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| January 06, 2008 | Sunday | Zilhaj 26, 1428 |
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Risks to economy increasing, says State Bank
KARACHI, Jan 5: All key performance indicators recorded a significant decline during the first quarter of the current financial year and the resulting imbalances could have adverse consequences for the economy,... 
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Wheat sowing target missed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The government has missed this season’s wheat sowing target by a massive 200,000 hectares due to water shortage and high input costs....
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Army picket attacked
TANK, Jan 5: Militants attacked a military checkpoint in the Jandola Frontier Region of Tank district on Saturday evening after the expiry of a two-day deadline they had set for ending the Swat operation, officials and local people said....
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Misdirected shells wipe out family in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 5: Misdirected shells fired by security forces wiped out a family of six and seriously injured three other people in Upper Swat on Saturday....
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Detectives inspect assassination site: Shoes found missing from vehicle
RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: The Scotland Yard’s investigators visited the Liaquat Bagh on Saturday and examined Benazir Bhutto’s bullet-proof car....
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‘People in and outside govt must be probed’
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: People within and outside the government must be held accountable for the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, says Asif Ali Zardari....
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Jammers were not provided, says Malik
KARACHI, Jan 5: Dr Rehman Malik, the chief security adviser to the slain PPP chairperson, said on Saturday that a serving police official, and not he, was in charge of Benazir...
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Medical report fraught with lacunae: experts
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Medico-legal experts believe that the medical report of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, one of the most important pieces of evidence in the probe into her killing, is...
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Extremists killed Benazir: Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: US President George W. Bush once again said on Saturday that he believed “religious extremists” were responsible for the murder of Benazir Bhutto....
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Aurakzai’s resignation accepted
PESHAWAR, Jan 5: Outgoing governor of the NWFP Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has said that he has resigned for personal reason and of his own volition....
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Balochistan to have acting governor
QUETTA, Jan 5: Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Amanullah Yasinzai will take oath as acting governor of the province on Sunday....
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Quake survivors brave severe cold: Relentless snowfall in hilly areas
ABBOTTABAD / MANSEHRA, Jan 5: Snowfall and rain in earthquake-hit areas of Mansehra and Battagram districts multiplied the problems and health risks to the survivors, particularly women and children....
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Two EC members appointed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday appointed Justice Ghulam Dastagir Shahani of the Sindh High Court and Justice Jehan Zaib Rahim of the Peshawar High Court as members of the Election Commission with immediate effect....
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FC man dies in ambush
QUETTA, Jan 5: A security man was killed and two others suffered serious injuries in an ambush at Spiny Road on Saturday evening....
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Zardari leaves for Dubai
KARACHI, Jan 5: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on Saturday evening to see off his son Bilawal, who is leaving for London to resume his studies at Oxford on Sunday....
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US unaware of Al Qaeda claim
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The United States said on Saturday that it has not seen any report in which Osama bin Laden or Al Qaeda has claimed the assassination of Benazir Bhutto....
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Shaukat leaves for UK today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday paid a “farewell call” on President Pervez Musharraf before his departure for London on Sunday, sources told Dawn....
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PPP expresses security concern
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over lack of security arrangements for its co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and demanded that foolproof security arrangements should be made for him....
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