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| November 24, 2007 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 13, 1428 |
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SC hands out clean chit to Musharraf : •Emergency, PCO validated •Deposed judges criticised
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Endorsing President General Musharraf’s reasons such as rise in terrorism and judicial activism for imposing the state of emergency and suspending fundamental rights, the post-PCO Supreme Court on... 
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Nawaz to land in Lahore tomorrow
LONDON / RIYADH, Nov 23: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will fly back home from Madina on Sunday, a spokesman for the PLM-N leader in the British capital said on Friday....
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Militants vacate Alpuri
MINGORA, Nov 23: Militants have vacated the Shangla district headquarters of Alpuri and taken positions on hills outside the town, bracing themselves for a major showdown....
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3 policemen shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA, Nov 23: Three policemen were killed and another suffered serious injuries in two attacks in the city on Friday evening....
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Brother says Balach to be buried in Afghanistan
QUETTA, Nov 23: Nawabzada Mir Gazeen Marri said on Friday that the body of his younger brother Mir Balach Marri was in the custody of his colleague and it would be temporally buried in Afghanistan....
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EC told to notify result
THE post-PCO Supreme Court on Friday certified the Oct 6 presidential election of General Pervez Musharraf for a second term, but said he should take the oath of the office only after quitting the post of the Chief of Army Staff....
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Blasts hit Balochistan towns
QUETTA, Nov 23: Power supply was suspended to Maiwand and other areas of Kohlu district on Friday after four pylons were blown up in the area....
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Eight hurt in explosion
KHAR, Nov 23: Eight people, including the head of a peace jirga and three Levies personnel, were injured in a bomb blast in the Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur Agency on Friday, officials said....
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Blasts hit UP courts; 14 killed
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: At least 14 people were killed and 60 injured in five blasts on Friday that appeared to target bustling law courts in the cities of Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh state, officials and witnesses said....
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$1bn to be raised for Wapda
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan plans to raise more than $1 billion from overseas investors next month to enable the cash-starved Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to fund some of the...
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British premier calls it martial law
LONDON, Nov 23: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has termed the Commonwealth’s decision to suspend the membership of Pakistan as “clear and necessary” and significantly termed the emergency rule in Pakistan as ‘Martial Law’....
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McKinnon defends suspension
KAMPALA, Nov 23: The Commonwealth defended its decision to suspend Pakistan on Friday as leaders from the 53-nation grouping opened a summit in Uganda and shifted the focus to climate change and other issues....
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C’wealth decision denounced
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan on Friday denounced as “unreasonable and unjustified” the Commonwealth’s decision to suspend its membership and warned that it would review its association with the 53-nation organisation....
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Arab ministers to attend US-sponsored peace conference
CAIRO, Nov 23: Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Friday agreed to attend a US-sponsored peace conference next week, giving a boost to Washington’s efforts to revive the Middle East peace process....
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APDM meeting today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The All Pakistan Democratic Movement is meeting here on Saturday to discuss its strategy for the coming elections, including whether to boycott them or to contest from a single platform....
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Soldier injured in blast
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 23: A soldier was injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded on the Razmak-Miramshah road near the Thal check-post on Friday....
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Pakistan may attend conference
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan will most probably participate in the US-sponsored Middle East Peace Conference in Annapolis, Maryland on Nov 27, according to diplomatic sources....
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Taliban behead 7 Afghan policemen
KANDAHAR, Nov 23: Taliban militants beheaded seven policemen after overrunning their checkpoints in southern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said. An Australian soldier and three civilians were also killed in a separate clash....
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Pakistani beheaded
RIYADH, Nov 23: Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword on Friday a Pakistani man found guilty of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said....
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150 rescued from sinking cruise ship
LONDON, Nov 23: More than 150 passengers and crew took to lifeboats in Antarctic waters on Friday after their cruise ship hit an object and began taking on water through a hole in the hull, Britain’s Coast Guard said....
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