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| November 11, 2007 | Sunday | Shawwal 29, 1428 |
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Civilians can be court-martialled : Army Act amended
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The government on Saturday amended the Army Act of 1952 to give wide-ranging powers to the Army to court-martial civilians.... 
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Benazir keeps administration, police on run
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Saturday kept the entire capital administration and police on the run throughout the day by attending several scheduled and unscheduled events and meeting media personnel on streets....
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Major, captain taken hostage
SWAT, Nov 10: Militants took a major, a captain and five soldiers hostage in Kabbal tehsil on Saturday....
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Commanders briefed on emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: President and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday took into confidence the top military commanders about the proclamation of emergency, saying it was a...
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Nawaz’s offer to Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Nawaz Sharif has expressed his party’s willingness to participate in an all-party conference (APC) proposed by Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and...
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Government expels three British reporters
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The government on Saturday ordered the expulsion of three journalists from a British newspaper for using “foul and abusive” language about Pakistan and its leadership....
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Gas export contract finalised with Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 10: Pakistan and Iran have finalised a contract for a gas export deal scheduled to be signed within a month....
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Bush still wants to work with Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: US President George W. Bush made it clear on Saturday that his government still wants to work with President Pervez Musharraf and backs a power-sharing deal between the general and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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Judges told to concentrate on disposal of cases
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The apex court’s National Judicial (Policymaking) Committee met here on Saturday with the new Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, in the chair and sought cooperation...
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Kabul irked by biometric system installation
QUETTA, Nov 10: The Pakistan-Afghan border remained closed for several hours on Saturday after Afghan authorities blocked the Chaman-Kandahar highway putting barricades and parking huge containers at the entry point against the reactivation of biometric system by Pakistan....
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DAG Yawar Ali resigns
LAHORE, Nov 10: Deputy Attorney-General Yawar Ali Khan on Saturday resigned in protest against the imposition of emergency and removal of the judges of higher courts....
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Governor on hunting trip
NAWABSHAH, Nov 10: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammed Jan Aurakzai found the time for a hunting trip on Saturday and flew to Nawabshah especially for the purpose....
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Rally against emergency outside 10 Downing Street
LONDON, Nov 10: A large gathering of over a couple of thousand people held a protest rally here on Saturday in front of 10 Downing Street demanding President General Musharraf to...
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Pakistani beheaded
RIYADH, Nov 10: Saudi authorities beheaded a local national convicted of kidnapping and raping teenagers and a Pakistani for drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday....
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6 Nato troops die in ambush
KABUL, Nov 10: Taliban killed six troops from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) and three Afghan soldiers in an ambush in eastern Afghanistan on Friday....
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Police tear-gas protesters in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10: Malaysian police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters on Saturday as tens of thousands defied a government ban and rallied in the capital to call for clean and fair elections....
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Rallies across Washington condemn emergency
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Human rights activists and Pakistani-Americans demonstrated outside the White House during the weekend to demand an immediate end to emergency rule in Pakistan....
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Envoys trade hot words over Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10: Representatives of India and Pakistan on Friday had a verbal exchange over the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the General Assembly Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural issues....
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