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| July 29, 2007 | Sunday | Rajab 13, 1428 |
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Bush to sign bill linking aid to anti-terror fight: US Congress adopts measure
WASHINGTON, July 28: The White House said on Saturday that President George W. Bush would sign into law a counter-terrorism bill that also proposes new conditionalities on US assistance to Pakistan.... 
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Move may harm ties, says FO
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Pakistan on Saturday took serious note of a section of the draft bill adopted by the US Congress which links security assistance to Islamabad with its counter-terrorism efforts...
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EC to launch another voter registration exercise
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Secretary of the Election Commission, Mr Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, on Saturday directed provincial election commissioners to immediately work out modalities for undertaking another exercise to register voters through a fresh door-to-door campaign....
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CJ asks bench, bar to resist illegal steps
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Saturday asked the legal community to remain on guard and not allow any unconstitutional or extra-constitutional measure to rock the smooth sailing of the nation’s boat....
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Govt, PPP remain tight-lipped on meeting details
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Pakistan People’s Party and the government on Saturday did not deny a meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto, but kept mum regarding details of what had happened in Abu Dhabi on Friday....
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Deal envisages Musharraf’s re-election, Benazir’s third stint: Afgan
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi said on Saturday that it appeared that President Musharraf and Ms Bhutto were trying to negotiate a deal...
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Musharraf, Abdullah vow to fight extremism
JEDDAH, July 28: Unanimity on all subjects was the hallmark of talks between President Pervez Musharraf and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia here on Saturday afternoon....
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Think-tank says president looking for a way out WASHINGTON, July 28: President Pervez Musharraf has been weakened to the point that he is forced to seek a compromise with his opponents in an effort to salvage his government, says a US think-tank while commenting on the Musharraf-Benazir meeting....
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Senators assail US threat of direct action
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday took serious note of the American threats of attack and asked Islamabad to stop cooperating with Washington in the “war against...
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How to salvage a doomed deal
PESHAWAR: The so-called North Waziristan agreement has unravelled. It did not require a crystal ball gazer to foretell how far such a hastily done deal would go....
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Premier meets relatives of missing students
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Fifty-eight people have contacted the Ministry of Interior for recovery of their relatives who went missing during the Lal Masjid operation, and DNA test reports of the 62 people buried as unidentified are awaited....
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Three policemen killed
TIMERGARA, July 28: Three policemen were shot dead in the Regdy Khwar area near Maidan on Saturday. Officials said the deceased belonged to the Lal Qilla police station....
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OIC for end to ‘blind violence’
JEDDAH, July 28: The 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Saturday urged a halt to the ‘cycle of blind violence’ in Pakistan....
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Dead fish found off harbour
KARACHI, July 28: Hundreds of dead fish were found off the Keamari harbour and adjoining areas on Saturday, raising environmental concerns....
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Soldier injured
MIRAMSHAH, July 28: One soldier was wounded when a security checkpoint came under a rocket attack launched by militants in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday night as security forces set up new posts around Miramshah town, officials said....
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TV channels get Pemra notices
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued notices to some private television channels for airing gory scenes of incidents of violence....
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Govt given 7 days to hand over body
ATTOCK, July 28: The interior ministry has sought seven days from the Supreme Court to hand over the body of a seminary student hailing from Shakardra village of Attock, who was killed in the Lal Masjid operation, to his parents....
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Hakim Nasir passes away
KARACHI, July 28: Noted poet Hakim Mohammad Nasir passed away here on Saturday. He was 60. “He had suffered brain haemorrhage two days ago and was admitted to a hospital where he died tonight," his son Bilal Nasir told Dawn....
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