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| October 30, 2007 | Tuesday | Shawwal 17, 1428 |
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Inflationary risks persist, says State Bank: Current account deficit biggest challenge; economic growth 7pc
KARACHI, Oct 29: The State Bank of Pakistan has warned of further inflationary risks and said that the current account deficit is the biggest challenge for the government in the face... 
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Exodus amid tenuous truce in Swat areas
SWAT, Oct 29: Hundreds of people left their homes for relatively peaceful places amid a tenuous ceasefire between security forces and militants in the troubled areas around Mingora on Monday....
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CJ vows to ensure release of the missing
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said he will go to any extent to secure release of the victims of enforced disappearance. Hearing the case of missing persons,...
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Qayyum questions petitions’ maintainability
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: In a bid to seek technical knockout of petitions challenging the acceptance of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s candidature for the presidential election, Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum on Monday questioned...
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No formal talks held with govt on caretaker PM: Benazir
LARKANA, Oct 29: People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Monday there had been no formal talks so far with the government over the appointment of a caretaker prime minister before the general election....
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US rejects doomsday reports on Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Oct 29: The US State Department on Monday rejected the suggestion that Pakistan was heading towards a civil war, adding that the country was fighting terrorists and the United States supported its effort....
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NWFP blackout: normal power supply to take days
KOHAT, Oct 29: A team of experts from the grid construction department of Wapda has been deputed to restore power supply from Peshawar to the southern districts on a temporary basis....
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Afghan govt objects to biometric system
QUETTA, Oct 29: At a joint meeting on Monday, the Afghan authorities reiterated their reservations about the introduction of biometric system at the Pak-Afghan border post near Chaman....
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Highest-ever food inflation increase in September
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Food inflation surged by 13 per cent in September over the same month last year. A finance ministry report said the highest ever increase in food inflation in...
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Power project accord signed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The Private Power and Infrastructure Board and Engro Energy Limited signed here on Monday the implementation agreement for 226.5MW power project....
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India interested in Turkmen pipeline
DOHA, Oct 29: India is keen to receive gas from Turkmenistan via a planned pipeline and is also considering investments in gas and oil producer Qatar to meet rapidly rising domestic demand, India’s Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Monday....
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Indian troops to vacate hospital, school buildings in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Thousands of Indian troops will begin moving out of schools and hospitals in occupied Kashmir this week in a move to boost trust in the revolt-torn region after a fall in militant violence, authorities said on Monday....
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Suicide bomber kills 28 as US hands over Karbala to Iraq
KARBALA, Oct 29: The US military on Monday handed back control of the province of Karbala to Iraqi forces as a suicide bomber killed 28 police in an attack in the restive city of Baquba....
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‘Hundreds deported from Dubai after strikes’
DUBAI, Oct 29: Hundreds of Asian labourers working in Dubai have been deported after thousands downed tools and staged an illegal strike at the weekend over poor wages and working conditions, reports said on Monday....
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Saudi king in UK amid media controversy
LONDON, Oct 29: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived here on Monday amidst media controversy kicked up by his pre-arrival revelation that Britain failed to act on the Saudi anti-terrorist intelligence,...
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Pakistanis jailed
LONDON, Oct 29: A British court has sentenced two Pakistanis to eight years imprisonment for an assault on a woman. The court ordered that Nadeem Shah, 26, and Bilal Butt, 24,...
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India sets up panel for land reforms
NEW DELHI, Oct 29: India said on Monday it is setting up a panel to resolve disputes over distribution and acquisition of land after violent protests by farmers who fear losing their land to build factories or mines....
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India asked to identify places for group visas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Islamabad has asked New Delhi to identify four Hindu-Sikh holy shrines in Pakistan so that the government could consider issuing group visas to Indian citizens, official sources told Dawn....
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