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| December 31, 2007 | Monday | Zilhaj 20, 1428 |
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Asif takes charge, wants polls on schedule : Fahim premier candidate
Naudero, Dec 30: The Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday resolved the potentially explosive succession issue by choosing two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s son Bilawal and allowing her husband Asif Ali Zardari to wield the real power as the teenager’s regent....
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Democracy the best revenge, says Bilawal
NAUDERO, Dec 30: Benazir Bhutto’s son Bilawal accepted the joint leadership of her party on Sunday along with his father Asif Ali Zardari and immediately vowed to fight for democracy as revenge for her assassination....
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Musharraf agrees to consider foreign help in murder probe
LONDON, Dec 30: President Pervez Musharraf agreed on Sunday to “consider” international help for a probe into the death of Benazir Bhutto in a conversation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Downing Street said....
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PML-N will take part in polls
LAHORE, Dec 30: The PML-N announced on Sunday that it would take part in the Jan 8 election in line with a decision taken by the PPP’s central executive committee at a crucial meeting in Larkana earlier in the day....
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PPP overcomes grief to shock foes
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday seemed to have shocked its political opponents by overcoming its grief so soon after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and deciding...
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No need for Musharraf to step down now: Hillary
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: Leading US presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday rejected the call for President Pervez Musharraf to step down, but said he should fulfil the promises he has made over the years....
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US asks Pakistan to go ahead with free polls
CRAWFORD, Dec 30: The Bush administration on Sunday urged Pakistan to move ahead with free elections but declined to push Islamabad to hold the scheduled Jan 8 ballot after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed last week....
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Fazl wants polls postponed
MANSEHRA, Dec, 30: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman has urged the government to postpone the elections and said that the polls if held on January 8 would plunge the country into a crisis....
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Endless homage, prayers for slain Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Quran Khawani, funeral prayers in absentia, memorial meetings and candle vigils in the twin cities and their adjacent towns on Sunday marked the third day of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s slaying outside a rally ground in Rawalpindi....
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20 die in Kurram clashes : Jirga holds talks
PARACHINAR, Dec 30: A sixteen-member jirga is holding talks with representatives of the warring factions in Kurram Agency in an effort to broker a ceasefire in the area....
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Grief persists but violence dies down : 200 rioters booked
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: Violent protests that had paralysed the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination died down on Sunday, but only after another senseless shooting....
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Tribesmen forced to travel via Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The people of Parachinar have to go to Peshawar via Kabul because of continued blockade of the main routes connecting the violence-hit Kurram Agency with other parts of the country....
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Wagha train service resumes today
LAHORE, Dec 30: Samjhota Express will run according to its schedule from Monday, while the Thar Express service between Khokrapar and Monabao will remain suspended....
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Oil supplies resume across country
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Oil supplies to almost all parts of the country resumed on Sunday after the armed forces provided security to oil tankers, but retail sales would remain affected for sometime, official and market sources said....
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WHO finds no evidence of sustained bird flu cases
RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: A team of the World Health Organisation (WHO), which travelled to Pakistan to participate with the national authorities in the ongoing investigations of several suspected cases of human...
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Rawalpindi doctor relives father’s fate
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: A grim twist of fate saw Doctor Mussadiq Khan struggling to save the life of a Pakistani leader struck down by an assassin, just as Khan’s father had done 56 years ago....
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Osama warns Iraqis not to fight Al Qaeda
DUBAI, Dec 30: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has warned Sunnis in Iraq not to take up arms against the network and promised the ‘liberation of Palestine,’ in a new online message....
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Israel blames extremism
JERUSALEM, Dec 30: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday condemned the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, branding it as an act of religious extremism....
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Journalist shot dead
PESHAWAR, Dec 30: A TV journalist was shot dead here on Sunday evening....
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French minister
CAIRO, Dec 30: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will head to Pakistan in the next 48 hours, the spokesman of French President Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters in Cairo on Sunday.—AFP...
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