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| December 10, 2007 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 29, 1428 |
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Sharifs quit boycott camp : APDM parties free to take their own decisions; Qazi Hussain, Imran and Achakzai refuse to change stand
LAHORE, Dec 9: A crucial meeting of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) failed on Sunday to evolve a consensus on the election boycott issue and allowed heads of components parties to take whatever decision they deemed suitable for their parties....
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Parties given poll symbols as boycott threat abates
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The process for the January 8 general elections moved further on Sunday as political parties got their favourite symbols and a threat by some of the main players...
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External factors may have played role in PML(N) decision
THE inevitable has happened. The All Parties Democratic Alliance has decided to ‘allow’ its components to take part in the polls....
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Suicide bombing in Swat; 2 children among 10 killed
MINGORA, Dec 9: A suicide bomber exploded a vehicle near a highly-guarded checkpoint, killing 10 people, two of them children and three policemen, in Ningwalai on Sunday....
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21 ‘members’ of banned group arrested
QUETTA, Dec 9: Security forces have arrested 21 suspected members of the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army during search operations in Kohlu and some areas of Dera Bugti....
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Dogar to stay as CJ, asserts Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Dec 9: President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday categorically rejected the possibility of reinstating deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and other judges of the superior courts, saying there was no room...
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‘Groundwork for lifting emergency in final stages’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A. Memon said on Sunday that the groundwork for lifting emergency as per the announcement made by President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf was in final stages....
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Education sector badly affected by corruption, says ADB
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan’s education sector is marred by corruption, strong gender and regional inequalities and insufficient budget allocations, leading to social imbalances and poor delivery of services in the public sector, according to the Asian Development Bank....
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Pakistani detainee claims he was tortured by CIA
NEW YORK, Dec 9: As a furore over the secret CIA torture tapes destroyed by the agency becomes more pronounced, a Pakistani detainee has claimed that he was subjected to “state-sanctioned torture,” the New York Times said on Sunday....
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Polling schemes not finalised in over 50pc constituencies
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Polling and security arrangements are yet to be finalised in more than half the constituencies with the election day less than a month away, says a survey report....
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3 SC judges appointed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: President Pervez Musharraf has appointed three more judges to the Supreme Court....
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Diplomats urged to avoid media comments
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan has asked foreign diplomats stationed here not to publicly comment on the domestic political situation, officials said on Sunday....
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Two missiles land near PAF base runway
PESHAWAR, Dec 9: Two missiles fired early on Sunday landed near the runway of the PAF base here, one in the Tehkal area and the other close to the PAF Degree College....
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Bomb blast damages girls’ school
PESHAWAR, Dec 9: Militants set off a bomb, damaging a girls’ school in a village near here on Saturday night....
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Alleged outlaw publicly executed in Bara
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 9: Activists of Lashkar-i-Islam on Sunday publicly executed an alleged outlaw in Bara....
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Taliban leaders arrested in assault on Afghan town\
KABUL, Dec 9: Afghan and Nato-led forces have captured two senior Taliban commanders during their offensive to retake the insurgents’ most important stronghold in Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday....
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Milliband calls Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: British Foreign Secretary David Milliband called former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Sunday....
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Population, housing census planned next year
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Census Commissioner Mohammad Saeed has said that the next population and housing census will be held in 2008, 10 years after the 1998 census....
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