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| January 09, 2008 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 29, 1428 |
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Poll rigging to break up country: Bilawal
LONDON, Jan 8: Benazir Bhutto’s teenage son and political heir warned on Tuesday that Pakistan could disintegrate unless fair elections were held, as he defended his appointment as his assassinated mother’s successor....
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Pakistan’s N-assets could fall into wrong hands: ElBaradei
BEIRUT, Jan 8: The head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei has voiced concern over the possibility that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal could fall into extremist hands, in statements published on Tuesday....
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PM urges nation to curb use of vehicles
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: In a bid to improve the energy supply situation, Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro on Tuesday appealed to the nation to reduce use of vehicles and save energy....
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Flour crisis persists despite govt’s tall claims
KARACHI, Jan 8: The federal government is expected to announce a support price of Rs500 to Rs550 for 40 kilogrammes of wheat on Thursday at a meeting of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) in Islamabad....
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Two more UK detectives due
RAWALPINDI, Jan 8: Two more police officers from Scotland Yard are expected to arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday to join five British forensic experts already helping in the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Dawn has leant....
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Musharraf asks UK team to get to ‘bottom’: BB’s assassination ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called upon the Scotland Yard to make all-out efforts to get to the “bottom of the issue” in the investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination....
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Govt to buy more Iran gas if India quits IPI project
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Islamabad intends to ask Tehran to increase the gas supply volumes for Pakistan by 50 per cent under the IPI pipeline project if India stays away from the deal....
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Canadian company guarding voter list: Electoral rolls put on website
MONTREAL, Jan 8: A list of some 80 million eligible voters in the upcoming general election is being stored on computers in Canada for safekeeping, the company stashing the data told AFP on Monday....
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Paramilitary man killed, three kidnapped
WANA/TANK, Jan 8: A security forces man was killed and three others were wounded in clashes with militants in South Waziristan on Monday night and Tuesday, sources said....
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PAF bus attack: plotter’s arrest claimed
LAHORE, Jan 8: Intelligence agents on Tuesday claimed arresting an Al Qaeda-linked militant and six of his associates in connection with an attack on a bus of the Pakistan Air Force...
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7 Chitral Scouts personnel killed in avalanche
CHITRAL, Jan 8: Seven members of the Chitral Scouts were killed when an avalanche destroyed their checkpoint at Ziarat here on Tuesday morning, police officials said....
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Snow, rain paralyse upper NWFP
CHITRAL, Jan 8: Heavy snowfall and rain paralysed life in upper parts of the NWFP, particularly in Hazara and Malakand regions and the adjoining tribal areas....
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Finance secretary replaced
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro on Tuesday removed finance secretary Ahmad Waqar and replaced him with Dr Waqar Masood, currently working as special secretary at the PM secretariat....
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Hurriyat opts for one-party structure
SRINAGAR, Jan 8: Dozens of Kashmiri separatist and religious groups agreed on Tuesday to form a single party structure to ensure a united voice in efforts to settle the Kashmir dispute, a top leader said....
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Suspects in BB’s letter may come under probe
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The government may bring all those persons under investigation whom slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto had been blaming for attacks on her.“We will put this matter under consideration,”...
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Brown calls for fair elections
LONDON, Jan 8: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for holding fair and free elections in Pakistan and said these were essential for bringing stability and building strong institutions in the country....
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COMMENT: The son also rises
IT was a scene Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s mother would have loved: a room packed with journalists, TV cameras and microphones, with the world watching and listening to every word....
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Would-be Taliban fighter jailed
LONDON, Jan 8: A London dentist who planned to fight for the Afghan Taliban against the British and US forces was jailed on Tuesday for preparing to commit terrorist acts....
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Sri Lankan minister assassinated
COLOMBO, Jan 8: A Sri Lankan government minister was killed on Tuesday in a powerful roadside bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels near an international airport here, officials said....
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Five missiles land near Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Jan 8: Five missiles landed in the Garrison Colony on the Warsak Road, 20km from here, early on Tuesday....
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