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| September 07, 2007 | Friday | Sha'aban 24, 1428 |
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‘Re-election in uniform’
ISLAMABAD Sept 6: A top level meeting held at the President’s House on Thursday decided that President Pervez Musharraf would seek re-election in uniform, between Sept 15 and Oct 15.... 
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Deal will cause PML’s demise, fear veterans
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is reported to have severely criticised the likely deal between President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People’s Party....
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SC admits petition against dual posts
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The counsel for the president informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that Gen Pervez Musharraf’s term as head of state would expire on Nov 15....
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Generals waiting in the wings
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Handling two former prime ministers — for diametrically opposite reasons — and worrying about a possible legal challenge to his re-election as the country’s president may well be...
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Pakistani novelist on shortlist for Booker Prize
LONDON, Sept 6: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid is one of the finalists for the Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious award for fiction....
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Ladakh training for British commandos
NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Indian and British commandos are preparing for joint training in the Ladakh region of disputed Jammu and Kashmir, close to the border with China, Press Trust of India said on Thursday....
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4 killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 6: Four people, two of them foreigners, were killed and one person was injured when Cobra helicopters attacked the Jalier area in North Waziristan Agency on Thursday....
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US urges action against ‘militants’ safe heaven’
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns has said that the United States wants Pakistan and Afghanistan to coordinate their efforts to defeat militants hiding in the tribal zone along their border....
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Three ‘missing people’ return home
PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Three ‘missing people’ have returned home after being allegedly kept in illegal detention by an intelligence agency for more than nine months....
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Kashmiri group open to truce offer
SRINAGAR, Sept 6: A Kashmiri alliance of militants on Thursday said it would consider a ceasefire in Kashmir if a “sincere and serious” offer came from “some respectable quarter.”...
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Sweden calls Muslim envoys’ meeting: Blasphemous cartoon STOCKHOLM, Sept 6: Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has invited ambassadors from Muslim countries to talks over a drawing of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in a Swedish newspaper....
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Iranian minister briefs Kasuri on nuke talks
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Mahdi Safari on Thursday gave an update to Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Tehran’s ongoing negotiations with the European Union and the IAEA regarding its controversial nuclear programme....
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Dr Qadeer in Karachi for check-up
KARACHI, Sept 6: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who landed at Karachi airport on Thursday, is likely to visit a private university hospital here on Friday for a check-up....
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Lawyers seek Musharraf’s ouster
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Lawyers boycotted courts and took out rallies across the country on Thursday, calling for President Gen Pervez Musharraf to stand down and give up efforts to seek another term....
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Superstar tenor Pavarotti dead
MODENA (Italy), Sept 6: Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71....
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Israel violates Syrian airspace
DAMASCUS, Sept 6: Syria said its air defences opened fire on Israeli warplanes which had violated Syrian airspace at dawn on Thursday, increasing tensions between the neighbouring foes....
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BHC orders medical aid for Munir
QUETTA, Sept 6: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has ordered the provincial home department to provide medical treatment to Munir Ahmed Mengal, who is in detention under the Maintenance of Public Order-3....
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SC seeks amended petition in oil pricing case
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Supreme Court, hearing two identical petitions challenging the oil pricing mechanism on Thursday, asked a petitioner to submit an amended petition in two weeks....
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