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| September 26, 2007 | Wednesday | Ramazan 13, 1428 |
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Musharraf to remain COAS if not elected: AG’s submission to SC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: A government counsel on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that Gen Musharraf would continue to stay as army chief if he was not re-elected president for a second term.... 
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Benazir to give IAEA access to A.Q. Khan
WASHINGTON, Sept 25: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Tuesday that a Pakistan People’s Party government would give the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog access to Dr A.Q....
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Musharraf signs poll papers
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday formally entered the October 6 presidential race by signing over a dozen nomination papers....
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Differences in MMA over timing of resignations PESHAWAR, Sept 25: The supreme council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal here endorsed on Tuesday the All Parties Democratic Movement’s decision to resign from the national and provincial assemblies in protest against President Pervez Musharraf’s bid to get re-elected for another term....
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PPP fields Fahim for presidential race
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced that it will contest the presidential election if President Pervez Musharraf is disqualified by the Supreme Court....
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Lawyers finalise plan for protests
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The lawyers’ community on Tuesday gave final touches to their plan of holding countrywide protest demonstrations on September 27, when General Pervez Musharraf is expected to submit nomination papers for the presidential polls....
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US sees no bar on Benazir’s return
WASHINGTON, Sept 25: The United States is not aware of any legal bar on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s returning to Pakistan, says the US State Department....
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NA falters on mandatory 130 ‘working days’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The National Assembly faltered on Tuesday, with impunity, on a mandatory calendar before its fast-approaching demise as its managers have apparently been working overtime to prepare for just...
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‘Bargain’ for troops’ release ruled out
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The government on Tuesday asked militants in South Waziristan to release unconditionally over 200 soldiers held hostage by them....
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NWFP calls for army deployment in Swat
SWAT, Sept 25: The NWFP government has called for deployment of troops at 12 sensitive points in the Swat district to keep law and order, official sources said....
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Is there a way out of the Fata quicksand?
BARRING the Balochistan insurgency in the 1970s, Pakistan’s history has never witnessed such a staggering number of security officials slain in such a short span of time as in the tribal badlands of Waziristan....
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Tribal clash erupts
KOHAT, Sept 25: Fighting between two tribes of Kurram Agency and Darsamand erupted on Tuesday night and the two fired rockets on each other’s sides....
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BHC acquits Akhtar
QUETTA, Sept 25: A single-judge bench of the Balochistan High Court on Tuesday acquitted former chief minister and chief of Balochistan National Party (Mengal), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, in a treason case....
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TV talk shows on sub judice issues irk SC judges
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: Annoyed by television channels’ free discussions on sub judice matters, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed that the electronic media need to devise some code of ethics to deal with sensitive matters....
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Musharraf launches election campaign from Quetta
QUETTA, Sept 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf formally launched his election campaign from Quetta on Tuesday by holding meetings with MPAs, MNAs and Senators of the ruling PML and allied parties....
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Four soldiers, three children wounded in attacks
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 25: Four security personnel and three children were wounded in attacks by militants on checkpoints here on Monday night....
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Benazir likely to chair London cwc meeting
LONDON, Sept 25: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is likely to arrive here by the weekend to chair PPP’s Central Working Committee meeting scheduled to be held on Oct 3....
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T20 celebration sparks riots in Kashmir
JAMMU, Sept 25: Police fired teargas on Tuesday to break up clashes between Hindus and Muslims as celebrations over India’s nail-biting Twenty20 cricket win over Pakistan exploded into violence, officials said....
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