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| August 12, 2007 | Sunday | Rajab 27, 1428 |
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Musharraf wants exiled leaders to stay away
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said the return of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to the country before the general election would disturb the political atmosphere, adding... 
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Understanding on uniform, return: Benazir
NEW YORK, Aug 11: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Saturday she had a “confidential understanding” with President Gen Pervez Musharraf on the principle of her return from self-imposed...
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Parliament can allow retention of uniform, says AG
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum on Saturday said a simple waiver by parliament through an act would be sufficient to allow President Gen Pervez Musharraf to retain his uniform after his election for another term....
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Militants demand swap of captives
TANK, Aug 11: Militants in the South Waziristan Agency have demanded release of 10 of their colleagues, taken prisoner by security forces, in exchange for 15 paramilitary personnel said to have been kidnapped on Thursday, according to a tribal elder....
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EC to complete door-to-door work in October: PPP
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq told a PPP delegation on Saturday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would complete the process of door-to-door voters’...
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Jirga forms body to implement decisions
KABUL, Aug 11: The Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Peace Jirga decided to set up a 40-member committee on Saturday, the day when Afghan President Hamid Karzai described the event as one which would cement the relations between Islamabad and Kabul....
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Two die in Kashmir arms depot fire
SRINAGAR, Aug 11: A huge fire broke out in a major Indian army ammunition depot in occupied Kashmir on Saturday, killing two people and forcing an evacuation of the surrounding area, police said....
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N-assets in safe hands: FO
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The Foreign Office on Saturday rejected what it characterised as ‘inspired and tendentious’ reports in the western media about the safety of Pakistan’s strategic assets, saying the reports appeared to be prompted by ‘questionable motives’....
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Two killed as security forces attack tribesmen
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 11: Two people were killed and three others injured on Saturday when security forces assisted by helicopter gunships attacked tribesmen near Mirali in North Waziristan Agency after a roadside blast....
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US welcomes Musharraf’s participation in jirga WASHINGTON, Aug 11: President Pervez Musharraf’s participation in the Kabul jirga would emphasise Pakistan’s commitment to the peace process, the US State Department said on Saturday....
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Pakistan-Afghan highway opened
KHYBER AGENCY, Aug 11: Transporters, traders and people from different walks of life breathed a sigh of relief after the Pakistan-Afghan highway was opened on Friday night for all types of vehicular traffic after three days of closure....
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UN again appeals for funds: Flood-hit people’s rehabilitation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The United Nations on Saturday again appealed to the world community to provide it $38 million to help Pakistan government rehabilitate the people of Balochistan and Sindh badly hit by recent heavy rains and floods....
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‘IOM assessing relief needs in flood-hit areas’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has sent teams to areas affected by recent flash floods to assess immediate relief assistance needs. The IOM, funded by the...
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Taliban agree to free two hostages
GHAZNI (Afghanistan), Aug 11: A Taliban spokesman said on Saturday the militants will release two sick, female South Korean hostages “soon” for the sake of good relations with South Korea, but...
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Police seize 4,000kgs of explosives
MARDAN, Aug 11: Police claimed to have averted a terrorist attack on Saturday and seized 4,000 kilogrammes of explosives and other material from a truck near Shergarh....
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Indian police claim killing militant
JAMMU, Aug 11: Indian police hunted down and killed a suspected Kashmiri militant believed to be the mastermind of a 2005 attack on a disputed holy shrine, police said on Saturday....
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Reconstruction of Balakot slow
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The pace of reconstruction activity in Balakot is slow while there is confusion over demarcation of ‘red zones’ while business activity has also not been fully revived because of hindrances created by the Erra....
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Mengal assails govt policies
QUETTA, Aug 11: Veteran Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal said on Saturday that the wrong polices of the government had brought the country to the brink of disaster....
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