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| December 14, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 3, 1428 |
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67pc want Musharraf to step down: survey: •57pc against emergency •Action against judges unpopular
NEW YORK, Dec 13: Majority of Pakistanis want to see President Pervez Musharraf step down, according to the first poll released since he declared a state of emergency last month....
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Constitutional package ready: AG
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A constitutional package to take the country back to the pre-emergency situation was ready with five presidential orders to be issued on Saturday, Attorney General Malik Mohammad Qayyum said here on Thursday....
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Suicide blasts rock Quetta; seven killed
QUETTA, Dec 13: Two young suicide bombers blew themselves up close to a military checkpoint in Quetta’s Cantonment area on Thursday, killing five soldiers and wounding 22 people, officials said....
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Rs2 hike in petrol price proposed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The petroleum ministry on Thursday projected oil import bill at $11 billion for the current year — up 40 per cent as compared to last year — and...
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Pre-Nov 3 judiciary was not independent, says Benazir
KARACHI, Dec 13: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that it was a wrong perception that the pre-Nov 3 judiciary was independent. Replying to a question during a...
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Nawaz says will look into PPP’s offer for seat adjustment
HARIPUR, Dec 13: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s offer for seat adjustment with his party will be considered after taking into account if it will benefit both the parties....
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President to head Command Authority
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday sanctioned the creation of the National Command Authority, authorising it to “ensure security and safety of nuclear establishments, nuclear materials” and to safeguard...
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Provincial autonomy on MQM’s priority list
KARACHI, Dec 13: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Thursday unveiled its election manifesto — “Empowerment for all” — and expressed the hope that people would support the party in the general...
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Polls in Swat on schedule, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The operation in Swat will end soon and elections will be held there on schedule, says Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz. Talking to media personnel at the Federal Investigation...
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BHC Bar asks govt to let Kurd withdraw papers
QUETTA, Dec 13: The Balochistan High Court Bar Association has asked the provincial home department and the Quetta district prison administration to produce detained Supreme Court advocate Ali Ahmed Kurd before...
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Emergency criticised by former ambassadors
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Twenty-three former ambassadors and foreign secretaries of Pakistan have denounced the imposition of state of emergency and suspension of the Constitution by President Pervez Musharraf and demanded immediate...
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World’s most dangerous state in the opinion of Clinton, Biden WASHINGTON, Dec 13: Two of the 12 candidates for the 2008 presidential campaign in the US consider Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world while nine say it is Iran and one considers China the most threatening nation....
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Court asks CIA to preserve evidence of torture
WASHINGTON, Dec 13: A Pakistani prisoner at Guantanamo Bay won a major legal battle when a US federal court in Washington directed the Bush administration to preserve any evidence that might show he was tortured by the CIA....
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EU leaders sign treaty to reform institutions
LISBON, Dec 13: European Union leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon on Thursday to reform the bloc’s institutions and give it stronger leadership, marking the end of a difficult process that has lasted nearly a decade....
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Security forces take control of Charbagh
MINGORA, Dec 13: Security forces took control of a police station and other government buildings in the Charbagh area on Thursday. Officials said houses of two militants and an explosive-laden vehicle were destroyed in the operation....
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Big upset in Attock as ex-minister quits Q
ATTOCK, Dec 13: The former minister of state and PML-Q candidate for NA-57 Attock-1, Malik Amin Aslam, has resigned from the party and returned his ticket in protest against the ‘hypocritical...
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Poll tribunal rejects pleas against three candidates
RAWALPINDI, Dec 13: An election tribunal here on Thursday rejected appeals against three candidates allowing them to contest the elections. Arshad Mehmood an independent candidate from NA-52 Rawalpindi-III was allowed to...
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Murree receives heavy snowfall
MURREE, Dec 13: Heavy snowfall continued to lash Murree throughout Thursday, causing long traffic jams and numerous road accidents. Children faced problems while coming and going to schools, as most schools remained opened even during the severe cold weather....
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