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| December 19, 2007 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 8, 1428 |
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Strategic diesel stocks mostly consumed : Crisis forces purchase at higher rates
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Pakistan’s strategic diesel stocks meant for security requirements have mostly been consumed due to ‘stress situation’ in the general consumer market, prompting the authorities to make urgent purchases at extra costs.... 
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$785 million US aid approved
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: The US House of Representatives has passed a $785 million aid package for Pakistan for the fiscal 2008 despite its reservations over the state of emergency imposed on Nov 3....
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Excellent security in place for N-plants: president : Containment dome placement ceremony
CHASHMA (Mianwali), Dec 18: President Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that Pakistan was a respected nuclear state with excellent safety and security standards at all nuclear power plants....
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2 children killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 18: Two children were killed and six members of a family were severely injured in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants near Miramshah in North Waziristan on Monday night, sources said....
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Turkish troops enter Iraq in hunt for Kurds
ARBIL (Iraq), Dec 18: Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday in the first ground incursion against Kurdish rebels, overshadowing a visit to Iraq by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice....
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More than 2 million perform Haj
ARAFAT (Saudi Arabia), Dec 18: More than two million Muslims from across the globe gathered on Tuesday around Mount Arafat, near Makkah, for Haj....
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APDM to step up boycott campaign : Polls aim at prolonging Musharraf rule
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Tuesday described the Jan 8 elections as a sham exercise aimed at perpetuating the rule of President Pervez Musharraf, and appealed to the people to boycott them en mass....
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PPP vows to revive abandoned projects
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 18: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has announced that her party will re-initiate work on projects like Keti Bandar port, Thar coal and small dams which were abandoned by previous governments....
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Notices served on TV channel plea
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Supreme Court on Tuesday served notices on the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the federal government and the attorney-general on petitions against ban on Geo News television channel....
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Lawyers scuffle with police outside home of Justice Sharif
LAHORE, Dec 18: Lawyers scuffled with police and removed barricades in their bid to reach Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif’s residence in the DHA after the Punjab government declared it a sub-jail to prevent the judge from attending a reception at Aiwan-i-Adl....
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ELECTION DAIRY: Everything is fear in an election
LAHORE: Gujrat has everything that makes an election in rural Punjab – money, guns, police, thuggery, nazims, biradaris, and family influence. Add the name of Chaudhry Wajahat Husain to this combination...
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Candidate kidnapped
GHALLANAI, Dec 18: Armed men on Tuesday kidnapped a candidate for National Assembly’s NA-36 seat, Maulana Mohammad Sadiq....
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2 army captains among four missing
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Two captains and two soldiers went missing near Mattani area while they were coming to the provincial capital from Dera Ismail Khan on Monday night....
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Five die in accident
QUETTA, Dec 18: Five members of a family were killed and another suffered injuries when their car collided with a trawler on the Quetta-Kandhar highway on Tuesday....
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Rauf case: policemen remanded
RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: A local court remanded two policemen in police custody for six days here on Tuesday....
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Former judges call for neutral Election Commission
KARACHI, Dec 18: Former judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, who recently formed the ‘committee for the rule of law’, have called upon political parties to work for a neutral Election Commission....
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Plan to control livestock diseases
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The federal food ministry and the European Union (EU) have approved the annual work plan for the implementation of a joint Rs124 million project for strengthening livestock services....
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WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus....
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