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| August 11, 2007 | Saturday | Rajab 26, 1428 |
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SC wants updated list in 30 days: Petition on missing voters
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Election Commission 30 days to complete the enrolment of eligible voters not included in the computerised electoral rolls.... 
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Pakistan proposes joint tribal council with Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Aug 10: At the ongoing grand peace jirga in Kabul, Pakistan has proposed formation of a joint tribal council to open negotiations with Afghan resistance groups and work for a...
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President to attend last session
ISLAMABAD: After a flurry of ‘telephone diplomacy’ between Islamabad, Washington and Kabul, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has agreed to attend the concluding session of the Joint Peace Jirga in Afghanistan....
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Jirga sent to Mehsud area to trace FC men
WANA, Aug 10: The political administration of South Waziristan sent on Friday a jirga to an area of the Mehsud tribe to locate 15 kidnapped personnel of the Frontier Corps, officials and witnesses said....
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Call to oust foreign troops at Kabul jirga
KABUL, Aug 10: A Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga debating ways to end Al Qaeda-backed terrorism in the region heard calls on Friday for Western forces to be thrown out of Afghanistan in favour of troops from Muslim countries....
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Three blasts rock Quetta
QUETTA, Aug 10: Three blasts were reported from the provincial capital on Friday night. According to police, two motorcyclists hurled a hand-grenade at the directorate of the Excise Department on the Sariab Road....
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Emergency option put off, not abandoned: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Friday that although the decision to impose emergency had been put off, and not been abandoned, and if imposed at a...
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Deluge revisits Karachi
KARACHI, Aug 10: Two days of torrential rains have left at least 21 people dead in the Sindh provincial capital. The rains caused severe flooding, inundating several densely populated areas....
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Quorum woes hit legislation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain put off legislative business in the National Assembly on Friday after the opposition refused to assure the government that it would not point out quorum....
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Accused in Mannu Bheel case produced in court
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 10: Police produced on Friday an accused in the Mannu Bheel case in the court of civil judge and judicial magistrate in Digri. A police team, comprising the SP...
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Senator asks why sugar scam probe wound up ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: An opposition senator on Friday asked a minister in-charge of the cabinet division why the National Accounability Bureau was not allowed to pursue an investigation into the sugar crisis....
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Two power pylons blown up in Kohlu
QUETTA, Aug 10: Power supply to a vast area of the Kohlu district was suspended after two pylons were blown up on Friday. Police sources said high explosives placed around the...
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PML lawmakers complain of being ignored
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League’s parliamentary party in Senate met at the Parliament House here on Friday to discuss the country’s political situation following the government’s decision to postpone imposition of emergency....
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Hotline reduces fishermen’s fears
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Pakistan and India have confirmed that regular hotline communication between maritime authorities had minimised apprehensions of fishermen of both the countries during the past nine months....
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Spokeswoman appointed ambassador to Italy
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, who is currently serving as director-general at the headquarters, has been appointed as Pakistan’s ambassador to Italy....
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Peacekeepers helped gold smugglers: UN report
KINSHASA, Aug 10: UN peacekeepers from Pakistan arranged armed escorts and provided food for gold smugglers in eastern Congo but did not themselves trade weapons for gold, according to a UN report seen by Reuters on Friday....
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Hamid Ansari elected India’s vice-president
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Former diplomat Mohammed Hamid Ansari was elected India’s vice-president on Friday, easily defeating his opposition-backed rival, a senior official said....
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UN seeks more funds for Afghan refugees
GENEVA, Aug 10: The UN refugee agency on Friday said it needed an extra $10 million to assist 400,000 Afghans returning to their homeland from Pakistan this year, a figure nearly four times higher than in 2006....
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UN expands mission in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10: The Security Council on Friday unanimously agreed to expand the UN mission in Iraq despite the high level of insecurity in the country and resistance by United Nations staff....
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Railway losses rise to Rs14.47bn: Salary hike one of the reasons: minister
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Senate was told on Friday that the Pakistan Railways had suffered over Rs14.47 billion losses during 2006-07 as against losses of over Rs1.12 billion in 2005-06....
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