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| November 16, 2007 | Friday | Ziqa’ad 05, 1428 |
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Soomro heads interim govt: Inamul Haq, Ishrat Hussain, Salman Taseer, Nisar Memon, Pir of Taunsa Sharif among ministers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro will take oath as the caretaker prime minister on Friday morning after dissolution of the National Assembly on completion of its five-year term, sources told Dawn....
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Amended PCO vests president with power to lift emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf who as Chief of Army Staff promulgated the state of emergency and Provisional Constitution Order on November 3 has transferred the power of lifting the emergency to the office of president....
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Benazir calls for govt of national unity
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that she hopes to form a government of national unity to replace Gen Pervez Musharraf before elections, and is contacting other opposition parties to get them on board....
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Benazir, Sharif slam Musharraf’s move
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif on Thursday deplored the announcement that the chief of army staff had given the president the power to lift the...
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Detention ends
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday night withdrew detention orders for PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, HRCP chairperson Asma Jahangir and others, Capital City Police Officer Malik Mohammad Iqbal told Dawn....
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Troops make advance on Swat town
SWAT, Nov 15: Security forces and militants fought ferocious battles in Shangla on Thursday as the army began advancing on Alpuri town to dislodge the fighters from their redoubts....
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APDM asks JI to stay away from protest
SWABI, Nov 15: The Awami National Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf which are in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Thursday asked Jamaat-i-Islami to stay away from their protest to be held here on Friday....
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Jirga to hold peace conferences from 21st
TIMERGARA, Nov 15: The Malakand peace jirga has decided to hold multi-party conferences in the region from Nov 21 to mobilise public opinion to mount pressure on the government to resolve the Swat crisis....
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Jemima starts ‘Free Pakistan Movement’
LONDON, Nov 15: Jemima Khan, former wife of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan, on Thursday launched what is styled as ‘Free Pakistan Movement’ (FPM) with the active support of journalists, students,...
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Washington march demands end to emergency
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: In a display of solidarity with the Pakistani lawyers, more than 700 American lawyers marched outside the US Supreme Court and Congress, condemning the Bush administration for supporting a military regime in Pakistan....
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Negroponte to demand withdrawal of emergency
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The US deputy secretary of state will tell Pakistani authorities when he arrives in Islamabad on Friday that the United States will not accept anything less than complete withdrawal of the emergency rule....
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Two soldiers killed in Waziristan explosions
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 15: Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in explosions in North Waziristan on Thursday while reports of a massive movement of troops were received from some areas....
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HRW calls for withdrawal of Army Act amendment
NEW YORK, Nov 15: The Pakistan government should immediately withdraw amendments to the Army Act which give wide-ranging powers to the military, including the power to arrest, detain and try any civilian, the Human Rights Watch said on Thursday....
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VIP security for ruling party leaders till polls
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The prime minister, all chief ministers and some federal ministers will get VIP security till the conclusion of general elections....
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No deadline for India: Iran
NEW DELHI, Nov 15: Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari denied on Thursday there was any deadline for India to sign a gas pipeline deal that includes Pakistan but he also expressed...
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Cyclone wreaks havoc in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Nov 15: A powerful cyclone packing extreme winds and torrential rain smashed into Bangladesh’s southwestern coast on Thursday, wiping out homes and trees in what officials described as the worst storm in years....
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What happened to PML manifesto
ALTHOUGH the Pakistan Muslim League government did a lot in various sectors during its five-year term, which was the longest enjoyed by any set-up during the past three decades, many of...
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Iran generally truthful on N-issue: IAEA
VIENNA, Nov 15: A report from the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Thursday found Iran to be generally truthful about key aspects of its nuclear history, but said that its knowledge of Tehran’s present atomic work was shrinking....
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