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| January 02, 2008 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 22, 1428 |
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Sindh, Punjab govts want poll postponed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Although two main opposition parties, the PPP and PML-N, have strongly opposed any postponement of the coming election and the PML-Q has also said that it is willing... 
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PML-Q to accept EC decision: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that his party will accept whatever decision the Election Commission takes about the coming polls....
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Commercial, industrial gas rates raised : 10pc hike for CNG stations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The government on Tuesday increased natural gas rates for commercial and industrial sectors by an average seven per cent with immediate effect. However, domestic consumers have been exempted from the hike....
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Troops kill 5 ‘militants’ in Laddah
WANA, Jan 1: Security forces killed five suspected militants in the Laddah area of the South Waziristan on Tuesday after four paramilitary soldiers had been kidnapped in the area, sources said....
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‘Benazir was set to file dossier on rigging’
KARACHI, Jan 1: Benazir Bhutto was poised to reveal proof the night she was assassinated that the Election Commission and a shadowy spy agency were seeking to rig the elections, a top aide said on Tuesday....
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Govt not ready for murder probe by foreign experts
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The government is not willing to seek assistance of foreign experts for probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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PPP to discuss election issues today : Zardari blames govt for violence
KARACHI, Jan 1: The Central Executive Committee and Federal Council of the Pakistan People’s Party will meet at the Bhutto House in Naudero on Wednesday afternoon to discuss issues relating to the coming election....
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US awards contract for F-16 supply to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: The US Defence Department has awarded a $498.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp to supply 18 F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan....
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US Congress committee threatens aid cut
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: Key members of the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations have threatened Pakistan with more aid cuts if elections are not held on time and...
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Irish peace prize for Benazir : Work for democracy, reconciliation
DUBLIN, Jan 1: Late PPP leader Benazir Bhutto is to be posthumously awarded Ireland’s 2007 Tipperary Peace Prize, the organisers said on Tuesday....
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Militants extend ceasefire
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 1: Militants in North Waziristan on Tuesday extended till January 20 a ceasefire they had announced on Dec 17, amid reports that they are close to reaching an agreement with the government to end hostilities in the troubled agency....
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N-facilities lists exchanged with India
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of their nuclear sites under an agreement between them to swap the information annually on New Year’s Day, the foreign ministry said....
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8 killed in UP
LUCKNOW, Jan 1: Suspected Muslim militants armed with assault rifles and grenades broke into a police camp in Uttar Pradesh early on Tuesday killing eight people, officials said....
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Musharraf’s address today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf will address the nation at 8pm on Jan 2 on radio and television.—APP...
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ANP suggests brief delay in polls
PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the coming election should be delayed for the minimum possible time after consultation with the political parties in...
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Fazl holds talks with Fahim
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called on PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim here on Tuesday....
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President, PM discuss law & order situation
RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: President Pervez Musharraf and caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro on Tuesday discussed prevailing political and law and order situation in the country....
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Bilawal and sisters reach Dubai
DUBAI, Jan 1: The son of assassinated PPP leader Benazir Bhutto arrived on Tuesday, two days after he succeeded her as head of her political party....
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