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| January 04, 2008 | Friday | Zilhaj 24, 1428 |
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Agencies didn’t order cover-up: president
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday he did not believe intelligence agencies had ordered any cover-up in the probe of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.... 
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Fahim reiterates demand for UN investigation: ‘PPP has not blamed any individual’
LAHORE, Jan 3: Pakistan People’s Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Thursday sought to dispel an impression that the PPP considered President Pervez Musharraf responsible for the assassination of its chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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Removal of Rangers, police bosses sought: Karachi suffered over Rs80bn losses
KARACHI, Jan 3: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has demanded removal of top officials of police and Rangers for their failure to maintain law and order during three days after the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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ICG wants Musharraf to make way for elected govt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: For the sake of Pakistan’s stability it is necessary that President Pervez Musharraf resigns and a quick transition to a democratically elected civilian government takes place, says the International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based human rights think tank....
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Bush sees Al Qaeda signature in killing
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination had “all the hallmarks” of how Al Qaeda operated....
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‘Baitullah’s hideout’ in S. Waziristan bombed
TANK, Jan 3: Warplanes bombed suspected locations of militants in South Waziristan on Thursday after an intelligence report that Pakistan Tehrik-i-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was hiding somewhere in the area....
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Loadshedding till 25th
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The government on Thursday announced that the countrywide eight-hour daily loadshedding would continue until January 25 owing to shortage of oil and gas and canal closure for maintenance....
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Two die in Balochistan shootout
QUETTA, Jan 3: Two suspected terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in the Kan-Mehtarzai area of Muslim Bagh, some 160km north of here, on Thursday....
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Five injured in Hub blast
QUETTA, Jan 3: Five people suffered injuries in a bomb attack on a bus stop in Hub town on Thursday evening....
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Clashes in Kurram Agency continue: Jirga in bid to broker ceasefire
PARACHINAR, Jan 3: While a jirga tried to broker a ceasefire in Kurram Agency, six more people were killed in clashes here on Wednesday night, sources said....
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Troops capture 52 militants in Swat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Troops captured 52 suspected militants, including a commander, on Thursday in the restive valley of Swat, the military said....
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British envoy barred from meeting Aitzaz
LAHORE, Jan 3: Authorities in Punjab on Thursday did not allow British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley to meet Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan, who has been under house arrest since November 3....
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Presidential hopeful wants review of F-16 deal
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has asked the Bush administration to reconsider the deal to sell F-16 jets to Pakistan....
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Landslides, flood forecast
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Thursday warned of land sliding, flash flooding and road blockages in the NWFP, Balochistan and the country’s entire northern region including earthquake-affected areas...
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Anti-rigging protests shake Kenya
NAIROBI, Jan 3: Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki appealed for calm and offered to talk to political rivals on Thursday after another day of battles between police and protesters disputing his re-election....
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Four Palestinian hijackers freed
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: The government on Thursday released four Palestinians who had been convicted of hijacking a Pan Am aircraft in Karachi in 1986....
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‘China respects poll decision’
BEIJING, Jan 3: China has said that it respects Pakistan’s decision to postpone the general election until next month....
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UAV crashes in Fatehjang
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by defence forces crashed on Thursday in a populated area of Fatehjang, some 35km southwest of here....
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