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| July 24, 2007 | Tuesday | Rajab 08, 1428 |
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35 militants killed in clashes, says ISPR
MIRAMSHAH, July 23: Heavy fighting killed at least 35 militants and two soldiers in the tribal areas, the military said on Monday. The latest clashes in the restive North Waziristan Agency...
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No invasion, US assures Pakistan
WASHINGTON, July 23: The White House assured Islamabad on Monday that it had no plan to carry out an invasion, but at the same time it said that the United States retained the right to attack ‘actionable targets’ inside Pakistan....
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Unilateral US strikes unacceptable: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Amid mounting clamour about the possibility of US military action in Pakistan’s tribal areas to dismantle alleged Al Qaeda safe havens, the government on Monday issued a stern...
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Intelligence on ‘bases’ given: Washington
WASHINGTON, July 23: The US has provided intelligence to Pakistan about senior Al Qaeda leaders allegedly hiding in its tribal region. Senior White House aide Frances Townsend was responding to a...
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CJ declines to hear Pirzada’s plea
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Monday declined to hear a private matter of senior counsel Sharifuddin Pirzada, who had defended the presidential reference against him before a...
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SC seeks report on ‘missing students’
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered registration of cases against those responsible for the desecration of papers containing Quranic verses recovered after the recent raid on the Lal...
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PPP plea: SC summons officials
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Supreme Court on Monday served notices on the Chief Election Commissioner, director-general of Nadra, law and parliamentary affairs secretaries and the attorney-general on a challenge by PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto against the draft electoral rolls....
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US, UK offered support for return: Benazir
LONDON, July 23: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday she was in contact with Gen Pervez Musharraf but it was “unlikely” they would reach a power-sharing deal....
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Shujaat asked to formulate strategy on extremism
ISLAMABAD, July 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday assigned to PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the task of ensuring implementation of madressah reforms....
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Qazi tenders resignation
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Monday submitted his letter of resignation to the speaker of National Assembly....
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Pakistan rebuffed US offer for air support
WASHINGTON, July 23: The US military has offered to provide air support and “supporting fires” for Pakistani military operations against Al Qaeda but it has been rebuffed in the past, US defence officials said on Monday....
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Opposition meeting ends without devising plan ISLAMABAD, July 23: The first meeting of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the newly-formed All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDM) ended here on Monday without announcing any action plan for the future....
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Zahir Shah dies
KABUL, July 23: Afghanistan’s last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, died in Kabul on Monday aged 92, mourned by the war-torn country where he spent his final years after returning from three decades of exile....
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‘Govt to acquire latest equipment’
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The government has decided to acquire latest equipment for security forces to curb suicide bombings, says Interior Ministry spokesman Brig Javed Iqbal Cheema....
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Imran reference hearing on 26th
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Election Commission of Pakistan has set a date for hearing the reference filed against Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan for July 26....
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French tour groups suspend trips
PARIS, July 23: France''s main tour operators have suspended all trips to Pakistan until further notice in response to an escalating wave of violence, an industry federation said on Sunday....
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Lebanon voices solidarity
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Prime Minister of Lebanon Fuad Siniora telephoned President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday to express his government’s solidarity with Pakistan in the wake of recent terrorist attacks....
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Bodies to review law and order Bureau Report PESHAWAR, July 23: The NWFP government has constituted coordinating committees for law-enforcement agencies for all districts of the province, which will review the law and order situation and take appropriate remedial measures, if needed....
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