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| August 31, 2007 | Friday | Sha’aban 17, 1428 |
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Militants take over 100 soldiers hostage in S. Waziristan
PESHAWAR/WANA/TANK, Aug 30: In a dramatic development, militants in the restive South Waziristan on Thursday seized over 100 security forces personnel after intercepting a military convoy in the Mehsud-dominated tribal area, officials and local authorities said.... 
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Nawaz to land in Islamabad — on Sept 10
LONDON, Aug 30: Announcing that he along with brother Shahbaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on Sept 10, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif advised President General Pervez Musharraf to hand over power to the Senate chairman forthwith and go home....
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Musharraf insists on re-election before polls
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Seeming to put on a brave face against the worst political troubles of his presidency, Gen Pervez Musharraf insisted on Thursday he must be elected for another term...
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‘US expects Musharraf to honour commitment’
WASHINGTON, Aug 30: The White House urged President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday to honour past commitments, but said it would be up to Pakistanis to decide if he should step down as military chief....
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Only 9pc of deal issues settled: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday rejected Benazir Bhutto’s claims that 90 per cent of her party’s deal with Gen Musharraf had been completed....
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Gas pipeline blown up, 14 arrested in Sui
QUETTA, Aug 30: A main pipeline of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) near the Sui airport was blown up on Thursday and police have arrested 14 suspects....
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Explosives, weapons seized
BANNU, Aug 30: Police on Thursday seized 10 bags of explosives from a passenger coach on a Bannu link road and arrested the driver....
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Taliban leader killed
KABUL, Aug 30: A wanted Taliban leader was killed on Thursday in a US-led raid in Helmand, the Afghan defence ministry said....
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New Indian allegations dismissed as baseless
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Pakistan on Thursday outright rejected as “baseless” the reported allegations about the involvement of its missions abroad in anti-India propaganda and facilitating terrorists....
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Indian forces using ‘brutal torture’, says Amnesty
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Amnesty International has accused Indian security forces of using ‘brutal’ torture in the fight against insurgencies in occupied Kashmir and north-eastern states....
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NWFP seeks 17 amendments
PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The NWFP government has recommended 17 amendments to the Constitution, one of them seeking the office of the president to rotate among the four provinces....
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Delhi urged to abandon Wullar project
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: Pakistan has asked India to abandon the Wullar Barrage project because it is not consistent with the Indus Basin Treaty reached between the two countries in 1960....
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Dam expansion project awarded
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government on Thursday allowed a consortium of Kohinoor Group and the UAE-based Al-Nahyan Group to undertake $500 million Tarbela dam expansion project to enhance its generation capacity by 960MW....
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Harnai is new district of Balochistan
QUETTA, Aug 30: The Balochistan government has created a new district of Harnai by dividing the Sibi district....
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‘Credible defence necessary for peace’
KARACHI, Aug 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Thursday that credible defence capability was necessary for peace and Pakistan would continue to proceed on this path and upgrade forces....
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CJ says suo motu in people’s interest
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said that the apex court was exercising the constitutional suo motu power in the interest of the poor and deserving cases....
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Call to declare Kashmir a nuke-free zone
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The ruling All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference on Thursday called for declaring the entire state as a nuclear-free zone....
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Mumbai hotel expels Pakistan filmmaker
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: Noted Pakistani filmmaker Hasan Zaidi was thrown out by a Mumbai hotel on Monday for bearing his country’s citizenship but he said on Thursday that the city remained a home for him with many warm friends....
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