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| December 08, 2007 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 27, 1428 |
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Iftikhar ‘declines Haj invitation’: Saudi ambassador meets deposed CJ
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Al-Asseri met deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry at his heavily-guarded official residence here on Friday. Justice Iftikhar has been under house arrest since the imposition of emergency on Nov 3.... 
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Two pacts ripe for Singh visit
NEW DEHLI, Dec 7: Of the slew of issues to be sorted out between India and Pakistan, their disputes over the Siachen Glacier and the Sir Creek maritime boundary look ready...
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Constitution with amendments to be restored on 15th: AG
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Emergency will be lifted, the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) will be repealed and the Constitution – with the amendments introduced by Gen Musharraf after proclamation of emergency on...
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MQM lashes out at US policies
KARACHI, Dec 7: In what appeared to be an attempt to dispel a perception that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is a pro-American party, its chief Altaf Hussain on Friday lashed out...
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Aid cut to harm terror war: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: The Bush administration has informed Congress that not maintaining current levels of US military and financial assistance to Pakistan will harm the war on terror....
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Wajih held in Gujrat, sent to Karachi
GUJRAT, Dec 7: Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed was arrested in Gujrat and expelled from Punjab on Friday. He was later sent to Karachi. Some lawyers trying to stop police from arresting Justice Wajih were injured....
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Locals force militants to leave Matta town checkpost: Reward offered for information
MINGORA, Dec 7: Local people forced militants to leave a checkpoint in Matta town late on Thursday night. It is learnt that having come to know from announcements made on...
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EC urges Sharifs to approach tribunal
LAHORE, Dec 7: PML (N) leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif on Friday called upon Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq to revoke the rejection of their nomination papers for the Jan 8 polls....
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301 papers filed in Swat, Fata for six NA, nine PA seats
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Over 300 nomination papers have been filed in the troubled areas of Swat and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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Passengers kidnapped, driver shot dead
PARACHINAR, Dec 7: Tension mounted in Kurram Agency after armed men attacked a coach in Sadda bazaar on Friday, killing its driver. They also kidnapped several men and women....
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Policeman, assailant killed in Charsadda
CHARSADDA, Dec 7: A policeman and a militant were killed and three policemen were injured when a checkpost came under attack near here on Friday night....
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Deported from Pakistan, activist detained in Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: Just hours after they arrived home after being deported from Pakistan, one of the two American human rights activists was arrested in Washington for protesting during a congressional hearing....
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PPP files over 1,000 complaints with EC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has already submitted some 1,050 complaints to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding alleged rigging and violation of election code by the...
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Interrogation tapes destroyed by CIA
NEW YORK, Dec 7: The CIA destroyed in 2005 at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody in the midst of Congressional and...
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Man dies in Dera Bugti encounter
QUETTA, Dec 7: One suspected militant was killed in a heavy exchange of fire between security forces and armed men in the Pat Feeder area of Dera Bugti on Friday....
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Cantt plots exempted from property tax
RAWALPINDI, Dec 7: Five-marla houses and apartments with a covered area of 120 square yards in 43 cantonments across the country have been exempted from property tax....
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Salary, pension on 19th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: All government employees and pensioners would get their salaries and pensions for the current month on December 19 because of Eid-ul-Azha and Christmas, an official notification said....
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Seoul battles massive oil spill
SEOUL, Dec 7: A tanker spilled more than 10,000 tons of crude oil into the Yellow Sea after it was holed by a barge on Friday in what officials said was South Korea’s worst ever oil spill....
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