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| October 02, 2007 | Tuesday | Ramazan 19, 1428 |
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Capital officials suspended on SC orders
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Three top officials of the federal capital’s administration were suspended on Monday by the interior ministry on orders of the apex court, which held them responsible for the... 
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Musharraf’s candidature challenged in SHC, SC
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Faryal Talpur, the cover candidate for PPP’s Makhdoom Amin Faheem, challenged the acceptance of President Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers in the Sindh High Court on Monday....
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Suicide bomber in burqa strikes in Bannu: 16 dead
BANNU, Oct 1: Sixteen people, four of them policemen, were killed and 32 others injured when a man wearing burqa set off explosives wrapped around his body at a police checkpoint near the Dawa Bridge here on Monday....
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24 FC personnel ‘go missing’
BANNU: At least 24 personnel of the Frontier Constabulary went missing after militants attacked a checkpost near the Frontier Region of Bannu on Monday evening....
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Benazir says she may allow US attack to eliminate Osama
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that she might allow a US military strike inside Pakistan to eliminate Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if she were the country’s leader....
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Opposition submits no-trust resolution
 PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The opposition in the NWFP assembly, comprising legislators who support President Pervez Musharraf, submitted on Monday a no-confidence resolution against Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani and also filed a writ petition in the Peshawar High Court....
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Resignation decision deferred
PESHAWAR: The All Parties Democratic Alliance and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday decided to defer their decision to tender resignations or seek the dissolution of the NWFP Assembly until the disposal of a no-confidence motion against the chief minister....
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84 APDM lawmakers likely to resign today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Resignations of at least 84 members of the National Assembly belonging to the All Parties Democratic Movement are likely to be submitted on Tuesday....
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Uncertainties surround presidential election
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: New uncertainties created by the government and its opponents seemed surrounding the Oct 6 presidential election on Monday, just as the Election Commission said President Gen Pervez Musharraf...
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FO says India involved in anti-state activities inside tribal areas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Foreign Office has said that there are ‘indications’ of Indian involved in anti-state activities inside Pakistan’s tribal areas....
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Pakistan assures US on elections
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan assured the United States on Monday that the presidential and national elections in Pakistan would be held as scheduled....
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Advocate-general resigns
KARACHI, Oct 1: Advocate-General of Sindh A. Mansoor Khan resigned on Monday from his post which was accepted by the governor, sources at the AG office confirmed....
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Tomato trucks mark new era in trade with India
LAHORE, Oct 1: Two Indian trucks carrying tomatoes crossed the Wagah border and into Pakistan for the first time since independence, marking the beginning of a new era of trade between the two countries....
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India hopes to settle IPI issues with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: India hopes to settle transit fee issue of Iranian gas with Pakistan. Media reports, quoting Indian petroleum secretary M.S. Srinivasan, said: “We hope to settle the transit fee issue with Pakistan after their presidential elections....
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Pakistani creates world record in ‘ear-lifting’
VIENNA, Oct 1: A Pakistani man broke the world-record for ‘ear-lifting’ in Vienna on Sunday carrying almost 62 kg (137 pounds) from a cord attached to his right ear....
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Putin to run for parliament to become PM
MOSCOW, Oct 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he would run for parliament and had a “realistic” chance of becoming prime minister — a shock announcement that could herald a fundamental change in the way Russia is governed....
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UK law on inciting religious hatred in force
LONDON, Oct 1: A new act which came into force on Monday in England and Wales makes it illegal to incite hatred against Muslims, Christians and other religious groups....
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Pims refuses to admit hurt journalist until forced by court
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The executive director (ED) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Monday initially refused to admit an injured journalist, referred there by the Poly Clinic Hospital....
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