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| October 04, 2007 | Thursday | Ramazan 21, 1428 |
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Musharraf spells out plan for reconciliation
KARACHI, Oct 3: Amid reports about the government’s readiness to withdraw cases against Pakistan People’ Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said he wanted to withdraw cases against... 
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New bench to hear poll petitions
Justice Sardar Raza Khan opted out of the bench, saying he had already given his view that Gen Musharraf was disqualified to contest the election....
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Judge opposes re-election
LAHORE: Justice Falak Sher, a judge on the nine-member Supreme Court bench that had dismissed on Sept 28 petitions challenging the holding of two offices by Gen Pervez Musharraf, has ruled...
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14 killed as coach hits landmine
The coach going from Thall to Shewa struck the landmine near the Tauda Cheena Bridge at about 5.30pm. Sources said 12 people died on the spot and two in a hospital, where the five other injured were also under treatment....
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Baitullah threatens to kill soldiers
Zulfiqar Mehsud, a spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, told this correspondent on Wednesday that three soldiers would be killed each day if security forces continued their operations in certain parts of Tank...
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Assembly will be dissolved on 8th: Fazl
PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday said that after the disposal of no-confidence resolution against NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on...
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PPP lawmakers divided on resignation
LONDON, Oct 3: The Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan People’s Party, which met here on Wednesday with Benazir Bhutto in chair, remained largely divided over the question of whether or...
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Indemnity package on hold
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The hectic activity that was witnessed in the power corridors on Tuesday to finalise a ‘national reconciliation ordinance’ — aimed at providing Benazir Bhutto indemnity in all corruption...
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No-confidence motion tabled in NWFP Assembly
PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Pro-Musharraf opposition parties in the NWFP Assembly on Wednesday tabled a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani....
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Wajih urges CJ to form full court
RAWALPINDI, Oct 3: Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed has asked the chief justice to form a full Supreme Court bench to hear the petitions challenging Gen Pervez Musharraf’s nomination as presidential candidate....
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‘Bomber’ killed in explosion
The explosion rocked the entire town and body parts of the man were scattered all around, officials and residents said. Local people said the blast was heard far and wide, causing panic and fear among residents....
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Force alone can’t calm tribal area, says expert WASHINGTON, Oct 3: The US pressure to step up the military campaign in the tribal belt will only make the people living in that area enemies of Pakistan and the United...
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Irsa convenes meeting to finalise water estimates
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has convened a meeting of its technical committee on Friday to finalise water availability estimates for the 2007-08 Rabi crop season....
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Graduate scheme funds being misused
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The government scheme to provide funds to fresh graduates of poor families in order to launch them into respectable careers is being misused, Dawn has learnt....
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Gen Kayani met Rice
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in Washington last November, the US State Department said. Spokesman Sean McCormack confirmed the meeting but refused...
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Cleric claims seizing eight kidnappers
Talking to Dawn in his native village Imam Dheri on Wednesday, Maulana Fazalullah...
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LPG prices frozen
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has put a freeze on the price of the 11.8kg cylinder at Rs654 in Azad Kashmir, Fata and the Northern Areas and Rs624 for the rest of the country....
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Islamabad has put anti-militancy plan on hold: WP
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: Pakistan is losing the war against extremists, giving the Al Qaeda and the Taliban more territory in which to operate, a front-page article in The Washington Post said on Wednesday....
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Taliban seize Afghan district
GHAZNI (Afghanistan), Oct 3: Hundreds of Taliban captured a remote district in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two policemen and driving out the rest, officials said....
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2 Indian army majors killed in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Oct 3: Two army majors and nine militants were killed in a fierce overnight firefight that went on till early Wednesday in the Baramulla region of Jammu and Kashmir, United News of India said....
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Rabbani may quit Senate post
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: PPP parliamentary leader in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani is likely to resign as opposition leader in the upper house on his return from London after losing support...
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North Korea agrees to disclose all N-plans
BEIJING, Oct 3: North Korea has agreed to provide a complete list of its nuclear programmes and disable the facilities at its main Yongbyon reactor complex by December 31 under US supervision, according to a six-nation agreement released on Wednesday....
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