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| January 01, 2008 | Tuesday | Zilhaj 21, 1428 |
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Poll delay for weeks likely
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The elections scheduled for January 8 are most likely to be put off for weeks because, official sources said, holding polls in various constituencies would not be possible...
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Delay not acceptable: Zardari
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: PPP’s co-chairman Asif Zardari said on Monday that opposition parties would not accept any delay in the elections....
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KSE suffers biggest one-day plunge; rupee falls
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Karachi stock market crashed on Monday by 696 points (4.71 per cent) recording the biggest one-day fall in the bourse’s history....
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Police team begins carnage probe
RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: A four-member police team started investigation into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Monday....
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Punjab govt offers Rs5m reward
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Punjab government on Monday announced a reward of Rs5 million for a person providing information about the identity of the culprits who killed PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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Election must not be put off: Nawaz
LAHORE, Dec 31: Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif formally announced on Monday that his party had decided to contest the Jan 8 polls ‘on the insistence of the PPP’....
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US opposes indefinite postponement
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: The United States on Monday urged Pakistan to hold national elections on Jan 8 if possible, warning that an indefinite Delay will further complicate the situation....
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‘Benazir distanced herself from deal’
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: Before her death, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had distanced herself from a US-brokered power-sharing deal between her and President Pervez Musharraf, The Washington Post reported on Monday....
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It’s EC job to decide about polls, says Soomro: Railways suffered Rs12bn damage
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro said on Monday that any decision regarding the election date would be taken after detailed consultation with all concerned, but the Election Commission...
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11 killed in fresh Kurram clashes
PARACHINAR, Dec 31: At least 11 people were killed and 15 others suffered injuries as fierce fighting between rival factions continued in lower parts of the Kurram Agency on Monday....
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Fuel shortage may worsen power situation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The electricity shortage that currently fluctuates between 1,000 and 3,000 megawatts is likely to worsen in a few days because of problems of transporting furnace oil and diesel through the railway system and other means....
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Sanam supports PPP decisions
LARKANA, Dec 31: Ms Sanam Bhutto has, in a statement issued from Naudero on Monday, fully supported the decisions taken by the Pakistan People’s Party on Dec 30 in accordance with the will of the party’s late chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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PML-Q ready for election: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told a European Union delegation and media persons on Monday that 98 per cent of his party’s leaders and followers were ready to...
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Mourners continue to throng Naudero
LARKANA, Dec 31: People from different walks of life offered condolences on Monday to PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari over the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto....
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Canada OK with slight delay in election
OTTAWA, Dec 31: Canada will not oppose a small delay in holding elections in Pakistan as long as it leads to a fair vote in the near future, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday....
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FT predicts good year for Hillary, bad for Musharraf
LONDON, Dec 31: President Pervez Musharraf has a greater than 50 per cent risk of losing his job in 2008, British daily Financial Times forecast on Monday.“Mr...
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Vote rigging riots in Kenya leave 140 dead
NAIROBI, Dec 31: Kenya plunged further into chaos on Monday as fresh violence triggered by President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election left more than 140 dead and Washington withdrew US endorsement of the result....
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Govt sees outside hand in violence
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Salman Shah has accused ‘foreign elements’ of being involved in the massive violence that followed the assassination of Benazir Bhutto....
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