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| August 17, 2007 | Friday | Sha’aban 3, 1428 |
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Govt to submit ‘Sharif deal’ next week: AG
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The government on Thursday sought time for concluding its discussions with ‘a friendly country’ before submitting to the Supreme Court ‘certain facts and documents’ under which former prime... 
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Musharraf rules out accord with PPP
FAISALABAD, Aug 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has ruled out any deal or power-sharing with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), saying it (PPP) will be the rival of the ruling PML in the general elections....
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EC told to ensure women’s registration
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to ensure that the enrolment of eligible women voters left out in the tribal belts and rural...
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Waziristan clashes leave 12 dead
WANA, Aug 16: Ten militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes in South Waziristan’s Chagmalai area on Thursday. Citing intelligence reports official sources said that six soldiers had been killed and 10 other soldiers were injured in the firefight....
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Aurakzai trying to revive talks in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 16: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Thursday rushed to Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, in a bid to bring tribal elders back to the negotiating table...
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US encouraging ‘moderate elements’
WASHINGTON, Aug 16: The United States wants to see formation of a moderate political centre in Pakistan, the White House said on Thursday while commenting on media reports that the Bush...
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US behind power-sharing deal, says NYT
NEW YORK, Aug 16: The United States is “quietly prodding” President Pervez Musharraf to share authority with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as a way to keep him in power, the New York Times said on Thursday....
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List of missing people
KARACHI, Aug 16: The crisis management cell of the federal interior ministry has submitted in the Sindh High Court a consolidated list of 257 missing people, out of whom 121 have been traced, along with a summary....
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Mob attacks police station, frees two ‘Taliban’
QUETTA, Aug 16: A mob attacked a police station in the Musakhel township, some 364 kilometres northeast of here, on Thursday and freed two suspected Taliban....
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More troops deployed
PARACHINAR, Aug 16: Army and paramilitary forces continued their deployment in the White Mountain (Spin Ghar) along the Pakistan-Afghan border to fend off any infiltration by Taliban and their Al Qaeda associates from the neighboring Tora Bora mountain range....
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Bomb kills tribal elder in Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 16: A roadside bomb killed tribal elder Nawabzada Shamsul Wahab Khan and his driver and injured two of his bodyguards here on Thursday. Witnesses said that Nawabzada Shams,...
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Speaker loses patience with ministerial absenteeism
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Thursday lost patience with ministerial absenteeism in the National Assembly, where a government on its last legs too seemed running out of steam in the face of an uncertain political future....
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Government criticised over Pemra ordinance
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The government came under fire in the Senate on Thursday for withholding the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Amendment Ordinance after bringing it on the agenda for the day....
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‘Partnership with SCO to help fight terrorism’
BISHKEK, Aug 16: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has said that Pakistan’s partnership with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) would help eradicate terrorism....
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Indian parliament paralysed over US N-agreement row
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Angry MPs, including the government’s key Left front allies, stalled India’s parliament on Thursday, accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of misleading the country over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States....
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Japan’s minister due next week
TOKYO, Aug 16: Japan’s defence minister will head to Pakistan next week at the same time as a major visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to India, an official said on Thursday....
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Tribal elder denies links with kidnappers
QUETTA, Aug 16: Sheikh Mohammad Alam Mandokhel, tribal elder and spokesman of the Sheikh House, has said that his family had no direct or indirect links with the kidnappers of 16...
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Tribal elders offer to hold talks with Taliban
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 16: Tribal elders from Jamrud, Bara and Landi Kotal tehsils of Khyber Agency have offered their services for direct talks with Taliban leaders both in Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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