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| September 14, 2007 | Friday | Ramazan 1, 1428 |
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Suicide blast at commando base : 15 soldiers killed, 18 injured
HARIPUR, Sept 13: At least 15 soldiers were killed and 18 others wounded, some of them seriously, in a suicide attack on an anti-terrorist special operation unit in a high security... 
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Karachi bus attack claims seven lives
KARACHI, Sept 13: Seven people were killed on Thursday when armed assailants hurled a hand-grenade and opened fire on a minibus near the Karachi University, police and eyewitnesses said....
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Scores die in Waziristan pitched battles: Conflicting claims about casualties
WANA/MIRAMSHAH, Sept 13: Scores of militants and soldiers were killed in pitched battles in Makin and Razmak areas of South and North Waziristan on Wednesday night and clashes continued throughout the day on Thursday....
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‘Sehba may be Musharraf’s covering candidate’
LAHORE, Sept 13: Sehba Musharraf may be the covering candidate for President Gen Pervez Musharraf to contest the presidential poll in case his re-election is blocked by the Supreme Court, says ruling party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain....
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Govt may seek transfer of May 12 case from SHC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The government is ‘seriously thinking’ to request the Sindh High Court to transfer its suo motu proceeding into May 12 Karachi killings to the Supreme Court or any other high court....
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US lauds Pakistan’s role against terror
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: US Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte on Thursday lauded Pakistan’s role in the fight against extremism and terrorism in the region.The...
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MMA blames PML-N for Sept 10 fiasco
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has said that the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is responsible for the poor turnout of opposition workers and general public when former prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Islamabad on Sept 10....
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Businesses call for steps to end political uncertainty
KARACHI, Sept 13: The businesses are approaching the government to urge for an early settlement of the current phase of political readjustments to end the uncertainty....
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India plans to open Siachen for trekking
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: The Indian army plans to take tourists trekking on a disputed glacier that has long been a high-altitude battlefield occupied only by Indian and Pakistani troops, an army official said Thursday....
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Nine shops blown up
KOHAT, Sept 13: A powerful blast in a market in Bilitang town, 8km from here on Rawalpindi road, destroyed nine shops on Thursday morning, police said.By...
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Landmine blast kills man, 4 hurt
JACOBABAD, Sept 13: A man was killed and four others were injured in a landmine explosion in Kandhkot area near Mundhrani Pat village on the Sindh-Balochistan border on Thursday ....
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PPP to announce Benazir’s return date today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Pakistan People’s Party will announce on Friday the date and venue of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country.PPP spokesman and former senator Farhatullah Khan Babar...
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Punjab’s dominance in army being reduced: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: A planned effort is being made to revise the composition of the Pakistan Army by reducing the dominance of Punjab to a considerable level over a period of four years....
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‘Pakistanis top illegal immigrants in Hong Kong’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Hong Kong’s Assistant Director for Enforcement and Litigation Eric K.K. Chan has said that Pakistan is on top of the countries whose citizens enter his country through illegal channels....
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Court upholds death penalty for Red Fort attacker
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty awarded to alleged Lashkar-i-Taiba militant Mohammad Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case but acquitted six others sentenced to varying jail terms....
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BD knock WI out of tourney
BANGLADESH sent the West Indies crashing out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday as captain Mohammad Ashraful cracked a whirlwind 61 in 27 balls. As West Indies had lost to...
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Ghani visiting professor
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 13: Azad Kashmir President Raja Zulqarnain Khan has appointed All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Abdul Ghani Butt as honorary visiting professor of the AJK University....
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Issue of new Imam keeps Lal Masjid closed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: City officials and supporters of Maulana Abdul Aziz, the imprisoned former Imam of Lal Masjid, met here on the eve of Ramazan to choose a successor for him but failed....
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