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| November 06, 2007 | Tuesday | Shawwal 24, 1428 |
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Black coats face off brute force
LAHORE, Nov 5: Police and personnel of law-enforcement agencies on Monday arrested hundreds of lawyers protesting across the country against the imposition of a state of emergency and removal of superior court judges....
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Transition soon to full democracy: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf told foreign diplomats based in Islamabad on Monday that despite the imposition of a state of emergency in the country, transition to full democracy would be completed soon....
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Bush urges president to quit military: Rice conveys message
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: President George Bush on Monday exhorted President Pervez Musharraf to hold elections and relinquish his army post “as soon as possible”. The US leader said he had instructed...
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Elections by mid-January, says AG
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The government, under mounting pressure from its western allies after declaring emergency rule, has decided to hold a general election by mid-January, its top lawyer said on Monday....
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Iftikhar hits out at Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was unceremoniously removed from the office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on Saturday, hit out at President Gen Pervez...
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KSE’s black Monday — heaviest ever single-day decline
KARACHI, Nov 5: The Karachi Stock Exchange index of 100 shares plunged by 635 points or the maximum of 5 per cent on what many investors thought was ‘black Monday’ for the market....
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European Union govts under pressure to act against Musharraf
BRUSSELS, Nov 5: The European Union governments on Monday came under strong pressure from human rights organisations, members of the European Parliament and journalist associations to stop support for President Gen Pervez Musharraf following the imposition of emergency....
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US suspends defence talks with Pakistan: F-16s sale to be reviewed
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: The United States on Sunday suspended annual defence talks with Pakistan while Defence Secretary Robert Gates hinted that Washington may also review its defence assistance to Islamabad....
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UK wants Musharraf to quit army by 15th
LONDON, Nov 5: Britain has urged President General Pervez Musharraf to confirm that he will step down as army chief by Nov 15 and hold elections in January 2008....
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Demonstration in UK
LONDON, Nov 5: A highly charged two-hour long protest rally was held in front of the Pakistan High Commission on Monday. Organised by the students studying in various colleges and universities...
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Netherlands suspends aid
THE HAGUE, Nov 5: The Netherlands has suspended aid to Pakistan after the imposition of emergency rule, Dutch Development Aid Minister Bert Koenders said on Monday....
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Rumours of coup spread like wild fire
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Rumours about President Gen Pervez Musharraf having been ousted in a coup were quashed soon after the state-run television showed clippings of the general meeting foreign diplomats and taking oaths from Federal Shariat Court judges on Monday....
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Attacks continue on militant positions
MINGORA, Nov 5: With security agencies continuing to pound militant positions in different areas of Swat with artillery and mortar shelling, policemen on Monday vacated three more police stations in the northern part of the valley for security reasons....
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Levies men kidnapped
PARACHINAR, Nov 5: Three Levies personnel and a security guard of a restaurant were kidnapped in an attack on a checkpoint in lower Kurram Agency on Sunday night, officials said....
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Judge removed after issuing notice to SHO
SUKKUR, Nov 5: The acting district and sessions judge of Sukkur, Shakeel Hyder Shah, was asked to relinquish the charge and report to the registrar of the Sindh High Court in...
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400,000 Afghan refugees to return home
KABUL, Nov 5: Up to 400,000 Afghan refugees will return home from neighbouring countries by the end of 2007, the UN refugee agency said on Monday....
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UN backs democracy
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon on Monday asked the Pakistan authorities to “immediately release the detained people, lift restrictions on the media and take early steps for return to democratic rule.”...
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Canadians advised not to visit Pakistan
OTTAWA, Nov 5: Canada has advised its citizens not to travel to Pakistan because of the situation in the wake of imposition of state of emergency....
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Taliban capture another district
HERAT (Afghanistan), Nov 5: Taliban have captured third district in western Afghanistan, local officials said on Monday, defying Western assertions are unable to mount large military offensives.The...
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FSC judges take oath
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday administered oath of office to the Chief Justice and three judges of the Federal Shariat Court under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)....
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