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| December 21, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 10, 1428 |
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Main parties get CDs of ‘error-free’ rolls : 3.7m duplicate entries deleted: EC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Election Commission handed over on Thursday electronic copies of computerised electoral rolls to three major political parties.... 
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Sabotage unlikely in train crash
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 20: The Pakistan Railways said on Thursday that while investigation was still under way, sabotage did not appear to be the cause of derailment of the Karachi Express...
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Aitzaz sets deadline for parliament
LAHORE, Dec 20: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said that bar associations will give the new parliament the end of January deadline to restore the superior judiciary....
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Nawaz extols virtues of boycott that didn’t happen
LAHORE, Dec 20: For once Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif wishes that he could come up to President Pervez Musharraf’s expectations....
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Stress on autonomy in PPP-S manifesto
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) on Thursday unveiled its election manifesto, which lays stress on provincial autonomy and cordial relations with Afghanistan....
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NWFP: MMA in the dock
GULAB Khan was cursing the rickshaw-wallas as he struggled to squeeze his cab through a chaotic traffic jam on Peshawar City’s main highway. “Where have all the traffic police disappeared?” he...
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Election diary : The city that awaits its giants
MULTAN appeared to be oblivious to the fact that an election was just round the corner until Dec 17 when Mian Nawaz Sharif led a big rally in the city to start electioneering in earnest....
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Benazir vows to stop Balochistan operation
QUETTA, Dec 20: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that the situation in Balochistan has deteriorated because of use of force, instead of efforts to resolve the issue through negotiations, thereby forcing the youth to take up arms....
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LPG retailers charging Rs65
KARACHI, Dec 20: Retailers charged on Thursday Rs65 a kg for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compared to Rs62 on Wednesday and Rs56-58 on Monday....
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PHC chief justice takes fresh oath
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Peshawar High Court’s Chief Justice Tallat Qayyum Qureshi on Thursday took a fresh oath under the 1973 Constitution....
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Two FC men killed in Nushki
QUETTA, Dec 20: Two Frontier Corps personnel were killed in an attack in Nushki on Thursday....
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Candidate’s father shot dead
KHAR, Dec 20: A pro-government tribal elder was killed near Khar on Wednesday....
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Fata aid package conditional, says US
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The United States has called upon the government of Pakistan to complete capacity-building of the Fata secretariat and Fata Development Authority by May 2008 to qualify for financial...
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Bomb plotter’s appeal rejected
SYDNEY, Dec 20: A Pakistan-born architect convicted of plotting a “jihad” bombing campaign in Australia had his appeal dismissed on Thursday....
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Kurd released
QUETTA, Dec 20: The Balochistan government on Thursday released prominent lawyer and the former vice chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council, Ali Ahmed Kurd, for three days....
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Polls overshadow Eid festivities
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The ongoing electioneering activities have overshadowed the Eidul Azha festivities. People in the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad seem to have forgotten the great festival of sacrifice and instead...
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Eid travellers stranded after train accident
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: A large number of Eid travellers from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad faced hardships during the last two days due to derailment of Karachi Express near Naushero Feroze that claimed 50 lives....
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LEAs accused of supporting Q candidates
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Candidates of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from Balochistan on Wednesday accused the law enforcement agencies of harassing, intimidating and torturing political opponents to get the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid...
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