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| September 01, 2007 | Saturday | Sha’aban 18, 1428 |
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Govt pushes for talks to get troops freed: ‘Soldiers surrendered without firing a shot’
TANK, Aug 31: With the government appearing in disarray over the seizure of more than 150 soldiers in the restive South Waziristan tribal agency, militants on Friday seized in the Frontier Region’s Jandola area four vehicles along with five drivers.... 
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Musharraf likely to seek Fazl’s help: NWFP CM attends high-level meeting
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday discussed with his negotiating team and legal and political aides various contentious issues that, in their view, were blocking a power-sharing deal with Benazir Bhutto....
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BB holds talks with British minister
LONDON, Aug 31: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto had a 45-minute meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Milliband on Friday morning and the two are said to have discussed the current...
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Nawaz not qualified to contest: Qayyum
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Attorney General Malik Abdul Qayyum said on Friday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was not qualified to contest the coming general elections because he was a convict....
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Two FC men killed
MINGORA, Aug 31: Two soldiers of the Frontier Constabulary and a civilian were killed and eight people suffered injuries in two attacks here on Friday....
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Grenade attack, blasts in Quetta, Sui
QUETTA, Aug 31: A grenade attack and two incidents of blasts were reported in the province on Friday. However, no casualties were reported....
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Wullar project meeting fails
NEW DELHI, Aug 31: India and Pakistan have failed to resolve a dispute over Indian plans to build a dam on a river in occupied Kashmir, the two countries said on...
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324 sites identified for hydel-power units
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has identified 324 potential sites for generating 480MW hydro electricity which will partially meet the growing power demands across the country....
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Firms being set up for dam projects
KARACHI, Aug 31: Under a new strategy, the government is setting up companies to take up multi-billion rupee dam projects in the country over the next eight to nine years....
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12 dead in attacks on US-led forces
ASADABAD (Afghanistan), Aug 31: At least 10 people were killed when rockets fired by Taliban at a US base in Kunar hit a nearby village on Friday, while two Afghan soldiers died in a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport....
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10 killed, 50 injured as bus overturns
KHAIRPUR, Aug 31: Ten people were killed and 50 others sustained injuries when a Sehwan-bound bus overturned near Rasoolabad on late Thursday night. The bus carried people who were coming from Lahore to attend the annual Urs of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar....
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Petrol dealers put off strike
KARACHI, Aug 31: Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association chairman Abdul Sami Khan on Friday said the association had decided to postpone the country-wide indefinite strike in protest against Ogra’s decision to cut dealers’ commission....
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Ties with Pakistan top priority, says Gul
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The new Turkish President Abdullah Gul told Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Friday that he attached highest priority to relations with Pakistan and said he would work towards bringing the “unique” relationship even closer....
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Pathologist’s petition seeks Musharraf’s disqualification
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: A pathologist who has been barred from performing his duties at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for aspiring to the post of president has moved a...
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Diana ‘best mother in the world’
LONDON, Aug 31: Britain’s Prince Harry called Princess Diana “the best mother in the world” on Friday in a heartfelt memorial service address which reduced public mourners to tears....
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PML criticises call for local govt dissolution
RAWALPINDI, Aug 31: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League on Friday said that it would resist any move to abolish the local government system and criticised PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s demand for dissolving the local governments before the general elections....
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Protest held against blasphemous cartoon
STOCKHOLM, Aug 31: Some 200 Muslims protested on Friday across Sweden against a newspaper that had published a caricature of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), police said....
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Violence caused Kafila’s death: medical board KARACHI, Aug 31: A special medical board tasked with carrying out the second post-mortem on the remains of Kafila Siddiqui, who had been brought dead to an Islamabad hospital in mysterious...
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