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| September 05, 2007 | Wednesday | Sha'aban 22, 1428 |
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27 die as suicide bombers hit high security areas
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Two suicide bombers struck two localities in the high-security zone in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing 27 people and injuring more than 80 others....
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Govt team, PPP report progress in Dubai talks
Both sides claim progress in negotiations for a power-sharing deal between President Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto. Talks in Dubai focussed on balance of powers between the presidency and parliament and presidential and general elections....
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No adverse effect on PML: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday assured PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz that the deal being negotiated with the PPP would have no adverse effect on the ruling party....
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Saudi advice to Nawaz
JEDDAH, Sept 4: A Saudi government spokesman on Tuesday denied press reports claiming that Saudi Arabia supported the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to Pakistan and...
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Apex court orders release of the missing
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government in clear terms to ensure release of all missing people because incriminating evidence was available to establish that they were in the custody of intelligence agencies....
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Govt asks jirga to resume efforts for soldiers’ release
PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The government on Tuesday asked a tribal jirga to resume its efforts for freeing hundreds of soldiers held hostage by militants in the volatile South Waziristan region....
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FBR spends millions on fau
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has spent millions of rupees on an advertisement that misled the taxpayers regarding filing of income tax returns for the tax year 2007....
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SHC to re-hear Benazir’s plea
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Sindh High Court to rehear a petition of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seeking that the late attorney-general Chaudhry Farooq’s November...
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Interpol’s help sought to nab absconding bureaucrats
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is trying to get hold of top bureaucrats who are allegedly involved in corruption and misappropriation of government funds and who have gone abroad....
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Militants release 10 FC personnel
GHALLANAI, Sept 4: The militants on Tuesday unconditionally released 10 personnel of the Frontier Corps, including Major Asif, who were kidnapped in the Qandharo area of the Mohmand Agency on Saturday....
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Taliban claim killing two
KOHAT, Sept 4: The local Taliban, who have literally taken administrative control of Darra Adamkhel in the Frontier Region of Kohat, have claimed responsibility for slaughtering two men, including a brother of a superintendent of police....
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NHA to probe into Karachi bridge collapse
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Highway Authority (NHA) will hold an in-house inquiry to determine the cause of the collapse of the Shershah bridge in Karachi....
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Ashraf Qazi named UN special envoy to Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday named Ashraf Qazi as his special envoy to Sudan, replacing Jan Pronk who has been expelled from the country for criticising the Sudanese army....
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Railway tracks blown up
QUETTA, Sept 4: A portion of railway tracks in the Darakhshan region of Sariab was blown up on Tuesday morning, suspending the train service between Quetta and the rest of the country for several hours....
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Soldiers freed
KHAR, Sept 4: Militants released four Pakistani soldiers on Tuesday, nearly two months after they were abducted from a lawless tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said....
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Attacks not to affect Pakistan’s progress: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: The United States said on Tuesday that there’s a broad consensus in Pakistan for a moderate vision for the country’s future and the extremists who carry out violent attacks on innocent civilians cannot affect this vision....
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Explosives found outside army mess
RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: After the two deadly terrorist strikes in the city, security agencies Tuesday night found explosives packed in a bag that was abandoned outside the Army Officers’ Mess located adjacent to a five-star hotel on the Peshawar Road....
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Shakeel Durrani new Wapda chief
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The government on Tuesday appointed Shakil Durrani as chairman of Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) in place of Tariq Hameed who completed his one year extension in contract a few days ago....
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