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| January 07, 2008 | Monday | Zilhaj 27, 1428 |
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Forces launch new offensive in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 6: Security forces on Sunday launched a fresh offensive in Upper Swat to rid the scenic valley of all militants who had either fled to settled areas or regrouped in upper parts of the Matta tehsil....
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President’s statement shows need for UN probe: PPP: Musharraf admits BB may have been shot
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The party of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf’s admission that she might have been killed by a gunman underscored the need for a UN probe....
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British team requested to complete probe before polls
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Scotland Yard team, which is probing into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, has been asked to complete its investigations before elections....
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Fazlullah asks followers to attack security personnel
Militant leader Maulana Fazlullah on Sunday called PML-Q leaders sons of US President Bush and supporters of President Pervez Musharraf enemies of Islam....
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Islamabad says US military not welcome
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Pakistan reacted angrily on Sunday to reports that US President George W. Bush is considering covert military operations in the country’s volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan....
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‘Bush considering expanding CIA role in Fata’
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: The US administration is considering a proposal to give more powers to the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct aggressive covert operations in Pakistan’s tribal areas, says The New York Times....
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Three-hour loadshedding from today: minister
LAHORE, Jan 6: Power load-shedding will be reduced to three hours every day by Monday evening with power outages lasting half an hour every four hours, says caretaker minister for water and power Tariq Hameed....
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Wapda, IPPs can’t pay for oil
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: As the nation suffers from its worst-ever power cuts, about 250,000 metric tons of furnace oil available in the official reserves cannot be provided to the power-generation companies...
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ANP assails PML-Q media campaign
PESHAWAR, Jan 6: Awami National Party President Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan has said the advertisement campaign launched by the Pakistan Muslim League-Q is designed to divide the country on ethnic lines....
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PPP condemns cases against party workers
LARKANA, Jan 6: The Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday condemned the registration of 2,500 criminal cases against 250,000 party workers and termed it pre-poll rigging....
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Militants destroy oil depot in Kohat
KOHAT, Jan 6: Thousands of gallons of oil of the Pakistan State Oil at a local storage facility was burnt along with a godown in an attack carried out by terrorists on Sunday night....
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US candidates want to ‘look after’ Islamabad’s nukes
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: Pakistan continues to figure prominently in US presidential debates with one candidate — Hillary Clinton — suggesting a joint American and British team to look after the country’s...
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Sugarcane growers will suffer due to delayed payments
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The crisis affecting the country’s sugar industry for the last one month is likely to cost Rs20 billion to sugarcane growers while the government will lose Rs3 billion in lost revenue....
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20 die in two road accidents
RAJANPUR/MUZAFFARGARH, Jan 6: Twenty people were killed in two separate road accidents in Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh districts on Sunday....
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‘Musharraf seems in control, for now’
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: President Pervez Musharraf appears to have weathered the storm created by the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday....
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‘US still wants deal to work’
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: The United States still wants to implement the deal it brokered between President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and is hoping that the new Pakistan...
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Guards loot Rs150m
KARACHI, Jan 6: Two security guards and three of their accomplices on Sunday looted Rs150 million from a foreign exchange company located at the I.I. Chundrigar Road....
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Arab League chief to take rescue plan to Beirut
CAIRO, Jan 6: Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Sunday he will head to crisis-wracked Lebanon to discuss a plan adopted by Arab foreign ministers calling for the election of presidential candidate Michel Sleiman....
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