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| October 11, 2007 | Thursday | Ramazan 28, 1428 |
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Musharraf asks Benazir to delay return
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf advised People’s Party chief Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday to put off her return to Pakistan until after the Supreme Court’s ruling on his eligibility for the presidential election.... 
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Elections in January, says Aziz: Interim govts after Nov 15
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Wednesday that general elections would be held in the first half of January next year....
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Ex-chief of Wapda is caretaker Frontier CM
PESHAWAR, Oct 10: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai dissolved the provincial assembly on the advice of former chief minister Akram Khan Durrani on Wednesday....
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Benazir wants armed forces brought under parliament’s control
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has stressed the need for unity among all political parties to bring the armed forces under the control of parliament....
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Battle against terrorism in Fata is lost, US Congress told
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: The US pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to do more in the war against terror has been counter-productive and the battle against extremists in the tribal areas has been lost, a key congressional panel was told on Wednesday....
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Victims of air strikes buried
MIRAMSHAH/BANNU, Oct 10: Over 60 victims of Tuesday’s air attacks on two villages near Mirali in North Waziristan were buried on Wednesday, amid reports that security forces dropped pamphlets from planes asking fleeing people to return to their homes....
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Provinces told to trace missing persons
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The interior ministry on Wednesday directed all the provinces to expedite efforts to trace the ‘missing persons’....
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SHC to hear ex-PM’s plea on 29th
KARACHI, Oct 10: The Sindh High Court will hear PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s plea for the membership of the National Assembly on October 29....
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NAB removes names of accused from its website
LAHORE, Oct 10: The National Accountability Bureau has removed from its website names of political leaders, bureaucrats and people belonging to other walks of life against whom corruption cases are pending before courts or allegations are being investigated....
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Couple may escape Swiss trial
NEW YORK, Oct 10: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto may avoid a money-laundering trial in Switzerland under the terms of a power-sharing deal which grants her amnesty, the Swissinfo website said on Wednesday....
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Jamaat seeks probe into Akram Durrani’s assets
PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The Jamaat-i-Islami has called upon the Supreme Council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to form a two-member committee to probe into assets of former NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Durrani....
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$5bn refinery approved for Hub
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The government approved on Wednesday construction of the Coastal Refinery Project costing $5 billion at Khalifa Point in Hub area of Balochistan....
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Musharraf moving in right direction: US paper
NEW YORK, Oct 10: Stressing that “the last thing the US wants is to further destabilise a nuclear-armed (Pakistan) government threatened by Muslim extremists”, the Wall Street Journal said in an...
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UN official terms relief operation in quake-hit areas successful
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10: The earthquake disaster relief operation in Pakistan’s northern area has been termed successful by a top United Nations official Tuesday....
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Indo-China ties under strain
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: In an apparent effort to derail a crucial visit to Beijing by Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi, Tibetan protesters raided the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on...
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PPP meets in Dubai today
LAHORE: Top PPP leaders are meeting in Dubai on Thursday to take a decision on President Musharraf’s suggestion that Ms Bhutto should delay her return....
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Driver hurt in attack on NGO women
MANSEHRA Oct 10: A driver suffered serious injuries when armed men fired on a vehicle carrying women staff of an NGO in the Pulrah area where the self-proclaimed Amir of Lashkar...
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British envoy calls on Azad Kashmir CJ
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 10: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Robert Brinkley called on the chief justice of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry, and discussed issues of mutual interest with him, a court official said on Wednesday....
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