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| December 06, 2007 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 25, 1428 |
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Judges issue delays ‘charter of demands’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The joint committee formed by former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif failed on Wednesday after its second meeting to reach consensus on a charter of demands.... 
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Poll on schedule, says Musharraf
QUETTA, Dec 5: President Pervez Musharraf has said he is confident the election process will be completed smoothly and Pakistan will emerge stronger after the polls....
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Fazl eyes seats of allies boycotting polls
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said that his party will field candidates on where parties in the MMA boycotting the elections will not contest....
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Aitzaz wants candidates’ oath to defend judiciary
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has asked lawyers who are waging a struggle for restoration of the pre-emergency judiciary to campaign for binding the candidates,...
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Transfer of funds to provinces behind schedule : Share in divisible pool
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The centre has transferred about Rs91 billion to the four provinces as their share in the federal revenue in the first quarter (July-Sept) of the current financial year,...
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Troops plan to secure tourist resorts
MINGORA, Dec 5: Security forces have advanced further into areas of Swat vacated by militants and secured their stronghold of Khwazakhela, 27kms from here....
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Intervention unacceptable, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Pakistan on Wednesday declared that it would not allow any direct foreign military intervention inside its territory in the context of war on terror and dispelled the notion...
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APHC calls for early resolution of Kashmir issue
NEW DELHI, Dec 5: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has demanded that the Kashmir issue should be resolved at the earliest to ensure peace and stability in the region....
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Battle for US aid goes to the Hill
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: Pro and anti-government forces clashed on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, a day before a crucial US Senate hearing to consider whether America’s pro-democracy laws should be applied to curtail US aid to Pakistan....
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UK shuts doors on non-EU workers
LONDON, Dec 5: The United Kingdom has shut its doors for the ‘foreseeable future’ on unskilled workers from Pakistan and other non-EU countries, a point based system for migrants announced here on Wednesday by the Home Office revealed....
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Manifesto of PML likely next week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Pakistan Muslim League is likely to unveil its election manifesto early next week, laying stress on ‘successes’ in various sectors during five years of its rule....
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Villagers debunk claims about poverty reduction
NEW YORK, Dec 5: Villagers in Punjab have criticised President Pervez Musharraf’s government in interviews with the international news media, saying that prices of essential food items soared during his tenure....
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Polls will be free, fair: EC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Election Commission on Wednesday rejected allegations from leading opposition parties that the Jan 8 polls would be rigged, insisting that the vote would be free and fair....
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16 killed in Kabul suicide blast
KABUL, Dec 5: A suicide attacker slammed a bomb-filled car into an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people in the second such blast in two days during a visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates....
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Peace activists from US deported
LAHORE, Dec 5: Two American peace activists, who had been detained by police on Tuesday night, were deported to Washington on Wednesday evening....
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Govt asked to clarify position on cases against Sharifs
RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: An accountability court on Wednesday put off till Jan 12 hearing of corruption cases against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and seven members of his family and asked...
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ARD-APDM demands unrealistic: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Wednesday that the ARD and APDM were making unrealistic demands and the charter being prepared by them would meet the same fate as the charter of democracy....
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Tribunal accepts appeals of candidates
QUETTA, Dec 5: The Balochistan Election Tribunal on Wednesday accepted the appeals of nine candidates who had challenged the rejection of their nomination papers by returning officers....
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