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| November 18, 2007 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 07, 1428 |
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Emergency to stay, US told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf told US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Saturday that emergency rule was needed for a peaceful conduct of elections, refusing to set a date for lifting it.... 
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No illegal step taken before Nov 3: president
LONDON, Nov 17: President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he had never done anything “unconstitutional” except for imposing emergency rule on Nov 3....
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Military operation imminent, says general
RAWALPINDI, Nov 17: The army will launch a major operation “any time from now” to clear militants loyal to a pro-Taliban cleric from a scenic northwestern valley, a general said on Saturday....
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US unwilling to sign FTA, says official
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The United States does not seem to be willing to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan and has set harsh conditions to conclude the much-awaited Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), said a senior government official....
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SC to resume hearing of poll pleas tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: After a 16-day lapse, a new Supreme Court bench comprising 10 judges will resume on Monday the hearing of petitions filed against the acceptance of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s candidature for the presidential election by the Election Commission....
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Blast kills slain reporter’s widow
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 17: The widow of slain tribal journalist Hayatullah Khan Dawar was killed when a bomb exploded in her house in North Waziristan’s Hurmaz village on Saturday night, family sources said....
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Mushahid calls for end to emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: A senior official in the party that backs President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that emergency rule should be lifted before a general election due in early January....
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Dubai reviewing decision on channels
DUBAI, Nov 17: Media authorities in Dubai said on Saturday they were considering whether to allow two leading private Pakistani news channels to resume broadcasting after shutting them down the day before....
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Democracy needed to check extremists: PPP
KARACHI, Nov 17: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Saturday that if democracy was not restored, the country would face an even greater threat from extremists....
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Caretaker cabinet rejects pressure over emergency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The caretaker federal cabinet on Saturday justified the state of emergency as a step towards full democracy while the country fights extremism and militancy....
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Actor Shafi Mohammad passes away
KARACHI, Nov 17: Veteran television actor Shafi Mohammad Shah died peacefully in his sleep at his Clifton home on Saturday evening. He was 58....
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Bodies of 3 soldiers brought to Kohat
KOHAT, Nov 17: Bodies of three soldiers killed in crossfire in the Kurram Agency clashes were brought to the Combined Military Hospital here on Saturday....
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PPP workers arrested in Pindi, Gujar Khan
RAWALPINDI, Nov 17: Several women and elderly people were injured after police baton-charged protest rallies of Pakistan People’s Party held in Rawalpindi and Gujar Khan. About two dozen leaders and workers were arrested....
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Meeting between Negroponte, lawyers urged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Athar Minallah, a lawyer who was on the forefront in the struggle for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Saturday requested the American Embassy to...
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Poll date on 21st
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Election Commission of Pakistan would announce the date for general elections on November 21, after the country’s provincial assemblies were dissolved, an official said on Saturday....
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Cyclone leaves thousands dead in Bangladesh
BARGUNA, Nov 17: Thousands of people are believed dead and millions are homeless and destitute after the worst cyclone in years tore through impoverished Bangladesh, officials said on Saturday....
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Iran team due next week: envoy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Masha’Allah Shakeri said on Saturday that Iran and Pakistan were close to finalising a deal for a gas pipeline project....
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UAE admits stopping Geo, ARY broadcast
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The UAE government admitted on Saturday that it had stopped the broadcast of Geo and ARY television networks from Dubai in line with the “broad principles of the...
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