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| August 14, 2007 | Tuesday | Rajab 29, 1428 |
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60 years on, Kashmir core issue Srinagar, Jammu poles apart
SIXTY years after the independence of the Sub-continent from British rule, the status of Kashmir remains the most contentious issue between Pakistan and India, with a survey showing that a majority...
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Pakistan turns 60
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The nation will celebrate the 60th Independence Day on Tuesday with national zeal. The day will dawn with special prayers in mosques for the country’s solidarity, progress and...
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Voters’ list can’t be updated in 30 days: minister
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi on Monday expressed doubts that fair elections could be held in the country on the basis of electoral rolls being currently updated....
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54.5 per cent want military out of politics
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: About 54.5 per cent urban Pakistanis believe that military should have no role in politics and 65.2 per cent want Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit the office of the president, reveal findings of a survey....
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Security forces come under attack in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 13: Militants continued their onslaught against security forces in the troubled North Waziristan Agency and wounded eight soldiers in three separate attacks here on Sunday night and Monday....
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Tribesmen take on militants
WANA, Aug 13: Volunteers of a tribal peace committee backed by paramilitary forces chased away militants following an exchange of heavy fire on Monday morning, an official said....
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Four die in Swat blast
MINGORA, Aug 13: Four people were killed and eight others injured when a vehicle of the National Rural Support Programme struck a roadside explosive devise in the Ushu Valley, near the tourist resort of Kalam on Monday....
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Musharraf rules out possibility of US strike
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday vigorously defended his government’s independence from Washington, and said he was “200 per cent sure” the United States would not launch unilateral strikes against terrorists in Pakistan....
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Legislation hit again by lack of quorum
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: A flagrant emptiness of ruling party benches marked the Independence Day eve in the National Assembly on Monday, forcing a ‘tired’ Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain to avoid legislation for the second day in a row....
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Kohistan landslide kills 13
MANSEHRA, Aug 13: At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed and seven others were missing after flash floods hit three villages in Kohistan district on Monday morning....
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Apex court pulls up FBR for flouting its order
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR, formerly Central Board of Revenue) to fix responsibility and award strict punishment for breaching its order of reinstating an officer....
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Not enough being done to curb terror, says Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf is not doing enough to wipe out terrorist groups and that the country needs to do more....
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Taliban free two Korean women
GHAZNI, Aug 13: Taliban freed two South Korean women hostages on Monday in what the militants called a “gesture of goodwill” towards talks to free the remaining 19 captured nearly a month ago....
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Afghan border negotiations urged
WASHINGTON, Aug 13: A US law that links aid to Pakistan to its performance in the war against terrorists also calls for renegotiating the Pakistan-Afghan border....
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India to free 72 Pakistanis
NEW DELHI, Aug 13: India announced on Monday that it would free 72 jailed Pakistani nationals, mainly fishermen who had strayed across the maritime boundary. In Pakistan, 134 Indian prisoners were...
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Blasts rock Balochistan
QUETTA, Aug 13: A house was attacked with a hand-grenade in the city and five other blasts were reported in different areas of the province on Monday night....
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Deal between Benazir, Musharraf finalised
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed claims that a deal between President Pervez Musharraf and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has already been finalised with ‘all details’ and Ms Bhutto’s recent statements suggesting otherwise are a political gimmick....
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Emergency option still there: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The government does not want to impose a state of emergency right now, but has not ruled out the measure for the future, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said....
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