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| September 27, 2007 | Thursday | Ramazan 14, 1428 |
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Proposers and seconders risk prosecution: Aitzaz on Musharraf’s nomination
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: An amicus curiae informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that persons proposing and seconding President Pervez Musharraf as a candidate for a second term would be guilty of an offence carrying imprisonment for 10 years.... 
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Two provincial govts in crisis
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: A nearly mature fall of two provincial governments appeared on Wednesday to be imminent after the latest Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal alliance decision to quit legislatures to further complicate the...
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Fazl against quitting Frontier assembly
PESHAWAR, Sept 26: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and Chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), which heads the NWFP government and is a major partner in the ruling coalition in...
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Presidential candidates file papers today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Candidates for the presidential election will file their nomination papers on Thursday. President Musharraf is the unanimous candidate of the ruling PML and its allies....
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Benazir reaffirms stance on Dr Khan
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday reaffirmed her intention to allow a UN nuclear body to interview Dr A. Q. Khan if she comes to power, adding...
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Govt rejects Benazir’s statement on Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The government on Wednesday rejected a proposal to let the UN question nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan....
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Musharraf claims introducing genuine democracy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf claimed on Wednesday that he had given true democracy to the country for the first time while his predecessors had championed it only in name....
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Britain must support democracy: Miliband
LONDON, Sept 26: Foreign Secretary David Miliband told delegates at an annual labour conference on Tuesday that Britain must continue to support democracy in Pakistan....
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JWP expels MPAs for meeting president
QUETTA, Sept 26: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the chief of his own faction of Jamhoori Watan Party, has announced that the party’s legislators in the Balochistan assembly, Haji Juma Khan Bugti,...
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165 killed in Afghan airstrikes, clashes
KABUL, Sept 26: Two battles killed more than 165 suspected Taliban and one soldier of the US-led coalition in southern Afghanistan....
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SP killed in ambush
QUETTA, Sept 26: The SP Investigation Cell, Syed Sharyab, and his two guards died when their vehicle was ambushed in the Samungli area here on Wednesday night....
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Pakistan 138th on graft list
KARACHI, Sept 26: The Transparency International (TI) has taken a serious note of the government’s decision to give a blanket exemption to all purchase deals of the defence ministry from the...
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Iraq, Somalia top corruption index
LONDON, Sept 26: Sleaze is hobbling the recovery of war-ravaged countries like Iraq and Somalia, which joined Myanmar among states perceived as the world’s most corrupt, the Transparency International said in a report released on Wednesday....
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Iran warns India over pipeline deal
TEHRAN, Sept 26: Iran warned India on Wednesday that it would sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan alone if New Delhi did not swiftly agree terms on transit pricing with Islamabad....
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4 protesters killed in Myanmar
YANGON, Sept 26: Myanmar security forces used batons, tear gas and live rounds on Wednesday in a violent crackdown on mass protests against the military junta, killing at least four people, including three Buddhist monks....
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Crackdown criticised by Canada
OTTAWA, Sept 26: Canada’s Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on Wednesday expressed concern about the recent arrest of several opposition leaders in Pakistan....
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Two beheaded
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 26: Militants beheaded two men in North Waziristan on suspicion that they were spying for US forces in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said on Wednesday.—Reuters...
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Only official media to cover filing of papers
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday barred private TV channels as well as the print media from covering the filing of nomination papers for the presidential election on Thursday....
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