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| November 19, 2007 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 08, 1428 |
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Emergency must end for free polls: US envoy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Sunday called upon the government to end emergency rule and create an environment for credible elections.... 
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Musharraf: country more important than democracy
QUETTA, Nov 18: President Pervez Musharraf reiterated his stance on Sunday that the country was more important than the Constitution and democracy and that he was doing the important job of saving the country....
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Helicopters strafe militants’ bases in Swat, Shangla
MINGORA, Nov 18: Artillery and helicopter gunships pounded positions of militants in Swat and Shangla districts on Sunday amid reports of civilian casualties in Shakardara and Thotano Banda areas....
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80 killed in three days of clashes
PARACHINAR, Nov 18: Security forces used Cobra helicopters on Sunday in a bid to end sectarian clashes which have left 80 people dead and scores other injured in Parachinar in three days....
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Saleh Bhootani caretaker CM of Balochistan
LAHORE, Nov 18: Caretaker chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan will take oath of offices on Monday after the three provincial assemblies were dissolved on Sunday night on completion of their five-year term....
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Benazir ‘waiting for’ Musharraf response
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto appears to have softened her attitude towards President Pervez Musharraf following a visit by a top US envoy to Islamabad, which aimed at promoting reconciliation between her and the general....
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Severe water shortage for Rabi feared
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Water shortage during the current Rabi season is feared to be ‘unusual’ and much higher than estimated by the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) at 22 per cent last month, it is learnt....
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Pentagon stresses accountability of US aid to Pakistan
NEW YORK, Nov 18: Frustrated by lack of accountability of massive US aid to Pakistan, Pentagon is moving to overhaul the system which will tie the payments to Islamabad’s success in combating Islamic militants, the Los Angeles Times said on Sunday....
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$100m spent on secret programme to secure N-weapons
NEW YORK, Nov 18: Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified programme to help Pakistan secure its nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported on Sunday....
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Opec pledges adequate supplies
RIYADH, Nov 18: Opec pledged to provide “adequate, timely and sufficient” oil supplies to the market and voiced concern about global climate change....
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‘100 Taliban killed, hurt’
KANDAHAR, Nov 18: Combined Afghan, Canadian and other troops backed by gunship helicopters killed or wounded about 100 Taliban in raids on a stronghold in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday....
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Local govts’ funds may be frozen
LAHORE, Nov 18: The government is considering a proposal to suspend local governments or to freeze their funds to ensure free and fair elections, yielding to pressures from the opposition and certain other quarters, Dawn learnt on Sunday....
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Benazir may have to face cases: Qayyum
LONDON, Nov 18: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto could soon be facing the same corruption charges that have forced her into exile for more than eight years, according to a report published in The Sunday Times....
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PPP, PML-N to boycott ECP meeting today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the two major opposition parties of the country, have decided to boycott a meeting convened by the Election Commission of...
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Jemima and Hina lead London protest
LONDON, Nov 18: About 500 protesters led by Jemima Khan of the Free Pakistan Movement, Hina Jilani of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and George Galloway, the rebel Labour MP, held...
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Four security men injured in firing
QUETTA, Nov 18: Four security personnel were injured, two of them seriously, when militants attacked a convoy of security forces between Sui and Dera Bugti on Sunday evening....
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Memon promises level-playing field to all parties in polls
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Caretaker Minister for Information Nisar Memon on Sunday said the interim government would provide level- playing fields to all political parties taking part in the forthcoming general elections....
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Jirga warns action against militants
BANNU, Nov 18: The Bakakhel Wazir and Gurbaz tribes of the Bannu Frontier Region on Sunday decided to take action against militants attacking security forces in the area....
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