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| January 05, 2008 | Saturday | Zilhaj 25, 1428 |
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Scotland Yard experts meet local detectives
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: A team of five detectives of the Scotland Yard arrived here on Friday....
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PPP rejects ‘fabricated’ medical report
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Dr Babar Awan on Friday categorically rejected the medical report on the Dec 27 assassination of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and called for an independent probe under a United Nations commission....
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Musharraf asks PM to speed up murder probe
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: President Pervez Musharraf directed caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro on Friday to speed up the pace of investigation into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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Owais Ghani replacing Aurakzai as NWFP governor
PESHAWAR, Jan 4: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has sent his resignation to President Pervez Musharraf....
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‘ICG report meddling in democratic process’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Pakistan government slammed a Brussels-based think-tank on Friday for meddling “in the country’s democratic process” after it issued a report saying President Pervez Musharraf should quit for the sake of stability....
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Cotton shortfall of 5m bales feared
KARACHI, Jan 4: The country will have to foot a huge import bill to meet the yawning cotton shortfall of up to five million bales with the demand of the spinning industry being 15 million bales....
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Govt did not benefit from assassination: Boucher
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The government of Pakistan has not benefited from the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, conveyed US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher when asked to comment...
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Obama stuns Hillary: First round in Iowa
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: Senator Barack Obama has won the Iowa Democratic caucus defeating long-time frontrunner Senator Hillary Clinton, who had to settle for a third place....
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Ceasefire declared in lower Kurram
PARACHINAR, Jan 4: Rival factions in lower Kurram have agreed to a ceasefire, but intermittent incidents of firing were reported from Teri Mingal’s Piwar village, killing three people and wounding eight others....
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Iran seeks cooperation in fighting terrorism: Progress on gas pipeline discussed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Iran on Friday sought Pakistan’s cooperation in combating terrorism which threatened the stability of the entire region....
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‘Pakistan unrest not on UNSC agenda’
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 4: Pakistan is not on the agenda of the UN Security Council in the month of January, Libyan Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi, the 15-member council’s incoming president, said on Thursday....
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Water release irks Punjab, Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Sindh and Punjab have protested against what they term unauthorised release of more than 35,000 cusecs of water from dams for power generation, saying this might aggravate the shortage of irrigation water and adversely affect their crop....
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Over 100 EU observers to monitor election
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: EU election observers will be deployed across the country in the coming weeks and on the election day to monitor the poll process....
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Islamabad takes its own decisions: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The US State Department has said that Pakistan makes its own decisions on issues like security, investigations and elections and Washington only provides advice when asked....
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Week-long rain spell expected across country
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Metrological Department has forecast a week-long series of rains across the country from Friday night that would have beneficial effects on various crops, fruits, recharge water reservoirs and lakes....
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Loadshedding of more than eight hours reported
LAHORE, Jan 4: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on Friday continued to face a deficit of over 4,000MW, forcing it to carry out unannounced loadshedding in most parts of the...
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Security forces’ base attacked
TANK, Jan 4: Two rockets were fired on a base of security forces in Tank adjacent to South Waziristan on Thursday night....
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UK eases travel warning
LONDON, Jan 4: Britain on Friday downgraded a warning to its citizens about travelling to Pakistan, saying the situation had calmed since the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto....
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Five die in tribal clash
QUETTA, Jan 4: Five tribesmen were killed in a clash near Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah district on Friday....
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Commission formed to assess damage
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The government on Friday formed a commission to assess damage and losses caused to the people during violent agitation after the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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