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| July 18, 2007 | Wednesday | Rajab 02, 1428 |
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Another carnage visits capital: •17 killed in suicide bombing •PPP reception camp targeted at CJ rally venue
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The capital saw yet another day of death and destruction on Tuesday as a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the venue of the district bar council convention,...
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Why SJC was convened in dead of night, asks SC
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with the question why the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) had restrained Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry ex parte in the dead of...
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3 troops killed in Mirali attack
MIRAMSHAH, July 17: Three soldiers and a passerby were killed and two others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint in Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday....
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Enlightened Pakistan my aim: Musharraf
TAXILA, July 17: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that despite threats of extremism and terrorism from within, he was determined to take forward the vision of the Quaid-i-Azam towards an enlightened and forward-looking Pakistan....
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Benazir sees plot to impose emergency
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed apprehension that a “hidden hand” was trying to create anarchy to pave way for imposition of emergency in the country....
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A reaction to Lal Masjid operation: govt
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The government believes that the recent spate of suicide attacks is a reaction to the Lal Masjid operation that claimed over 120 lives....
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‘Troops to remain at NWFP’s disposal’
PESHAWAR, July 17: NWFP Chief Secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor said on Tuesday that the army would not intervene to restore law and order until the provincial government took any decision to this effect and the troops would remain at its disposal....
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US to back military action: Boucher
WASHINGTON, July 17: Sometimes a military action becomes necessary to fight militancy and if Pakistan decides to take such an action against the militants, the United States will support the move, a senior US official said on Tuesday....
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COMMENT: Musharraf’s moment of truth
It has been more than a week since the massive operation by the army’s elite (anti-terrorist) special services group eliminated what had come to be known as the Lal Masjid Brigade,...
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EC rejects report on electoral process
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Election Commission has rejected a report of the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) on the electoral process in Pakistan and termed the report speculative and hypothetical....
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‘Spy’ found dead
KHAR, July 17: The body of an alleged US spy was found in the Shakai area on Tuesday. The victim, Bashir Ahmad, 30, belonged to Kunar....
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Kafila case: ex-minister sent to jail on remand
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Judicial Magistrate Abid Rizwan Abid on Tuesday sent the former minister of state for communications, Mohammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi, to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on 14-day judicial remand....
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Over 5,000 stranded in flood-hit Sindh
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Over 5,000 people are still stranded in the flood-hit areas of Sindh, it is learnt. Army helicopters were being used to evacuate people, the ISPR said....
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15 more bodies found in cyclone-hit province
QUETTA, July 17: At least 15 more bodies of missing people were recovered in the cyclone and flood-hit coastal areas of Balochistan on Tuesday. Sources said those found dead might be...
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Two policemen hurt in blast
TIMERGARA, July 17: Two policemen were injured when a police van was attacked with a remote-controlled device near Gulabad bridge in Chakdarra on Tuesday....
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Inquiry into decomposition of Chinese bodies ordered
PESHAWAR, July 17: The NWFP government has ordered an inquiry into the decomposition of the bodies of three Chinese nationals killed in a terrorist attack on July 8 on Charsadda Road....
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Four rapists get death sentence
RAWALPINDI, July 17: Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan on Tuesday awarded death sentence to four rapists. Iqbal, Riaz, Rafaqat and Asjad Nawaz would be hanged for abducting and later raping Abida Yasmin 25....
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Members urged to avoid govt functions
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has urged members of the PBC and bar councils not to attend any government function or meet any government representative....
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