at a US intelligence report highlighting the growing strength of Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The defence alliance, which is heading...
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‘British jets scrambled over Russia bombers’
LONDON, July 18: Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled after two Russian bombers were intercepted off the coast of Norway, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, following reports they were heading for British airspace....
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Aziz’s wife, daughters given in police custody
RAWALPINDI, July 18: Special judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 here on Wednesday remanded three women family members of Maulana Abdul Aziz in police custody for further three days in a murder case....
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