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| November 26, 2007 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 15, 1428 |
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Sharifs finally home : • Jubilant welcome in Lahore • Nawaz vows to struggle for democracy • Demand for restoration of pre-November judiciary
LAHORE, Nov 25: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to the country on Sunday to a tumultuous welcome and vowed to “continue his fight against dictatorship”....
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Troops in Swat claim killing 30 militants
MINGORA, Nov 25: Security forces claimed on Sunday that they had killed 30 militants and captured two strategic mountain positions of militants and key routes to Imam Dehri....
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Opposition’s decision to boycott polls not final yet: Benazir
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Sunday that if all political parties decided to boycott the upcoming general elections the PPP would deliberate on the issue and take a suitable decision....
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PML-N poll decision on 28th
LAHORE, Nov 25: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif will preside over a meeting of his party’s central working committee in a few days to finalise the party’s election policy....
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Musharraf to hang up uniform on 29th: AG
LAHORE, Nov 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will hang up his uniform and take oath as president on Nov 29, a television channel quoted Attorney-General Malik Qayyum as saying on Sunday....
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Two Pindi blast suspects arrested
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Security agencies investigating Saturday’s suicide bombings raided a house in the city’s Banni area on Saturday night and arrested two people suspected to be linked to an outlawed religious group....
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Govt to set up Rs29bn rolling fund to help oil companies
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The government is considering establishing a Rs29-billion rolling fund through a consortium of banks to solve the cash flow problems of oil companies in order to keep them...
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Militants in Waziristan set foodgrain on fire
WANA, Nov 25: Local Taliban militants seized and burned thousands of kilogrammes of food destined for pregnant women in a tribal area of Pakistan, officials said on Sunday....
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Musharraf didn’t honour his word: Commonwealth
KAMPALA, Nov 25: Commonwealth leaders on Sunday expressed their disappointment that Pakistan’s military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf had not honoured a commitment he made to them two years ago to give up his role as chief of the army....
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Munir Malik still in ‘critical’ condition
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Munir A. Malik, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, underwent two sessions of dialysis within 20 hours at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences amid fears that he was still in a critical condition....
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Four killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 25: Four people were killed and six others injured when security forces bombed a village after coming under rocket attack from Taliban militants in the Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan on Saturday night....
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Afghan air strikes kill 80: officials
KHOST, Nov 25: Around 80 Taliban were killed in a series of air raids by international military forces near eastern Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, officials said on Sunday....
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Woman killed in blast
QUETTA, Nov 25: A woman was killed and seven members of her family, including four children, were injured when a rocket exploded in their house on the Tareen Road on Sunday evening....
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Foreign secretary to attend conference
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan will be representing Pakistan at the US-hosted Middle East Peace Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday that will focus on resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
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Syria to attend Mideast conference in US
DAMASCUS, Nov 25: Syria finally confirmed on Sunday it will take part in the US-hosted Middle East peace conference alongside Israel, after assurances that the thorny issue of the Golan Heights will be on the agenda....
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Strong quake hits Indonesia
JAKARTA, Nov 25: A strong earthquake of 6.7-magnitude struck off Sumbawa island in southeastern Indonesia early on Monday, injuring at least 17 people and prompting a tsunami warning that was later lifted, officials said....
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Nomination papers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan has directed returning officers (ROs) to accept nomination papers until midnight on Monday....
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Gas project details
TEHRAN, Nov 25: Technical details of the gas pipeline to be laid between Iran, Pakistan and India are being finalised without India’s participation....
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