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| August 21, 2007 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 7, 1428 |
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‘Produce the missing or go to jail’: SC warns FIA chief
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The Supreme Court on Monday sent a clear signal to the country’s powerful intelligence agencies by telling a top investigating officer to produce a man he had arrested... 
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I’ll always be a candidate for PM post: Aziz
LAHORE, Aug 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said he would “always be a candidate” for prime minister’s office and indicated that both presidential election and general polls would be held on time....
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Constitutional amendment bills tabled by opposition
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The government, in a surprise move, agreed in the Senate on Monday to allow seven bills of the opposition, one of which proposed to curtail the president’s powers...
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Musharraf discusses ‘Nawaz deal’ with aides
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday chaired a high-level meeting of his constitutional and legal advisers to discuss whether the reported agreement under which former prime minister Mian...
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Pakistan warns against Indian nuclear tests
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Expressing serious concern over possible resumption of nuclear tests by India, Pakistan on Monday warned that it would review unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing if India resumed tests....
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Benazir unhappy about promises not met: Post WASHINGTON, Aug 20: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will be heading back to London after a three-week hiatus in New York, where she waited for a positive response from President Gen Pervez Musharraf, The Washington Post reported on Monday....
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29 killed in AJK accident
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 20: Twenty-nine people were killed and 10 others injured on Monday when a passenger bus veered off the narrow Neelum Valley road and fell hundreds of feet down onto the rocky bank of the River Neelum on Monday....
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Suicide bomber kills 3 FC men near Thall
HANGU, Aug 20: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden jeep into a check post near Thall on Monday, killing himself and three paramilitary soldiers, while 16 other personnel were wounded, a senior police official said....
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Iranian hostages freed after clash with militants
QUETTA, Aug 20: Security forces on Monday freed 21 Iranians held hostage by a terrorist organisation and arrested 16 kidnappers after heavy gun-battles in the hilly area of Buleda in Turbat district, official sources said....
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US experts take negative view of Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 20: A joint survey by the Foreign Policy magazine and the Centre for American Progress shows that 35 per cent US foreign policy experts believe Pakistan is most likely...
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Six judges reinstated
KARACHI, Aug 20: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court has not accepted the resignation of six judges who had quit in protest against making Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry non-functional....
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Musharraf urged to quit army
DUBAI, Aug 20: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said she wants General Pervez Musharraf to retire from his position as the Chief of the Army Staff to pave the way for...
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Man accused of helping Al Qaeda released
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: A man accused of using his computer skills to help Al Qaeda has been released after three years in custody, a government official and the man’s lawyer said on Monday....
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UN envoy warns of new Afghan refugee surge
GENEVA, Aug 20: A United Nations envoy warned on Monday that there could be a huge surge of Afghans fleeing their homes, adding to the tens of thousands already displaced, if the conflict in the country continued at its present rate....
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Record rise in Afghan opium production
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20: A UN report says that despite the presence of some 35,000 Nato troops in Afghanistan, the drug trade there is booming more than ever....
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Woman killed in grenade attack on ‘brothel’
CHINIOT, Aug 20: A woman was killed while four others were injured seriously in a grenade attack on their houses in Mohallah Green Town here on Monday....
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Two Khasadar personnel hurt in rocket attack
KHAR, Aug 20: Two Khasadar force personnel suffered injuries in a rocket attack on a checkpost in the Chamar Kand area, some 40 km from Khar, the headquarters of the Bajaur agency, on Monday morning....
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BD militant sentenced to death
DHAKA, Aug 20: A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced an Islamic militant to death for the murder of a Christian man four years ago, a lawyer said....
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