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| September 02, 2007 | Sunday | Sha'aban 19, 1428 |
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Benazir leaves door open for clinching deal: Return date to be announced on Sept 14
LONDON, Sept 1: Contrary to expectations, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has put off at least by 13 days the decision on when to return home, perhaps still hoping to hear...
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Newly-built bridge collapses
KARACHI, Sept 1: Six people were killed and some others were feared dead when a part of a key bridge of the Northern Bypass collapsed on Saturday afternoon, police and rescue workers said....
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Suicide attack kills 3 soldiers
KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Sept 1: Five people, including three security personnel, were killed and nine others injured in a suicide attack in the Mamond tehsil, 14km from here, on Saturday....
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10 FC men kidnapped
GHALLANI, Sept 1: Ten personnel of the Frontier Corps, including a major, were kidnapped by armed militants in the Mohmand Agency on Saturday night, officials said....
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Militants set conditions for troops’ release
WANA, Sept 1: Militants are reported to have presented a set of conditions to a tribal jirga during their first round of talks in Laddah, South Waziristan Agency, for releasing over 150 soldiers taken hostage by them on Thursday....
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Musharraf to quit army before polls, says Shujaat
NEW YORK, Sept 1: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), said in an interview published on Saturday that President Pervez Musharraf ‘would not risk resigning his...
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‘Govt to take allies into confidence’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement called on Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain at his residence here on Saturday and discussed with him issues relating to the president’s re-election and the government-PPP dialogue....
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No one can violate verdicts: CJ
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that no one would now be able to violate the verdicts of the courts as they enjoyed public confidence and trust....
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No accord on pipeline fee: India
NEW DELHI, Sept 1: The Indian government has said that no formula has been finalised yet on the transit fees payable to Pakistan under Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
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More time for EC staff to update voter list
LAHORE, Sept 1: The Election Commission has given its field staff another week to complete the process of updating electoral rolls by comparing the lists prepared for the 2002 polls with the draft rolls for the coming general election....
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‘Petrol profit issue to be resolved in a month’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: In order to pacify the petroleum dealers, who were threatening to go on an indefinite strike against government’s decision of reducing their profit margins, the petroleum ministry on...
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S. Korea paid $20m ransom: Taliban
SPIN BOLDAK, Sept 1: South Korea paid Afghanistan’s Taliban more than $20 million to release 19 missionaries they were holding hostage, a senior insurgent leader said on Saturday, vowing to use the funds to buy arms and mount suicide attacks....
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Cartoon apology opposed
STOCKHOLM, Sept 1: A leading Swedish newspaper on Saturday said the country should not apologise for the recent publication of a caricature of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)....
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Law on organ transplant awaits assent by president
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had advised President Gen Pervez Musharraf to promulgate the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance, 2007, but the law has been lying on...
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Soomro’s Umra journey or ‘diplomatic mission’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf, worried by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s announcement to land in Islamabad on Sept 10, has decided to activate every diplomatic channel to stop his arrival, informed sources said on Saturday....
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Nawaz vows to face cases
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday if cases against him were brought up he would defend them in courts....
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Karachi bridge was under observation, says NHA
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The National Highway Authority has admitted that it kept the collapsed Shershah Bridge under observation and opened it for traffic only after the NHA was fully satisfied with its firmness and strength....
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PML leader, driver die in accident
QUETTA, Sept 1: The general secretary of the Balochistan chapter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Saifuddin Kibzai, and his driver were killed when Land Cruiser jeep they were travelling in overturned near Qila Saifullah, some 160km off here, on Saturday....
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