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| September 22, 2007 | Saturday | Ramazan 09, 1428 |
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APDM lawmakers to resign on 29th: Decision to launch countrywide struggle
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Legislators of the All Parties Democratic Movement will quit national and provincial assemblies on Sept 29 as part of the alliance’s plan to foil President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s bid to get re-elected in uniform from the present assemblies.... 
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Changes made in key army positions
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday made some changes in key army positions, appointing a new head of the Inter Services Intelligence and commander of the Rawalpindi-based 10...
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Maulana Fazl ‘not on board’
LAHORE: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rehman has expressed dissatisfaction over decisions taken by the All Parties Democratic Movement at its Friday meeting in Islamabad and said he will advise parties...
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Militants free 25 of over 250 security personnel
WANA, Sept 21: Militants freed on Friday 25 of the more than 250 security personnel they have been holding hostage for several weeks, according to government and security officials....
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Local bodies must not be suspended: MQM
KARACHI, Sept 21: Perturbed over reports of a possible suspension of local bodies before the general election, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is considering various options to persuade President Gen Pervez Musharraf not to concede the demand of the Pakistan People’s Party....
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Dual-office law made to perpetuate one-man rule: counsel
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: A counsel for the Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF) submitted to the Supreme Court on Friday that the law which allowed President Pervez Musharraf to keep two offices had...
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Pakistan takes Osama’s threat seriously
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Osama bin Laden’s call for Pakistanis to rise up against their US-allied military leader struck a chord among an angry, extremist minority but resonated little among the wider...
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13 more ‘missing’ traced, SC told
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum on Friday told the Supreme Court that he would soon meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf to ensure release of all missing people picked up without any charge....
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Swat cleric ‘ends’ peace deal
SWAT, Sept 21: Cleric Maulana Fazlullah, known for preaching extremist religious views, announced on Friday that he was terminating his four-month-old peace agreement with the government because of the arrest of...
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Two Pakistanis held in Spain
MADRID, Sept 21: Two Pakistani men were arrested in Spain on Thursday, accused of channelling 1 million euros ($1.40 million) to Muslim militants, Spanish police said....
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Elderly research scholar beaten up by DPO
THATTA, Sept 21: A French research scholar was beaten up by the district police officer (investigation) in the presence of her guide and police personnel in his office here on Friday....
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French soldier, 40 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept 21: A French soldier died in a suicide blast in Kabul and around 40 Taliban militants were killed elsewhere on Friday as hundreds of Afghans rallied for an end to violence on the UN’s International Day of Peace....
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39 indicted in money-laundering case
BALTIMORE, Sept 21: A federal grand jury indicted 39 defendants in an international money laundering case that includes one person accused of concealing terrorist financing, the US attorney’s office announced on Thursday....
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Delhi-Tehran relations won’t undermine US policies, hopes Boucher
WASHINGTON, Sept 21: The United States hopes that India’s relations with Iran will not undermine Washington’s policies towards Tehran, says Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher....
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‘Iraqis top list of asylum-seekers’
GENEVA, Sept 21: Some 19,800 Iraqis fleeing violence and persecution applied for asylum in the West in the first half of 2007, accounting for one of every seven claims filed during the period, the United Nations said on Friday....
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Balochistan accidents leave 22 dead
QUETTA, Sept 21: At least 22 people were killed and 12 others injured in two accidents in Balochistan on Friday....
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Commonwealth meeting begins tomorrow
NEW DELHI, Sept 21: Over 600 delegates from 56 Commonwealth countries will participate in the 53rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference commencing here from Sept 23 at the Vigyan Bhawan....
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Fujimori may be extradited to Peru
SANTIAGO (Chile), Sept 21: Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru to face trial on corruption and human rights violation charges, Chile’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a decision that cannot be appealed....
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