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| August 28, 2007 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 14, 1428 |
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Musharraf may trade army post for re-election
LONDON, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s team of emissaries, led by ISI chief Lt Gen Ashfaq Kiani, and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto are understood to have discussed, at a ‘final... 
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India cautioned over finger-pointing
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Pakistan on Monday condemned bomb blasts in Hyderabad Deccan, but cautioned the Indian authorities against finger-pointing without investigating the attacks....
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Militants agree to free troops
TANK/WANA, Aug 27: Militants in the restive South Waziristan tribal region have agreed to release on Tuesday 18 paramilitary personnel and a junior clerk of the political administration, a senior government official said....
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Gory video shows boy beheading hostage soldier
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 27: Pro-Taliban militants have released a video of an apparently teenage boy beheading one of 16 paramilitary soldiers kidnapped in South Waziristan....
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SC to take up review plea today
LAHORE, Aug 27: A four-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal is set to take up an application on Tuesday moved by the Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF) for restraining President Pervez Musharraf from getting re-elected from the present assemblies....
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Sharifs determined to return: Aitzaz
LONDON, Aug 27: The Sharif brothers appear determined to return home at the earliest, said barrister Aitzaz Ahsan while talking to Dawn after he had had a leisurely lunch spread over almost three hours with Nawaz and Shahbaz here on Monday....
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Islamabad, Kabul in the loop on strikes: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The US State Department said on Monday that the United States has the commitment of both President Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to take actions against militants hiding in the region....
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5 security personnel injured in firing
MINGORA, Aug 27: Five security personnel were injured during an exchange of fire with militants in Amankot area on Sunday night. Officials said that the assailants escaped during the exchange of fire....
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Four held in search for Arab suspect
TIMERGARA, Aug 27: Police arrested on Monday four persons, including a paediatrician and a woman, from a house in Chakdara on suspicion that they had links with militants....
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HRCP blames govt over May 12 violence
LAHORE, Aug 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has proposed an inquiry into the May 12 carnage in Karachi by an inter-party parliamentary commission. HRCP chairperson Asma Jehasngir and director I.A....
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Two ministers sworn in
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday administered oath to two newly-inducted ministers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. Iqbal Mohammad Ali Khan took oath as minister and Dr Abdul Kadir Khanzada as minister of state....
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Khakwani resigns over issue of uniform
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Minister of State for Information Technology Ishaq Khakwani resigned from the cabinet on Monday in protest against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s intentions of seeking re-election in uniform....
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Tribe signs peace deal
GHALANAI, Aug 27: The Haleemzai tribe of Mohmand Agency entered into a peace agreement with the government pledging neither to provide shelter to any foreigner nor to allow any militant activity in the area....
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Five foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan
ASADABAD, Aug 27: Five foreign soldiers and two Afghan troops were killed in fresh fighting with Taliban insurgents in eastern and southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday....
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Flour export via sea banned
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday banned export of flour (Atta), maida and sooji to arrest rising trend in their prices. The ban will apply only on sea...
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UN reports record production of opium in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27: Opium production in Afghanistan has hit a record $3 billion this year, accounting for more than 90 per cent of the world’s illegal output, a United Nations report said on Monday....
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Rs72bn projects approved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared 38 projects worth Rs72 billion, including the construction of Rs18 billion expressway in Rawalpindi already awarded to the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) without inviting any tender....
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Pakistani freed
LAGOS, Aug 27: Gunmen in Nigeria on Monday released a Pakistani construction manager kidnapped one month ago, Rivers state police said. “The Pakistani seized one month ago in Ogoniland has been handed over to the authorities,” a spokeswoman told AFP....
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Chief US law officer quits amid row
WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The Attorney General of the United States, Alberto Gonzales, resigned on Monday under pressure after months of controversy and political turmoil that President George W....
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Chaos on ground grows with air traffic: Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: A plan to add a low-cost terminal at the existing Islamabad International Airport has been shelved after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) objected to it, Dawn learnt on Monday....
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