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| October 13, 2007 | Saturday | Ramazan 30, 1428 |
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Court links amnesty law benefits to verdict
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Supreme Court on Friday set back the government’s programme of cleansing Benazir Bhutto and other politicians of corruption charges under the National Reconciliation Ordinance by declaring that... 
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Kidnapped armymen acted unprofessionally: President
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has blamed a group of more than 200 soldiers for their capture by pro-Taliban militants....
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‘War on terror’ to continue, says Kayani
PESHAWAR, Oct 12: Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said there will be no let up in the war on terror till it reaches its logical end...
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Pakistan’s problems marred talks: Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed credit on Friday for supervising the most intensive talks with Pakistan in their bilateral ties and said that a perception about...
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US denies managing Pakistan politics
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: The US State Department has rejected the suggestion that Washington is micromanaging Pakistan’s internal affairs to ensure that new political developments do not affect Islamabad’s resolve to fight terrorism....
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EC urged to put voters’ list on website
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Pakistan People’s Party has asked the Election Commission to put the updated voters’ list on its website before printing them for scrutiny by political parties....
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Militants behead six ‘criminals’
GHALANAI, Oct 12: Masked militants on Friday beheaded six men, two of them brothers, in the presence of hundreds of tribesmen who had assembled for the funeral of five local Taliban killed during a clash with alleged criminals in Pandialai tehsil....
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Cleric’s men flog three in public
SWAT, Oct 12: Three men were publicly flogged on Friday after a ‘shura’ set up by Maulana Fazlullah found them guilty of abetting the abduction of two women....
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Security plan finalised
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The government has declared 18 cities and towns of the country as ‘sensitive’ and finalised a plan for security arrangements during Eid....
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Inzi misses record on farewell outing
LAHORE, Oct 12: If it can happen to Don Bradman, it can happen to anyone. The stage was set for Inzamam-ul-Haq to make a glorious, record-breaking, farewell to international cricket on...
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India to attend gas pipeline meeting
NEW DELHI, Oct 12: India, under intense US pressure to abandon the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, will attend a crucial steering committee meeting of the ADB-backed Turkmenistan gas pipeline project in Islamabad next month, news reports say....
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Omar calls for foreign forces’ withdrawal
PESHAWAR, Oct 12: Taliban’s supreme commander Mullah Mohammad Omar has said that all countries in the region should play an active role for withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan....
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2 nationalists produced in ATC
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Following a warning given by the Chief Justice of Pakistan that he would summon heads of intelligence agencies if the missing persons are not released, Sindh police on...
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Rail tracks blown up
QUETTA, Oct 12: The railway link between Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off for several hours after a portion of the main track was blown up and a bridge was damaged in the Dashat area on Friday....
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Gore, UN panel win Nobel for action against global warming
OSLO, Oct 12: Former US Vice-President Al Gore and the United Nations climate panel won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their part in galvanising international action against global warming before it “moves beyond man’s control”....
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Acquittal plea
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: An accountability court here on Friday directed the prosecution to submit its written reply in a corruption reference against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto after her lawyer sought her acquittal in the case under the NRO....
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Bangladeshi questioned over Ajmer blast
JODHPUR, Oct 12: A Bangladeshi national was among several men being questioned on Friday in connection with the bombing of one of India’s holiest Islamic shrines that left two dead, police said....
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Eid tomorrow, in most of NWFP today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The central moon sighting committee on Friday announced that Shawwal moon was not sighted in any part of the country and Eidul Fitr would be celebrated on Sunday....
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