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| November 04, 2007 | Sunday | Shawwal 22, 1428 |
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Gen Musharraf’s second coup : •Charge-sheet against judiciary •Media ‘promoting negativism’ •Country’s ‘integrity at stake’ •Legislatures intact
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: In what is a virtual martial law, President Pervez Musharraf, acting as army chief, on Saturday imposed a state of emergency throughout Pakistan, suspended the Constitution and replaced...
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Seven judges reject PCO before being sent home
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: In an unprecedented move, seven judges of the Supreme Court on Saturday overturned the Provisional Constitutional Order and restrained the Chief of Army Staff, corps commanders, staff officers...
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Justice Dogar new CJ; a number of judges opt out
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: A majority of the Supreme Court as well as the provincial high court judges either refused or were not invited to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order...
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Britain, EU criticise emergency rule
LONDON, Nov 3: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said here on Saturday his country was ‘gravely concerned’ at President Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of a state of emergency and urged him to act within the constitution....
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Indian govt, opposition differ on Musharraf’s move
NEW DELHI, Nov 3: India on Saturday expressed regret over the “difficult times” Pakistan was going through but flatly refused to condemn the state of emergency declared by President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Benazir calls it martial law on dash back home
KARACHI, Nov 3: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has termed the promulgation of emergency and the PCO yet another martial law and called for reversal of the order and restoration of the Constitution....
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PIA resumes flights after engineers end strike
KARACHI, Nov 3: Engineers working for PIA ended a nationwide strike that left thousands of passengers stranded for two days, though they failed to secure the sought-after raise, union officials said on Saturday....
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Two soldiers die as rockets hit airport
SWAT, Nov 3: Security forces bombed suspected locations of militants in the Banda area here on Saturday evening after a rocket attack on the non-operational Saidu Sharif airport....
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Kidnapped soldiers may be freed today
TANK, Nov 3: Armed forces personnel held hostage by militants in South Waziristan since Aug 30 are likely to be released on Sunday amid reports of a deal between the government and militants....
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56 projects of Rs99.8bn okayed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Saturday approved 56 projects, expected to cost Rs99.8 billion including a foreign exchange component of Rs37.4 billion....
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Crackdown on lawyers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: In a countrywide crackdown, the government detained several political leaders, lawyers and civil rights activists in their houses on Saturday to stop them from taking any action against the imposition of emergency....
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‘Emergency to end judicial activism’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday defended the proclamation of the state of emergency and said that judicial activism had brought the country to a complete standstill....
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Curbs imposed on media
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated two separate ordinances to impose curbs on print and electronic media....
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Musharraf asked to quit army post
WASHINGTON, Nov 3: The White House on Saturday asked Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit the army office before he is sworn in as the president and hold parliamentary elections as scheduled....
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Provisional Constitutional Order
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Following is the text of Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) promulgated by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday in pursuance of the Proclamation of the...
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Proclamation of Emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Following is the text of the Proclamation of Emergency declared by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday:...
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‘Grand jirga to be held on Swat crisis’
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: Caretaker NWFP Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk said on Saturday that the government would convene a grand jirga of elders of the Malakand division to discuss and work out a strategy for resolving the Swat crisis....
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Raid at AJK Red Crescent office termed illegal
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 3: The AJK president’s secretariat has taken strong exception to a raid at the office of the Red Crescent Society (RCS), AJK chapter, by a government functionary and asked...
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