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| September 18, 2007 | Tuesday | Ramazan 05, 1428 |
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Poll rule amendment surprises SC judges
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Two members of a Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s holding of two offices said on Monday they wondered how could the Election Commission change the rules governing the presidential election.... 
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Changes not for one person, says EC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Election Commission has said the amendment to the Presidential Election Rules, 1988, is not person-specific and will apply to all presidential candidates at the time of scrutiny....
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President’s fresh advice to legal team
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday gave fresh instructions to his legal team on the issue of his two offices currently being heard by the Supreme Court....
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16 militants, two soldiers killed
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 17: Sixteen militants and two soldiers were killed in a gun battle between security forces and militants in the Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency on Sunday night....
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‘Musharraf to doff uniform by Nov 15’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf plans to quit as army chief to become a civilian leader, removing a key objection to his proposed re-election in October, a senior ruling party official said on Monday....
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Pakistan protests Siachen trek plan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Pakistan summoned an Indian diplomat on Monday to protest against an Indian plan to open the disputed Siachen Glacier to tourists, saying the move could cast a shadow over the peace process....
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C’wealth reiterates stance on uniform issue
LONDON, Sept 17: Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon reiterated here on Monday the organisation’s position on the issue of holding two offices by Gen Musharraf and advised the latter to drop one before the next presidential election....
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Permanent military bases in Fata planned
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The federal government has decided to set up permanent military bases in North and South Waziristan, comprising accommodation, offices and other related infrastructure for security forces....
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Flour prices keep rising
KARACHI, Sept 17: With a severe shortage of flour persisting in most parts of the country, consumers here had to pay on Monday Rs18 for a kilogram of the regular No2.5...
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Etisalat plans staff cut in Pakistan
DUBAI, Sept 17: The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) said on Monday it planned to cut staff at its Pakistan Telecommunication Company affiliate after it reported a 25 per cent drop in annual profit....
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ADB lowers growth forecast to 6.5pc
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Asian Development Bank has revised its growth forecast for Pakistan’s economy, reducing it to 6.5 per cent from the targeted 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal...
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Taliban say any talks should lead to troop withdrawal
KANDAHAR, Sept 17: The Taliban said on Monday it would only hold talks with the government if they resulted in the withdrawal of the tens of thousands of US-led Nato troops....
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Aitzaz predicts public outcry over re-election
NEW YORK, Sept 17: Prominent lawyer and a leader of Pakistan People’s Party Aitzaz Ahsan has asserted in an interview that “the turmoil will start (in the country) the day General (Pervez) Musharraf files his nomination papers”....
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Change in presidential election rules illegal, says PPP
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Rejecting a change made in the Presidential Election Rules by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday termed it “unconstitutional and illegal” and accused the commission of tampering with the Constitution....
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Al Qaeda losing popularity in Muslim world: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: Pakistan is among the Muslim countries where Al Qaeda has greatly lost its popularity — from above 75 per cent five years ago to 34 per cent now,...
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 Greenspan says Iraq war is ‘about oil’
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: Alan Greenspan — the former chief of the US central bank, for years an inscrutable seer on the economy — has outraged the Bush administration by alleging in...
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Tensions with Iran over N-issue extreme: France
PARIS, Sept 17: France followed up a warning that the Iran nuclear crisis could lead to war by calling on Monday for European sanctions against Tehran.French...
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Landmine kills two security personnel
QUETTA, Sept 17: Two security personnel were killed on Monday when a landmine exploded in Sibi’s Tali area, some 190km east of here. Sources said that Frontier Corps personnel were clearing...
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