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| November 22, 2007 | Thursday | Ziqa’ad 11, 1428 |
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Blanket indemnity for president: •Constitution amended by executive order •Post-Nov 3 actions immune from judicial review
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday amended the Constitution through an executive order which legal experts said was essentially aimed at providing “constitutional cover” to all actions taken... 
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‘Court order on deposed CJ has lost its efficacy’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Defending President Pervez Musharraf’s proclamation of the state of emergency, senior counsel Sharifuddin Pirzada argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the court’s short order restoring deposed...
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Balach Marri killed: Violence in Quetta, schools closed
QUETTA, Nov 21: Baloch leader Nawabzada Balach Marri was killed along with his bodyguards in a clash somewhere inside Afghanistan on Wednesday, triggering widespread violence in Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan....
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Clashes continue in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 21: Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery advanced a little further towards Alpuri, the headquarters of the Shangla district, on Wednesday....
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Opposition to boycott polls if PPP agrees: Qazi LAHORE, Nov 21: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will boycott the January 8 elections and launch a movement against Gen Pervez Musharraf if the Pakistan People’s Party takes a similar decision....
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Imran among 304 freed in Punjab
LAHORE, Nov 21: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and 303 other political activists and leaders were released by the Punjab government on Wednesday night. Official sources said all detainees belonging to...
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Deposed CJ not allowed to leave residence
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday gave the lie to the government’s claim that all the deposed judges were ‘free to move and go back to their hometowns’....
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Wajih urges lawyers to file nominations
RAWALPINDI, Nov 21: More than one lawyer should file their nomination papers in a constituency for the coming elections and the field should not be left vacant for political parties supporting the military dictator....
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Bush swears by Musharraf’s commitment to democracy
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: US President George W. Bush has strongly backed his counterpart Pervez Musharraf, calling him a man who has done more for democracy in his country than any modern leader has....
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‘N-sites vulnerable to militant attacks’
LONDON, Nov 21: The Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU), a British think-tank, has come up with a scary thesis that in the current political turbulence the chances of nuclear assets falling...
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Ships collide at port
KARACHI, Nov 21: A ship loaded with rice developed a fault in its steering system and collided with a vessel berthed at the Karachi Port on Wednesday....
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No one contacted me: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf during his visit to Saudi Arabia made no attempt to contact exiled PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister told Reuters on Wednesday....
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Clashes in Parachinar continue
PARACHINAR, Nov 21: Reports of clashes were received from several parts of the Kurram Agency on Wednesday....
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Taliban closing in on Kabul: report
LONDON, Nov 21: The conflict in Afghanistan has reached “crisis proportions”, with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday....
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Pakistan asks Commonwealth to defer suspension decision
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Pakistan has asked the 53-nation Commonwealth to defer a decision on its membership and immediately dispatch a delegation to review the situation here....
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Indian and British diplomats meet Fazl
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal secretary general Maulana Fazlur Rahman said on Wednesday that the international community could not remain unconcerned over the situation arising out of the imposition of emergency in Pakistan....
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‘Benazir resisting boycott’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that Benazir Bhutto was resisting his call for a boycott of the general election. In an interview with The Associated...
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Peaceful defiance
KARACHI: As a symbol of what they called ‘peaceful defiance’, protesting journalists of Karachi presented fresh roses to police personnel posted outside the press club on Wednesday, a day after protesting media personnel had been baton-charged at the same place....
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