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| October 07, 2007 | Sunday | Ramazan 24, 1428 |
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Musharraf steals the show, but victory hangs on court
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday won a one-sided election for another five-year term from a truncated parliamentary electoral college amid boycotts and protests while the fate of...
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Petitions moved in SC, LHC against indemnity deal
LAHORE, Oct 6: The Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court have been requested to adjudicate the legality of the recently-promulgated National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)....
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No-trust motion filed against NWFP speaker: JUI-Jamaat tussle
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The ongoing rift between two major components of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal deepened on Saturday when Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion against NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan, who belongs to Jamaat-i-Islami....
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North Waziristan militants capture 28 soldiers
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 6: Local Taliban militants have kidnapped another 28 paramilitary soldiers in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region....
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Two soldiers killed in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 6: Two soldiers and a tribesman were killed and 26 security personnel were injured in attacks on checkposts and a military convoy in different areas of North Waziristan on Saturday....
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Call for political harmony
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday urged the nation to reject opposition’s politics of confrontation and protests and help the government in its efforts to take the country forward on the path of development and progress....
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White House felicitates Pakistan on election
WASHINGTON, Oct 6: The White House on Saturday gave cautious congratulations to Pakistan on holding the presidential election, but withheld comment on reports that President Pervez Musharraf had registered a sweeping win....
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US paper calls it ‘an ugly victory’
WASHINGTON, Oct 6: In the lead editorial in its late Saturday edition, the Washington Post described President Pervez Musharraf’s election as an ‘ugly victory’, achieved through an electoral college having little legitimacy....
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APC hits protesting lawyers in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: About a dozen lawyers were injured when an armoured personnel carrier (APC) hit bar members protesting against the presidential poll and scores fell unconscious because of intense tear-gas...
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Suo motu notice against action
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan on Saturday took suo motu notice of police action against lawyers and summoned top police officials....
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Kashmir troop cut ruled out
NEW DELHI, Oct 6: India’s new army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor on Saturday ruled out troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir anytime soon, saying there was a rise in militancy-related violence in the disputed region....
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Blast in PML leader’s house
QUETTA, Oct 6: An explosion took place in the house of a local leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League in the Khuzdar town on Saturday night, causing panic among people of the area....
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Boycott termed a saving grace for PPP hardliners
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: PPP’s decision to boycott the presidential election was seen by political analysts here as a saving grace for those leaders of the party who were against their chairperson...
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It’s understanding, not deal: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has claimed that the government has made no deal with the PPP and that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has been promulgated as a...
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Altaf praises ordinance
KARACHI, Oct 6: Terming the National Reconciliation Ordinance the beginning of a new political culture, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called upon all political parties to forget their disputes...
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15 injured in Karachi celebration
KARACHI, Oct 6: At least 15 people, including four children, were injured on Saturday when a truck loaded with firecrackers exploded after a live cracker fired by jubilant political workers in Korangi area set off a fire, police and witnesses said....
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Lawyers boycott courts to protest Musharraf’s re-election
RAWALPINDI, Oct 6: Lawyers at the district courts on Saturday boycotted court proceedings and held a protest at Kutchery Chowk against the re-election of President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Strike call gets a muted response
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The federal capital has never been so calm and peaceful on ‘eventful’ days in the recent past as it was on Saturday, the day of the presidential election....
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