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| November 20, 2007 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 09, 1428 |
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Musharraf gets SC reprieve on re-election: All but one pleas dismissed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed all petitions — except one which does not appear to be of much significance — which had been filed before the proclamation... 
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Army moves for tough action in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 19: Security forces on Monday directed that two villages in the Kabal sub-division of the troubled Swat District be vacated, while two other villages in the area came under intense shelling in the evening....
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Nawaz scorns talks offer
LAHORE, Nov 19: Exiled PML (N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif has ruled out any possibility of his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf who is going to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday amid...
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Benazir in ‘no hurry’ to resume dialogue
KARACHI, Nov 19: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto is in no hurry to resume the US-backed power-sharing talks with Gen Pervez Musharraf because the crisis has deepened since the imposition of emergency....
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APDM protest on 23rd
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Monday announced a countrywide protest on Nov 23 against the imposition of the state of emergency....
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Poll code approved by EC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Election Commission on Monday approved the code of conduct for elections expected to be held on Jan 8, after making some amendments in its draft....
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Nov 3 letter of Shaukat Aziz didn’t seek emergency: counsel
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A counsel on Monday claimed before the Supreme Court that reasons General Pervez Musharraf had cited for proclaiming the state of emergency in the country on Nov 3...
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Imran on hunger strike in prison
DERA GHAZI KHAN/ LAHORE, Nov 19: Detained Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan is on a hunger strike to press his demand for restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary....
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28 die before jirga brokers truce in Kurram Agency
PARACHINAR, Nov 19: Twenty-eight people were killed and 27 others injured on the fourth day of sectarian clashes in Kurram Agency before a jirga brokered a ceasefire in Parachinar city on Monday....
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Caretaker CM, 17 ministers take oath in Lahore
LAHORE, Nov 19: Justice (retd) Sheikh Ijaz Nisar was sworn in as caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab here on Monday. Governor Khalid Maqbool administered the oath....
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Detainees to be freed in Sindh
KARACHI, Nov 19: Sindh caretaker chief minister Justice (retd) Abdul Quadir Halepota on Monday ordered immediate release of all lawyers and political workers. According to an official handout, he said that...
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Bhootani orders leaders’ release
QUETTA, Nov 19: Balochistan caretaker Chief Minister Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani on Monday ordered release of all political leaders, lawyers and members of civil society arrested in the province after the imposition of emergency....
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Three truck drivers beheaded
KOHAT, Nov 19: In what appears to be a revenge action for sectarian killings in Parachinar, the Taliban beheaded three truck drivers near Darra Adamkhel on Monday....
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Tehsildar, 8 Levies men kidnapped
KHAR, Nov 19: A tehsildar and eight Levies personnel were kidnapped in Bajaur Agency on Monday. Officials said political tehsildar Sheryar Khan, a Levies subedar and three other personnel of the...
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Bush urges immediate end to emergency
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The White House said on Monday that President George W. Bush would like to see the emergency rule in Pakistan lifted immediately. The White House also said that...
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European Parliament resolution criticised
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan on Monday took serious note of the European Parliament’s latest resolution on the prevailing situation in the country. Reacting to the contents of the resolution, Foreign Office...
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Pentagon plans to train FC
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The Pentagon has a plan to train and expand the Frontier Corps in the tribal areas to counter the growing strength of Al Qaeda and Taliban forces, spokesmen said on Monday....
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Musharraf goes to S. Arabia today
RIYADH, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah, the official SPA news agency reported on Monday....
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