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| September 08, 2007 | Saturday | Sha'aban 25, 1428 |
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Nawaz rejects Hariri plea to delay return
LONDON, Sept 7: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif have told Saad Hariri, presumably an emissary of Saudi Kingdom, that they would go home on Monday, come what may.... 
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ATC orders arrest of Shahbaz
LAHORE, Sept 7: An anti-terrorism court judge ordered police on Friday to arrest PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif on his return to the country....
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‘Plan ready to arrest Sharifs on arrival’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The government is reported to have decided to arrest former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif when they land in Islamabad on Monday....
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Boucher’s early arrival sparks speculations
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: American Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher reached Islamabad on Friday morning on an unannounced visit to ostensibly prepare for the second round of the broad-based Pakistan-US Dialogue that begins here next week....
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Shoaib Akhtar sent home for thrashing Asif
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7: Pakistan’s controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa after a bust-up with team-mate Mohammad Asif....
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Women beheaded for ‘immoral activities’
BANNU, Sept 7: Suspected militants have beheaded two women they accused of indulging in immoral activities. The bodies of the women, who had been kidnapped a day earlier by armed people,...
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60 shops destroyed in Mingora
SWAT, Sept 7: An early morning explosion on Friday rocked two markets in Mingora, destroying 60 shops of video games, CDs and cosmetics, officials and witnesses said....
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Briton released by Pakistan arrested in London LONDON, Sept 7: A Briton released from Pakistan after more than a year in custody was arrested minutes after his plane touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday, police said....
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Provinces received Rs400bn last year
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The centre transferred Rs400 billion to the provinces during the last financial year (2006-07) as share from the federal revenue under the National Finance Commission Award, which was 33 per cent higher than the fiscal year 2005-06....
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PIA bailout may require massive staff cuts
KARACHI, Sept 7: Some 25 per cent of the staff of the national flag carrier may have to be axed to pull the airline out of its current financial crisis, the new head of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Zaffar A....
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Report links Pakistan to German terror plot
LOS ANGELES, Sept 7: A US intelligence intercept of suspicious communications between Pakistan and Germany was the initial breakthrough that helped authorities foil a terror plot this week, it was reported on Friday....
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Osama says US vulnerable
DUBAI, Sept 7: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said in a video, issued ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, the US was vulnerable despite its military and economic power....
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US raising 1,000-ship global naval force
ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (Bay of Bengal), Sept 7: The United States hopes to build an alliance with friendly navies such as India’s to form a global force of 1,000 ships...
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Mother of missing UK girl named suspect
PORTIMAO (Portugal), Sept 7: The mother of a missing British girl whose disappearance sparked an international search was formally named as a suspect by the Portuguese police on Friday, as relatives...
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JUI-F may back Fazl’s bid for premiership
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The central executive committee of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl), a major component of the...
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Jirga holds talks with militants
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: A tribal jirga held negotiations with the local Taliban on Friday for release of about 300 soldiers taken hostage by the militants in the restive South Waziristan Tribal agency....
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Senior doctor visits Dr Qadeer
KARACHI, Sept 7: A senior doctor from a private university hospital on Thursday visited nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan at a guest house in KDA Scheme-1, managed by a security agency....
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Two explosions
QUETTA, Sept 7: Two powerful explosions shook parts of the provincial capital on Friday night....
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