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| November 30, 2007 | Friday | Ziqa’ad 19, 1428 |
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Emergency to end on 16th, says president
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promised to lift the state of emergency and withdraw the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) on Dec 16....
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Boycott ball now in BB’s court : Decision to stay away unanimous, says Nawaz
LAHORE, Nov 29: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) drew a pungent line between the pro- and anti-polls forces in the country on Thursday when it announced a boycott of the general election scheduled to be held on Jan 8....
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20 militants held in Swat; 12 villagers die in attack
MINGORA, Nov 29: At least 12 people were killed when helicopter gunships pounded the Allahabad area on Thursday and officials claimed to have arrested 20 militants, including a brother of Maulana Fazlullah....
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More measures need to be taken for democratic rule: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to set a date for lifting the emergency rule was a positive and significant step but more needed to be done, the US State Department said on Thursday....
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US to target Al Qaeda hideouts inside Pakistan, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Nov 29: US President George W. Bush has said that he will still send American troops into Pakistan if he gets actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders are hiding somewhere in the country....
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Musharraf tells West ‘we’ll do it our way’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Retired General Pervez Musharraf was sworn in as a civilian president on Thursday, a day after he ceded the powerful post of the Chief of the Army Staff to Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani....
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Five soldiers, major killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 29: Five soldiers and a major were killed and four others were wounded when a bomb planted on a road exploded in the volatile North Waziristan Agency on Thursday....
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10 Lahore lawyers injured in clash with police : Black day observed across country
LAHORE, Nov 29: At least 10 lawyers were injured in a clash with police at Aiwan-i-Adl here on Thursday during a protest against General (retd) Musharraf taking oath as president....
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PPP reserves right to pull out: Benazir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that her party had decided to take part in elections but reserved the right to pull out later....
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ADB report outlines Pakistan’s water woes
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan has reached the water scarcity threshold of 1,000 cubic metres per person a year and has been ranked among the worst performers in Asia in terms of...
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Two killed in firing by ANF personnel
QUETTA, Nov 29: Two persons were killed and one was injured when Anti-Narcotics Force personnel fired on a suspected pick-up in Panjgur....
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Tribute to courage of ‘uncle’ judges
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The daughter of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has written an open letter to all judges who refused to take the oath under the Provisional Constitution Order,...
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New VVIP jet acquired
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: A new executive jet has been acquired for use by President Pervez Musharraf, raising the number of aircraft in the VVIP fleet to 14....
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US may tap emergency oil stockpiles after pipeline fire
WASHINGTON, Nov 29: The US government said on Thursday it was prepared to tap emergency crude-oil stockpiles to mitigate the effects of a pipeline disruption in the mid-western United States....
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Lawyers observe Black Day
RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: Lawyers of Rawalpindi, Attock and Taxila observed Thursday as Black Day to protest the oath-taking of Gen (retired) Pervez Musharraf as civilian president....
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Munir Malik admitted to SIUT
KARACHI, Nov 29: Munir A. Malik, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, was flown to the city from Islamabad on Thursday and admitted to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)....
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Some suo motu cases should be pursued: AG
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Attorney General Malik Mohammad Qayyum on Thursday said that some of the cases initiated (suo motu) by deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry deserved to be pursued by the post-PCO Supreme Court....
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Two die as gun salute goes wrong
JODHPUR: Two people died when a cannon exploded during a ceremonial one-gun salute for a minister in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, police said on Thursday....
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