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| November 05, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 23, 1428 |
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Countrywide crackdown : Hundreds of lawyers, rights activists and politicians detained
LAHORE, Nov 4: Police and other law-enforcement personnel launched a crackdown across the country on Sunday, apparently fearing a large-scale protest campaign against imposition of emergency....
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Elections may be delayed for a year: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday defended President Pervez Musharraf’s move to impose a state of emergency and said general elections could be put off for up to a year....
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Benazir may fly to Islamabad today
KARACHI, Nov 4: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto held on Sunday intensive discussions with party leaders on the post-emergency situation, condemned the arrest of lawyers and...
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Govt frees 25 militants in exchange for 213 hostages
TANK, Nov 4: The government on Sunday freed 25 militants in exchange for the release of 213 army personnel who were held hostage in South Waziristan for more than two months....
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US hardens position on emergency
WASHINGTON, Nov 4: The United States appears to be hardening its position on the imposition of emergency rule, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying on Sunday that Washington will review its financial aid package to Pakistan....
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US senator threatens punitive move in Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov 4: Senator Joseph R. Biden, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Sunday that the United States should consider taking away F-16 fighter jets and other...
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No order against PCO: SC registrar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The acting registrar has claimed that the Supreme Court did not overturn the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)....
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Ramday under house arrest
LAHORE: Senior Judge of the Supreme Court Khalilur Rehman Ramday was placed under house arrest here on Sunday....
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Police deployed outside Justice Sabih’s house
KARACHI, Nov 4: A heavy contingent of police was deployed outside the house of Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed late on Sunday night in the wake of his resolve to attend his office of the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court on Monday....
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MQM chief criticises media, judiciary
KARACHI, Nov 4: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the media, the Supreme Court and other courts demonstrated a feudal mentality as they never took notice of...
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Indian border police on alert
NEW DELHI, Nov 4: India has asked its security forces to step up vigil along the border with Pakistan to check possible infiltration by religious extremists who may try to escape...
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Call for quick return to democracy, rule of law : China expresses concern
BEIJING, Nov 4: China expressed concern on Sunday over Gen Pervez Musharraf’s move to suspend the Constitution and declare emergency rule....
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AG hints at reducing number of SC judges
ISLAMABAD/Lahore, Nov 4: Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum has hinted that the number of Supreme Court judges may be reduced to 13, 12 or even 10 from the existing 19....
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Wajih says Musharraf acted in league with NRO beneficiaries KARACHI, Nov 4: General Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in the country in league with the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance, says former Supreme Court judge Wajihuddin Ahmad....
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Three killed in Swat clashes
SWAT, Nov 4: Three people were killed and four others injured in intermittent exchange of artillery fire between security forces and militants in different areas of Swat on Sunday....
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Pakistan ranks low in social indicators
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Pakistan’s social and poverty indicators are below those of other countries with similar per capita incomes and have improved more slowly than others with similar growth rates owing...
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Civil society members protest emergency: Tension grips Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Representatives of civil society organisations and lawyers staged a protest demonstration outside the Judges residential compound here on Sunday against imposition of emergency and sacking of the Supreme Court and high court judges....
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More judges of high courts take oath
LAHORE, Nov 4: Four more judges of the Lahore High Court took oath of their offices under the Provincial Constitutional Order (PCO) on Sunday....
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