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| November 17, 2007 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 06, 1428 |
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Three SC judges want to quit bench: Petitions against emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Three judges on a 10-member Supreme Court bench hearing petitions against the imposition of emergency on Friday said they wanted to opt out of the bench.... 
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Soomro, 24-member cabinet sworn in
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro and his 24-member cabinet were sworn in by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday....
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PPP rejects caretaker government
LAHORE, Nov 16: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Friday rejected the caretaker government headed by Mohammedmian Soomro and said people who had been sworn in under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) had betrayed the people and the Constitution....
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Negroponte calls Benazir
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has telephoned PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto to convey the message that the United States wants to continue its contacts with Pakistani opposition leaders, according to the State Department....
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News channels of Geo, ARY shut down
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Geo television network said on Friday that it had been ordered to shut down its news channel. The channel beams its signals from Dubai....
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10 killed in Parachinar clashes
PARACHINAR, Nov 16: At least 10 people were killed and over 30 injured in fierce clashes between two groups in Parachinar, headquarters of the Kurram Agency, on Friday....
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12-hour curfew clamped on Swat
MINGORA, Nov 16: A curfew has been clamped on Swat and Malakand areas as security forces, backed by helicopter gunships and artillery, pounded different areas and advanced towards Alpuri, the district...
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Army convoy attacked; two injured
MANSEHRA, Nov 16: Two soldiers were critically injured when an army convoy going to Shangla was attacked in the Kass bridge area, 3km north of Battagram, on Friday....
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Nawaz urges Benazir to ‘clarify’ position
LAHORE, Nov 16: The Pakistan Muslim League of Mian Nawaz Sharif proposed on Friday that PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto should delay the all-party conference she plans to hold on Nov 21...
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TNSM chief shifted to Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The jailed chief of the defunct Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), Maulana Sufi Mohammad, was shifted to Peshawar from the Dera Ismail Khan prison on Friday and admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex....
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Fears in Washington polls could be ‘very flawed’
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: The US administration fears that Pakistan is heading towards a “very, very flawed” election, which could bring chaos and instability to the country....
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Benazir files appeal in Swiss probe
GENEVA, Nov 16: Geneva lawyers for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Friday they had lodged an appeal in a Swiss inquiry into alleged money laundering by Ms Bhutto and her husband....
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14 arrested as JUI-F holds rallies against emergency
QUETTA, Nov 16: Fourteen people were arrested after activists of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) held demonstrations in Quetta and other districts of Balochistan on Friday against the imposition of emergency....
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Soomro seeks help to hold fair polls
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro on Friday sought opposition’s cooperation for holding free, fair and transparent general elections. Talking to reporters after taking oath as the caretaker prime...
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Detention orders withdrawn
LAHORE, Nov 16: The Punjab government on Friday withdrew detention orders for Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and secretary-general Munawwar Hasan and 41 women leaders of the PPP, including six MPAs and three former MNAs....
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Left allows India to hold talks with IAEA
NEW DELHI, Nov 16: India said on Friday it would soon begin crucial talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to push the civil nuclear agreement with the United States....
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UN warns of new ‘Golden Triangles’
BRUSSELS, Nov 16: The UN’s anti-narcotics chief on Friday warned that Afghanistan’s burgeoning opium production was leading to the emergence of two new “Golden Triangles” of lawlessness on the country’s borders with Pakistan, Iran and Turkmenistan....
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Indian editors back Pakistani journalists
NEW DELHI, Nov 16: Expressing solidarity with journalists in Pakistan, the Editors’ Guild of India on Friday said it supported the mediamen’s demand to withdraw tough laws that hampered the functioning of the media in that country....
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Accord signed in Kabul for import of electricity KABUL, Nov 16: Central Asian states Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will export electricity through Afghanistan to Pakistan through a cable network due to be completed by 2012, according to an agreement signed by the four states on Friday....
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Opposition rejects caretaker govt
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Opposition parties on Friday rejected the caretaker government, headed by Mohammedmian Soomro, terming it an extension of the previous government and said it was impossible to hold free and fair elections in a repressive atmosphere....
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