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| October 06, 2007 | Saturday | Ramazan 23, 1428 |
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SC keeps Musharraf’s fate in its hands: Go-ahead for presidential election
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay the presidential election, but directed the Election Commission not to notify the result till it gave its verdict on petitions... 
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CJ threatens to summon heads of agencies: Missing people
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Friday that heads of Inter Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence and other agencies would be summoned if the missing people were not released....
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‘Reconciliation’ ordinance delivers clean chit
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated the “National Reconciliation Ordinance 2007” after a painstaking process of negotiations between government teams and the People’s Party chairperson in order...
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Candidates’ lawyers split on vote count
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Amid opposition protests, a depleted and dying parliamentary electoral college will vote on Saturday in a disputed presidential election Gen Pervez Musharraf is sure to win after the...
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JUI-F left alone to face no-trust vote
PESHAWAR, Oct 5: In a dramatic turn of events, some parties hitherto allied with the ruling Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) resigned from the NWFP assembly on Friday, leaving the JUI (F) alone...
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Fazl puts APDM on notice
PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Friday his Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam would review its affiliation with the All Parties Democratic Movement after...
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Six JI ministers removed from NWFP cabinet
PESHAWAR, Oct 5: The NWFP government on Friday night sacked six Jamaat-i-Islami ministers who had quit their provincial assembly seats....
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Shujaat led talks with PPP, says Mushahid: US pressure denied
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain led the PML side in talks with the PPP on the National Reconciliation Ordinance, according to Pakistan Muslim League’s secretary-general Senator Mushahid Hussain....
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The people again done in?
During its brief history Pakistan has been used as a stage for many a charade, sometimes in the name of religion, sometimes in the name of democracy but always in national...
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Musharraf’s victory not to end crisis: report
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: Gen Pervez Musharraf winning a new term as president will not end Pakistan’s political crisis, says a report released on Friday by the prestigious US Council on Foreign Relations....
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Militant killed in clashes with security forces
QUETTA, Oct 5: Clashes were reported on Thursday night and Friday between security forces and militants in Tartani and Karmo Wadh areas of the troubled Kohlu district....
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US avoids taking sides
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: Reluctant to takes sides on the eve of the presidential election in Pakistan, the United States on Friday reacted cautiously to a Supreme Court decision, which allows Saturday’s presidential vote but withholds the final results....
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Militant leader killed in Kashmir: police
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Security forces have shot dead a militant leader and his aide, police said on Friday, claiming a “major success” in the fight against militancy in occupied Kashmir....
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New Delhi rebuffs property claim by Quaid’s daughter
MUMBAI, Oct 5: The Indian government has rebuffed a claim by the daughter of Pakistan’s founder to a colonial mansion in the heart of Mumbai that belonged to her father....
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Industrial output may rise to 25pc of GDP by 2015: minister
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan expects its industrial production to increase to 25 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015 from the current 19 per cent, to be supported...
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Indian missile passes ‘user trial’
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: India’s nuclear-capable Agni-I missile, which can strike deep inside Pakistan, passed a final “user trial” on Friday by specially-trained personnel who will handle it for the armed forces, the Press Trust of India said....
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Islam poses no threat to West: Akram
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5: Saying that “Islam is not a threat to the Western civilisation”, Pakistan on Thursday called for promoting better understanding among different faiths in order to avoid a ‘catastrophe’....
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US supports Palestinian democracy, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: US President George Bush has assured the Muslims that his country supports the establishment of a Palestinian democracy and wants to work with them to defeat terrorism....
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PPP hardliners opposed to taking part in presidential election
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: A division within the parliamentary group of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday forced the party leadership to delay the decision on participation in the presidential election until Saturday morning....
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Briton accused of bomb plot
LONDON, Oct 5: A British teenager appeared in court on Friday, charged with plotting to blow up members of the far-right British National Party....
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