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| October 28, 2007 | Sunday | Shawwal 15, 1428 |
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Militant attack on police station foiled : Time for strong action: govt 9 bodies
SWAT, Oct 27: Sporadic clashes between local militants and security forces continued as nine more bodies, two of them headless, were found in different areas of Swat on Saturday morning....
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PM, Shujaat sound out Pagara on alliance
KARACHI, Oct 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday reviewed the law and order situation in the country, especially in the aftermath of the Oct 18 attack on the Pakistan People’s...
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PML chief, Aziz mull poll plan with Altaf
KARACHI, Oct 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain paid a visit to the headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Saturday and held discussions on matters of mutual interest....
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Frontier CM rules out talks with militants
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: NWFP’s caretaker Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk has said that no negotiations will be held with those who are resisting the government’s efforts to restore peace in Swat....
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Emotional welcome for Benazir
LARKANA, Oct 27: Thousands of party faithful turned out to give an emotional welcome to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday when she set foot on the soil of her ancestral village after eight years....
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Discord on 58(2)b persists: Benazir
LARKANA, Oct 27: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief said on Saturday that differences with President Gen Pervez Musharraf over the Constitution’s Article 58(2)b — the power to dissolve assemblies — had yet to be resolved....
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Efforts on to unify ruling party and PML-N
LAHORE, Oct 27: Some important leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League are making efforts to unify the ruling party and the PML-N of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in an attempt...
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Aitzaz elected SCBA chief
LAHORE, Oct 27: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday was elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association....
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Strike observed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Police fired tear gas on Saturday at rock-throwing protesters as a general strike called to mark 60 years of India’s military presence in Kashmir shut down much of the occupied territory, police said....
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Indian TV channels blocked after massacre expose
NEW DELHI, Oct 27: Officials in India have blocked television channels which aired secretly recorded footage allegedly exposing government involvement in the 2002 killing of Muslims....
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Maoists kill 18 Indian villagers
RANCHI (India), Oct 27: At least 18 people, among them a former minister’s son, were killed overnight when Maoist rebels opened fire on a group of football spectators in Jharkhand....
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‘Nato may lose Afghan war if troops not increased’
WASHINGTON, Oct 27: If America’s Nato allies do not send more troops and weapons to Afghanistan, the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda militants may be lost, warns The Washington Post....
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Five killed in Paktika attack
KHOST, Oct 27: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a military base in Paktika on Saturday killing four Afghan soldiers and a civilian, officials said....
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Go to Iraq or face dismissal, US diplomats told
WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The US administration has asked its diplomats to serve in Iraq or face disciplinary action, including dismissal from service....
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Turkey warns Iraq of incursion as talks fail
SIRNAK (Turkey), Oct 27: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Saturday to order an incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish guerillas after the failure of talks with Iraq aimed at averting a cross-border raid....
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Sonia calls for talks with China
BEIJING, Oct 27: Indian Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi has stressed the importance of frank dialogue with China....
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Power plan behind schedule
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The looming power shortfall is unlikely to ease out in near future as the proposed expansion programme has fallen behind schedule....
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Baltistan jolted; girl killed
SKARDU, Oct 27: An earthquake on Saturday jolted two districts of Baltistan, leaving one person dead and several houses damaged....
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