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| August 10, 2007 | Friday | Rajab 25, 1428 |
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Govt backs away from emergency
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday decided against imposing a state of emergency, bringing to an end almost 24 hours of speculations and uncertainty in the country.... 
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US played role in decision reversal
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: The United States played a key role in steering President Pervez Musharraf away from declaring a state of emergency in Pakistan and the acknowledgement of this role came from no less a person than President George W....
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A stage-managed leak
ANY intention to issue a new proclamation of emergency has been firmly and authoritatively denied. Grapevine sources have not only confirmed this but also leaked out the identity of the overseas benefactor. But for hours on end on Wednesday....
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Karzai, Aziz stress unity to defeat Al Qaeda, Taliban
KABUL, Aug 9: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told a three-day joint Pakistan-Afghan Peace Jirga on Thursday that both nations could defeat a resurgent Al Qaeda and Taliban if they worked together....
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FC personnel kidnapped
WANA, Aug 9: Fourteen soldiers of the Frontier Corps and a junior commissioned officer were kidnapped by armed men in the South Waziristan Agency on Thursday....
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Kasuri rules out policy change
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on Thursday ruled out any change in what he called a successful foreign policy despite some new irritants with the United States and...
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15 feared killed in air attack
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 9: At least 15 people were feared dead after army’s helicopter gunships attacked the Degan village in North Waziristan on Thursday evening following a roadside explosion which left four soldiers injured, witnesses and security officials said....
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NAB blames ministers for sugar price hike
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The National Accountability Bureau in a report it submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday held eight sitting ministers or their party colleagues responsible for sugar hoarding which,...
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Sharifs’ plea: SC serves notices on officials
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The Supreme Court on Thursday served notices on Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum and advocates-general of the four provinces to answer questions raised by exiled former prime minister Nawaz...
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Local Taliban blow up tribesmen’s houses
DARRA ADAMKHEL/KOHAT, Aug 9: Local Taliban on Thursday blew up houses of rival tribesmen associated with a criminal in Darra Adamkhel after a gunbattle that left three people dead....
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Obama retracts statement; defends Musharraf
NEW YORK, Aug 9: Following severe criticism of his remarks on Pakistan and President Pervez Musharraf, US Senator Barack Obama said on Wednesday that “President Musharraf has a very difficult job,...
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Most Pakistanis want Musharraf to quit army post: IRI poll
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: Most Pakistanis want President Pervez Musharraf to step down as head of the country’s army, says a survey released on Thursday by a US think-tank....
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Five rockets hit Hangu
HANGU, Aug 9: Militants fired on Wednesday night five rockets, which landed in different areas of the city, but caused no casualties, police said. Officials said that three unexploded rockets were...
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Aali gets Kamal-i-Fun award
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Prominent writer/scholar Jameeluddin Aali has been nominated for the Kamal-i-Fun Award 2006 by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL). In this regard, the panel of judges consisting of Dr...
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Benazir hails decision
NEW YORK, Aug 9: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto welcomed on Thursday President Gen Pervez Musharraf''s decision not to impose emergency in the country. “It''s a good decision,” Ms Bhutto said, while talking to reporters in New York....
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Tawakkal gets bail
KARACHI, Aug 9: A division bench of the Sindh High Court granted bail to chairman of the Tawakkal Group Abdul Qadir Tawakkal on Thursday in the Naya Daur Motors case....
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Calls from Rice, other capitals did the trick
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice spoke to President Gen Pervez Musharraf twice on Thursday, first in the middle of the night when speculations were rife about...
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PPP not invited to Liaquat Bagh public meeting: PML-N
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Secretary general of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has not been invited to attend the public meeting of...
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