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| August 08, 2007 | Wednesday | Rajab 23, 1428 |
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US criticised in NA; foreign policy review sought
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Several government and opposition members severely criticised the US policy in the National Assembly on Tuesday and called for a complete review and overhaul of Pakistan’s foreign policy,... 
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Army helicopters pound ‘militant hideouts’
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 7: A tribesman and two children were injured and several houses damaged when security forces, backed up by Cobra helicopters, attacked suspected hideouts of militants in the Degan area...
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SHC quashes ‘red notices’ against Benazir
KARACHI, Aug 7: All proceedings leading to issuance of ‘red notices’ against PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto by Interpol stood quashed on Tuesday following disposal of her petition by the Sindh High...
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US legislation an irritant in bilateral ties: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday expressed disappointment at the recently adopted US legislation making aid to Pakistan conditional, and told the visiting American Senator Richard J....
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14 Taliban suspects held, arms seized
QUETTA, Aug 7: Law-enforcement personnel arrested on Tuesday 14 Taliban suspects, 10 of them Tajik and Uzbek nationals, from Sambaza village in the Zhob district, near the Pakistan-Afghan border....
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169 elders leave for Kabul today
PESHAWAR, Aug 7: At least 169 tribal elders will leave Peshawar for Kabul on Wednesday to attend the Pakistan-Afghanistan Grand Jirga. All participants of the jirga nominated from the NWFP...
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Storm warning for Sindh, Balochistan
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Meteorological office has warned of the possibility of a storm, accompanied by rain, striking Sindh and Balochistan over the next two to three days under the influence of a strong monsoon system....
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Polio vaccine team beaten up in Bajaur
KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Aug 7: A nationwide polio vaccination campaign was suspended in Bajaur Agency on Tuesday after health workers were detained and beaten up by armed people in the Charmang area, officials said....
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Musharraf, Karzai to address jirga
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will address the joint jirga scheduled to be held from Aug 9 to 11 in Kabul....
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Pak-Afghan jirga unlikely to produce results
DESPITE the optimism expressed on Monday by US President George W. Bush and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai regarding the likely outcome of the Pak-Afghan jirga, to be convened in Kabul on Thursday, not many appear to be as confident....
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Bannu police checkpoint blown up
BANNU, Aug 7: A police checkpoint here was blown up on Tuesday night. Two people were injured in the incident. Official sources told Dawn that some miscreants had planted an improvised...
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China committed to strong ties: minister
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Just as the new US legislation dims the prospects of Pakistan-US strategic ties, China has assured Pakistan that it is committed to further strengthening the ongoing strategic cooperation between the two countries....
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‘Irresponsible statements hurting US’
WASHINGOTN, Aug 7: The US State Department has said that statements like a Republican presidential candidate’s threat to bomb Islam’s holiest sites hurt US interests and endanger American diplomats working abroad....
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Most Americans critical of US foreign policy: poll
NEW YORK, Aug 7: Public opinion poll in the US has revealed on Monday that a majority of “Americans believe that people around the world are growing more afraid that the...
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‘Govt trying to develop maritime sector’
KARACHI, Aug 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday declared that “a strong and viable Navy is indispensable for obtaining conducive maritime environment”. He was addressing the opening session of Pakistan Navy’s War Game Exercise Shamsheer-i-Behr III at PNS Jauhar....
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More deportees arrive from Turkey
RAWALPINDI, Aug 7: A batch of 45 illegal Pakistani immigrants deported by Turkish authorities arrived at the Islamabad International Airport on Tuesday, raising the number of deportees to several hundreds since...
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Blast damages three vehicles
PESHAWAR, Aug 7: A bomb explosion at a bus terminal here on Tuesday caused damage to three vehicles but no loss of life was reported. The explosion gripped the passengers and nearby people by fear and panic....
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18 Balochistan districts still without power
QUETTA, Aug 7: Power supply — suspended to 19 districts of the province on Monday night when two main circuits of the 220KV industrial grid were closed near Sibi due to...
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