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| August 15, 2007 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 1, 1428 |
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Terrorism a threat to progress: Musharraf: Independence Day reception for military officers
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that Pakistan will never allow use of its soil by terrorists and expressed his government’s determination to root out extremism and terrorism in the country....
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Benazir unveils deal’s terms
NEW YORK, Aug 14: The proposals being discussed in negotiations between the government and the People’s Party included one envisaging that President Pervez Musharraf quit as army chief, become a civilian...
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Nawaz leads call for president to quit
RAWALPINDI, Aug 14: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif called on Tuesday for embattled President General Pervez Musharraf to step down as the nation celebrated its 60th anniversary....
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Dawn turns 60
IT was a 16-page issue with a kind of front page that subeditors even in the classical mould would refuse to countenance. It carried just one story with the headline spread across seven columns....
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Transgression of Constitution will weaken nation: CJ
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that actions made in the higher echelons of power should be subjected to the supreme law of the land as...
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Bush lauds Musharraf, Karzai on jirga
WASHINGTON, Aug 14: US President George W. Bush spoke with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts on Tuesday and congratulated them on the successful conclusion of the joint peace jirga, the White House said....
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N-assets to be protected at all costs: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday said that no foreign power would be allowed to launch military strikes inside Pakistan....
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ADB points to poor governance: Pakistan’s social indicators among worst in Asia
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a special evaluation on Pakistan’s 60th independence anniversary describes it as a country with “poor governance, endemic corruption and social indicators that are among the worst in Asia”....
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21 feared drowned in Jhelum, Chenab
SARGODHA/MUZAFFARGARH, Aug 14: Twenty-one picnickers were feared drowned in Jhelum and Chenab rivers on Tuesday....
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Kidnapped soldier’s body found
PESHAWAR, Aug 14: Suspected Taliban militants beheaded one of 16 kidnapped troops and threatened to kill more unless the authorities release 10 of their men, officials said on Tuesday....
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Three injured in D.G. Khan blasts
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 14: Dera Ghazi Khan district was rocked on Tuesday by two bomb blasts, one in a busy chowk in the city which left two people injured and...
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Rain, storm leave five of a family dead
GHALANAI, Aug 14: A man and his four minor daughters were killed, while three other members of their family were injured when their house collapsed following torrential rain and flash floods in Yakka Ghund here on Monday and Tuesday, officials said....
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WB likely to offer $500m for poverty alleviation ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The World Bank is likely to offer $500 million funding to Pakistan for infrastructure development and poverty alleviation but has expressed its dissatisfaction over the government’s performance to...
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‘Forgotten refugees’ waiting for repatriation
DHAKA, Aug 14: They call themselves the forgotten refugees, dreaming of a land many have never seen -- Pakistan....
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Riyadh to deport illegal immigrants
RIYADH, Aug 14: Saudi Arabia has been planning a campaign to trace and deport illegal immigrants residing in the Makkah region....
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Kashmiris urge India to quit
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 14: Pakistan’s 60th Independence Day was observed here on Tuesday with calls for India to quit Kashmir....
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Britain acts to thwart Al Qaeda recruitment
LONDON, Aug 14: Britain is stepping up counter-terrorism cooperation with countries in South Asia and Africa to thwart Al Qaeda attempts to train Britons overseas and send them back home to commit attacks, a senior official said....
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6 Palestinians die in Israeli incursion
GAZA CITY, Aug 14: Two Palestinian civilians and four militants were killed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the Israeli army carried out its latest incursion into the territory controlled by Hamas, sources said....
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Iran denies providing weapons to Taliban
KABUL, Aug 14: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday rejected US and British claims that Iranian weapons were being supplied to Taliban insurgents fighting the Afghan government and international troops....
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Moon sighted
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The moon of Sha’aban has been sighted and Wednesday (Aug 15) will be the first of Sha’aban 1428 Hijri....
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