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| October 23, 2007 | Tuesday | Shawwal 10, 1428 |
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Govt-PPP talks on caretaker set-up on hold
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Talks between aides of President General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto on the formation of a caretaker government were stopped by the government on... 
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Benazir blames establishment
KARACHI, Oct 22: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that she had “no information at this stage to conclude that Gen Musharraf was involved at any level in this conspiracy” (to assassinate her on Oct 18)....
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SC urged to bury doctrine of necessity
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for presidential candidate Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed, on Monday urged the Supreme Court to seize the historic opportunity and bury the doctrine of...
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Pakistan, India share terror information
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: India and Pakistan reported progress in their widely-watched meeting on a joint Anti-Terror Mechanism on Monday, saying they had exchanged information on new incidents and expected to work together to assist in investigations in the future....
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Ecnec approves 23 projects of Rs116.5 billion
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved 23 projects to cost a total of Rs116.5 billion in various sectors, including agriculture, energy, science and technology, water, transport, communication, environment, higher education and culture....
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World oil output will fall to half by 2030: report
LONDON, Oct 22: World oil production has already peaked and will fall by half by 2030, according to a report which also warns that extreme shortages of fossil fuels will lead to wars and social breakdown....
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Govt rejects demand for foreign help in blast probe
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The government on Monday turned down PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s demand to enlist foreign experts for inquiring into the Oct 18 Karachi blasts....
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US supports credible probe
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22: The ambassador of the United States to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Monday underscored American support for ‘credible investigation’ into Thursday’s assassination attempt on Pakistan People’s...
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Taliban deny involvement
SPIN BOLDAK, Oct 22: Afghanistan’s Taliban do not attack outside Afghanistan and were not involved in an attack on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi last week, a commander said on Monday....
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Tribe raises volunteer force to expel foreigners
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 22: The Dawar tribe raised an army of volunteers to expel foreign militants from North Waziristan and eliminate criminals, sources said. About 300 elders and Ulema belonging to the...
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PML-N opposes Musharraf-PPP talks on interim govt
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has opposed the ongoing talks between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistan People’s Party on the formation of a caretaker government....
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UNSC condemns Karachi blasts
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22: The United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned ‘in strongest terms’ Thursday’s bomb attacks in Karachi and called upon the international community to “ensure that any measures...
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5 ‘militants’ arrested in Zhob
QUETTA, Oct 22: Five local Taliban suspects were arrested in the Gul Kach area of Zhob on Monday. Official sources said that Frontier Corps personnel deployed in the area adjacent to...
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Row over N-deal deepens in India
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: The stalled nuclear deal between India and the United States has set off a flurry of verbal exchanges between the government and opposition parties here, but reports...
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Four booked for illegal hunting
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: A case has been lodged against four influential people — a serving army captain and a nephew of a federal minister among them — for hunting the protected...
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Govt spent Rs65m on overseas treatment of 18 bigwigs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: In a country where the public per capita health expenditure is measly Rs360, the government spent Rs65 million on overseas treatment of just 18 bigwigs mostly for diseases...
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Militants form new group
GHALANAI, Oct 22: Five militant groups have set up an organisation called Tehrik-i-Taliban in Mohmand Agency to eliminate elements operating as Taliban. The organisation’s spokesman Abu Nauman Askari said the...
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Man killed in accidental blast
KARAK, Oct 22: A young man was killed and his two accomplices were critically injured when a bomb went off accidentally while they were carrying it in the Karak town late on Sunday night....
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