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| October 26, 2007 | Friday | Shawwal 13, 1428 |
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Bloodbath in Swat: 17 FC personnel killed
SWAT, Oct 25: At least 17 paramilitary soldiers and three civilians were killed and 34 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a truck near Police Lines in Mingora on Thursday, witnesses and hospital sources said....
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Benazir lashes out at ‘political madressahs’
KARACHI, Oct 25: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Thursday lashed out on what she described as political madressahs which, she said, had “become arsenal of weapons and retreat for militants”....
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Work closely with Benazir, US asks Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that parliamentary elections in Pakistan can be held in December....
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Courts not revolutionary forums, says SC judge : Wrong decisions cause revolts: counsel ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: A senior judge of the Supreme Court said on Thursday that courts were not revolutionary forums and they only complimented governments in blocking revolutions from outside which could be bloody and dangerous....
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Nawaz not to return before polls: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would not return before the general elections, rejecting reports about his expected homecoming soon....
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SHC accepts PPP petition on party’s identity
KARACHI, Oct 25: The Sindh High Court accepted on Thursday Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s petition against a 2004 Election Commission notification sanctioning the merger of PPP (Sherpao) and PPP (Patriots) and certifying the merged groups as ‘the PPP’....
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Lal Masjid cleric supports Fazlullah
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Naib Imam of Lal Masjid has declared that security personnel killed in an explosion in the Swat valley on Thursday suffered the death of ‘infidels’....
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US Congress may delay Fata zones legislation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The United States Congress is likely to put on hold for several months, possibly a year, legislation for setting up reconstruction opportunity zones (ROZs) in tribal areas and...
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US slaps new sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: The Bush administration on Thursday announced an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran, designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and the elite Quds Force a supporter of terrorism....
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‘Washington averted war in 2002’
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: In what could New Delhi’s first authentic version of the India-Pakistan tensions in 2002, former Indian National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has acknowledged the two countries came...
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Work on second phase of Gwadar port to begin by year-end
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The second phase of Gwadar deep seaport construction is expected to be started before the year-end by the Singapore Port Authority (SPA) for which it is lining up new investment in the country....
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Balochistan flour mills on strike
QUETTA, Oct 25: Flour prices in Balochistan registered a sharp increase on Thursday after owners of flour mills in the province went on an indefinite strike in protest against police raids and sealing of some flour mills....
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Suu Kyi meets junta official
YANGON, Oct 25: Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for the first time on Thursday a senior junta official appointed to work with the country’s main opposition party, state television reported....
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Afghan campaign vital: Brown
LONDON, Oct 25: Calling Afghanistan as the frontline state against Taliban, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the military campaign in that country is vital to the fight against terrorism....
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Panel wants fair process for export of manpower
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Senate’s standing committee on labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over export of manpower and directed the ministry concerned to take steps to ensure fairness of the process....
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Two Pakistanis beheaded in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 25: Two Pakistanis were beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, the interior ministry said....
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JUI-F wants Qazi to quit as MMA chief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The central consultative body of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) on Thursday demanded resignation of Qazi Hussain Ahmed as president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and swapping of the offices of president and secretary-general between the JUI (F) and Jamaat-i-Islami....
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President, PM discuss poll preparations
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday and discussed arrangements being made for the general elections, the code of conduct issued by the EC and...
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