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| September 25, 2007 | Tuesday | Ramazan 12, 1428 |
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Frontier CM opposes assembly dissolution : JUI-F undecided about timing of resignation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Central Executive Committee of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) while endorsing “in principle” the APDM’s decision to resign from the national and provincial assemblies in protest against General Pervez... 
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Justice Wajih comes out against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: As part of its challenge to President Pervez Musharraf’s election, the lawyers’ community on Monday nominated a retired Supreme Court judge, Wajihuddin Ahmad, as its candidate in the Oct 6 presidential election....
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India-UK military exercise in disputed Kashmir criticised
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Pakistan on Monday censured the holding of joint India-UK military exercises in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and also termed the Indian-sponsored trekking expedition in the conflict zone of Siachen an “illegal” step....
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MMA senators to support Justice Wajih, says Qazi
LAHORE, Sept 24: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Husain Ahmad has welcomed the nomination of Wajihuddin Ahmad as a presidential candidate by the legal fraternity and said the former Supreme Court judge...
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SC rejects four of 10 dual-office petitions
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court, hearing a set of identical petitions challenging President Pervez Musharraf holding two offices, on Monday rejected four out of a total...
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‘Plea against notification not maintainable’
LAHORE, Sept 24: The Lahore High Court on Monday declared non-maintainable a petition filed against an Election Commission’s notification which said that Article 63 of the Constitution did not apply to the election of the president....
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‘I have no illusions’
KARACHI, Sept 24: Former Supreme Court judge Wajihuddin Ahmad on Monday declared his candidacy for the post of president, saying that while he has no illusions about winning the Oct 6...
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Government counsel assaulted
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The lawyers’ political battle took an unpleasant turn outside the courtroom on Monday when a lawyer sprayed black paint in the face of a government counsel while he was entering the Supreme Court premises....
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 Cricket is the winner
THE bowler was Sharma. It was the last over of a final. A six would have done it. The echoes of history thundered through the souls of every spectator aware of the annals of Pakistan-India matches....
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US and EU criticise arrests
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The arrest of opposition politicians in Pakistan and the reported fraud in a US-financed voters list has alarmed Washington and the State Department urged Islamabad on Monday to release the politicians “as soon as possible”....
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Pipeline talks in Iran resume without India
TEHRAN, Sept 24: Iran and Pakistan on Monday started a new round of talks over finalising a long-delayed multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with India, but in the absence of Indian officials....
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Pro-govt elder’s house blown up
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 24: Militants on Monday blew up the house of a pro-government tribal elder in the Zafar town area of Miramshah....
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Jirga pledges to curb drugs
GHALANAI, Sept 24: The Haleemzai tribe has given a written assurance to the local administration that no person in their area would be allowed to engage in narcotics trade or deal in ‘obscene’ CDs....
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PM issues ‘performance report’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday presented a report on his three-year performance as head of the government, but admitted that certain weaknesses and challenges, including the militancy in the NWFP and adjoining tribal areas, remained....
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Kashmala to head C’wealth group: Women parliamentarians
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Pakistan’s leading MNA Kashmala Tariq was on Monday elected the new chairperson of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian’s (CWP) group, defeating her Canadian rival by 41 votes to 32....
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Sadiq replaces Tasnim
MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs’ Director-General (Personnel) Mohammad Sadiq will take over as the new Foreign Office Spokesperson when Ms Tasnim Aslam relinquishes charge next month....
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General Chishti among aspirants
LAHORE, Sept 24: Faiz Ali Chishti, a retired lieutenant-general who was a key character in the Zia-ul-Haq regime, was among 21 people who collected nomination papers for the Oct 6 presidential....
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JWP MPAs asked to submit resignations
QUETTA, Sept 24: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the chief of his own faction of Jamhoori Watan Party, has asked his party’s members of the Balochistan assembly to submit their resignations....
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‘Wajih to withdraw if Musharraf is disqualified’
LAHORE, Sept 24: Lawyers have nominated Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmad as a candidate for the presidential election mainly to get Gen Pervez Musharraf disqualified by the judiciary, according to a senior...
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