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| October 22, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 9, 1428 |
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Demand for probe by foreign experts
KARACHI, Oct 21: Former prime minister and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto called upon the government on Sunday to enlist international experts to track down the culprits responsible for the October 18 carnage in the city....
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Meetings to be allowed only at specified places: Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government has decided to impose a complete ban on processions by political parties during their election campaigns and to allow public meetings only at specified places....
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Warning against postponement of polls, ISI meddling
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: An international delegation on Sunday warned against postponement of general elections, saying that any delay could undermine people’s confidence in the electoral process....
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Benazir vows to take on militants
KARACHI, Oct 21: Shrugging off terrorist threats, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto came out of her Bilawal House residence on Sunday for the first public outing since Thursday’s massive...
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‘Both blasts caused by suicide bombing’
KARACHI, Oct 21: Investigators have concluded that Thursday’s blasts in Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession were caused by twin sui-...
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US should secure Pakistan’s N-weapons: senator
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, believes that if terrorists were to eliminate President Perez Musharraf, the United States should send troops to Pakistan to secure the country’s nuclear arsenal....
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Shujaat contacts leaders for APC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government has started preparations for the proposed All Parties Conference (APC) it plans to hold next week in an effort to work out arrangements for peaceful general elections....
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Girls’ school blown up
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 21: The building of a girls’ school was blown up in Miramshah, agency headquarters of North Waziristan, on Saturday night....
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Tension mounts as Kurds kill 12 Turkish troops
TUNCELI (Turkey), Oct 21: Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq....
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WB gives mixed report on economic growth
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: As many as 37 per cent of the working-age population in Pakistan is 24 years old or younger, says a World Bank report released on Saturday....
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Talks on anti-terror mechanism begin in New Delhi today
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: The carnage in Karachi has reaffirmed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s view that Pakistan is as much a victim of terrorism as India, a perspective that could help refocus their Anti-Terror Mechanism (ATM) talks here on Monday....
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Cheney warns Iran on N-arms
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: US Vice-President Dick Cheney declared on Sunday that America and its allies would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon....
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PPP rejects reports of security lapses
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday rejected reports that security lapses on the part of police and PPP guards had led to the attack on Benazir Bhutto’s procession in Karachi on Oct 18....
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‘Turkey to crush rebels’
ANKARA: Turkey is ready to pay whatever price is needed to defeat Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, the president’s office said on Sunday....
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China VP out of new party line-up
BEIJING, Oct 21: Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong retired from the Communists’ upper ranks on Sunday, bolstering Party boss Hu Jintao’s grip on power and clearing the way for a younger generation of potential successors....
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WWII soldier’s postcard reaches friend after 64 years
TOKYO, Oct 21: A postcard mailed by a Japanese soldier from a World War II battlefield in Myanmar reached his friend 64 years after it was sent, thanks to a Japanese...
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Mourning in Quetta for Karachi carnage victims
QUETTA, Oct 21: Activists of the Pakistan People’s Party in the city offered ghaibana namaz-i-janaza on Sunday for the victims of the Karachi carnage....
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PPP workers asked to turn grief into strength
ATTOCK, Oct 21: Pakistan Peoples Party central leader Malik Hakmeen Khan on Sunday asked the party workers and activists to turn their grief into determination to defeat undemocratic and fascist elements....
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