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| October 10, 2007 | Wednesday | Ramazan 27, 1428 |
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50 killed as jets pound village: People fleeing troubled Mirali
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 9: At least 50 people were killed and some 200 wounded on Tuesday after fighter jets bombed a village market near Mirali town in North Waziristan, witnesses said....
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Musharraf won’t take oath before SC verdict
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will not take the oath of the office of president until the Supreme Court gave its verdict on his eligibility....
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Benazir claims seat in parliament
KARACHI, Oct 9: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has moved an urgent application in the Sindh High Court to press her claim to a National Assembly seat reserved for women following withdrawal of cases against her....
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Red notices to be withdrawn: govt
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The government will withdraw red notices issued through Interpol against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Ali Zardari.a...
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NA skips debate on flour crisis
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Taking it easy after a tense presidential election, a depleted National Assembly on Tuesday failed to discuss the country’s recent flour crisis owing to the absence of the...
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25 injured, CD shops damaged in blasts
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: At least 25 people were injured, two of them critically, when a bomb went off at a CD shop in Nishtarabad area of Peshawar on Tuesday, while 30 shops were blown up in Malakand....
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SC bench reconstituted
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: A Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging the eligibility of Gen Pervez Musharraf for the presidential election was reconstituted on Tuesday after the name of one of its...
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Cleric forms ‘law and order force’
SWAT, Oct 9: Local cleric Maulana Fazlullah announced here on Tuesday the formation of a volunteer force to “control the law & order” and traffic problems in Matta tehsil....
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US terms Pakistan Al Qaeda ‘safe haven’
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: The White House on Tuesday released a national strategy for combating terrorism, singling out Pakistan as an Al Qaeda ‘safe haven’, which can be used for launching another 9/11 like attack inside the United States....
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‘Jamil Bugti’s name on ECL’
QUETTA, Oct 9: Deputy Attorney-General Chaudhry Mumtaz Yousaf has informed the Balochistan High Court that the name of Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, has been placed...
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Agreement aimed at ‘orderly transition’ to democracy: PPP
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The Pakistan People’s Party said on Tuesday that its reconciliation with Gen Pervez Musharraf was not dictated by opportunism but by the desire for ‘an orderly transition to democracy’....
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PML happy over public criticism of ordinance
ISLAMABAD Oct 9: The ruling PML leadership seems to be happy about the public criticism of the National Reconciliation Ordinance, which has become controversial and appears to have boomeranged on Benazir...
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Govt to approach SC for review: Lal Masjid reopening
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: After complying with the Supreme Court’s order to reopen Lal Masjid, the government has decided to seek a review of the order....
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Bus-train crash leaves 12 dead
SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 9: At least 12 people, two among them children, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus rammed into a closed railway crossing and collided with a Lahore-bound train near Muridke on Tuesday evening....
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Gas price revision
TEHRAN, Oct 9: Iran and Pakistan have agreed to periodic revision of gas prices as part of a pipeline deal to carry Iranian gas via Pakistan to India, the Isna news agency said on Tuesday, quoting the local export company....
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Bush criticised for encouraging deal
NEW YORK, Oct 9: Calling Gen Pervez Musharraf’s election “a perversion of democracy” a major US newspaper has chided the Bush administration for encouraging Gen Musharraf to make a “backroom deal”...
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IAEA urges India to begin talks on N-pact: ElBaradei meets scientists in Mumbai
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said in Mumbai on Tuesday that the global nuclear watchdog was ready for formal talks with New Delhi aimed at...
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Physics Nobel awarded for miniature hard disk
STOCKHOLM, Oct 9: France’s Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that has shrunk the size of hard disks found in computers, iPods and other digital devices....
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