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| October 09, 2007 | Tuesday | Ramazan 26, 1428 |
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25 soldiers dead, many missing: 60 militants killed, says ISPR
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 8: The military lost another 25 soldiers in fierce clashes with militants in North Waziristan on Monday, pushing the death toll, on the army’s side, to 45 since Sunday....
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Fazl sees no future for APDM, wants MMA kept intact
LAHORE, Oct 8: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam doesn’t see any future for the All Parties Democratic Movement, but will like the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to remain intact and play a better political role, the party’s chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman says....
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Legality of NRO challenged in SC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Insaf Welfare Trust chairman Dr Aslam Khaki on Monday requested the Supreme Court to declare as unjust the recently promulgated National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) 2007 for being a corrupt deal that violates the fundamental rights of the people....
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NWFP speaker forced to quit: Dissolution advice sent to governor
PESHAWAR, Oct 8: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani advised Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai on Monday to dissolve the provincial assembly, soon after Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan had accepted his demand and tendered his resignation....
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Brigadier killed in helicopter crash
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 8: A brigadier and three other people were killed when a Pakistan army helicopter crashed near here on Monday after developing a ‘technical fault’....
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KSE index hits all-time high
KARACHI, Oct 8: A record-breaking run of shares at the Karachi Stock Exchange, which started the previous week, propelled the KSE-100 index to an all-time high at 14,367 points on Monday,...
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US stays engaged with Musharraf, Benazir : Concern in Washington over ex-PM’s security
WASHINGTON, Oct 8: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto spoke with President Pervez Musharraf during her visit to Washington two weeks ago, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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Crisis not over, says UK paper
LONDON, Oct 8: The Guardian in its editorial on Monday painted a dismal picture of post-presidential election scene in Pakistan and said that the constitutional and political crisis consuming the country had not ended....
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Pakistan, India to discuss CBMs from Oct 18
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Pakistan and India will hold back to back expert-level talks on conventional and nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) in New Delhi in the third week of October during...
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Reconstruction under way on modern lines: Musharraf visits quake-hit areas
MUZAFFARBAD/MAN-SEHRA, Oct 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that the quake-devastated areas in Azad Kashmir and NWFP were being rebuilt on modern lines....
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UK urges MQM not to hinder Benazir’s return
LONDON, Oct 8: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, who is a British national, is said to have agreed to abide by the UK government’s advise to show restraint when PPP...
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Ex-senator quits PPP over NRO
PESHAWAR, Oct 8: Former senator and chairman of the policy and planning committee of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Qazi Mohammad Anwar, has quit politics after resigning from the party’s membership in protest against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)....
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Musharraf greeted by Peres
JERUSALEM, Oct 8: Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday congratulated Pervez Musharraf on his victory in the presidential election....
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‘Can Musharraf, Benazir trust one another?’
LONDON, Oct 8: Christina Lamb, author of the book ‘Waiting for Allah’ who had covered Pakistan during Benazir Bhutto’s first stint as prime minister for British newspapers has wondered in a...
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Income gap mars anti-poverty efforts: report
BANGKOK, Oct 8: An ambitious programme to reduce poverty and provide adequate social services for all citizens by 2015 is unlikely to be met in full by any developing country in the Asia-Pacific region, a report predicted on Monday....
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Stem cell research team wins medicine Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8: Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies of the United States and Martin Evans of Britain won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for their work in creating ‘knockout mice,’ the 21st-century test bed for biomedical research....
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Eid truce
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: An alliance of freedom fighters announced a three-day halt to attacks against Indian forces in occupied Kashmir ahead of Eid, media reports said on Monday....
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Students protest against Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, Oct 8: More than 100 students scuffled with police and hardline supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday on Tehran University campus and chanted “death to the dictator” outside a hall where the Iranian president spoke....
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Demand for Suu Kyi’s release rejected
YANGON, Oct 8: Myanmar’s military junta suggested on Monday that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would remain under house arrest until a new constitution was approved -- a dim and distant prospect, according to most analysts....
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Eid holidays from 13th
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The government has announced October 13 to 16 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) as public holidays for Eidul Fitr, says a press release issued here on Monday.—APP...
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