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| March 21, 2007 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1428 |
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42 Uzbeks among 58 dead: Fierce clashes in S. Waziristan
PESHAWAR, March 20: Forty-two Uzbeks militants and 16 tribespeople were killed in two days of fierce clashes in the volatile South Waziristan tribal region, government and security officials told Dawn.... 
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Judicial Council defers hearing to April 3
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The Supreme Judicial Council has deferred to April 3 its meeting scheduled for Wednesday to take up the presidential reference against “suspended” Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, citing...
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Reference focuses on CJ’s son
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The presidential reference filed by the government against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry mainly focuses on the alleged appointment of his son Dr Arsalan Iftikhar in the medical profession and then in the police service....
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Govt’s top law officer, civil judge resign
ISLAMABAD/HYDERABAD, March 20: Deputy Attorney-General (DAG) Nasir Saeed Sheikh resigned on Tuesday in protest against the president’s action against Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Gwadar Port inaugurated: Plan for second port in Balochistan at Sonmiani
QUETTA, March 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf officially opened, along with Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin, the country’s third port at Gwadar on Tuesday and promised a fourth port to be built at Sonmiani in the Lasbela district....
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CDWP approves 45 projects
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday approved 45 development projects to be carried out at a cost of Rs82.2 billion, including cost overrun of Rs32.9 billion....
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Zille Huma killer sentenced to death
GUJRANWALA, March 20: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammad Sarwer to death on two counts and fined him Rs200,000 in the murder case of Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma Usman....
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Woolmer autopsy report inconclusive
KINGSTON, March 20: Findings from a post-mortem into the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer were `inconclusive’, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Tuesday....
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Judge appointed for manhandling probe: ‘No authority can dare harm SC’
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Acting Chief Justice Mr Justice Javed Iqbal said on Tuesday that no authority in Pakistan could dare harm the Supreme Court, adding this had not happened in the past nor would it be allowed to happen in future....
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Kasuri calls on Chinese premier
BEIJING, March 20: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called for further strengthening the friendly, cooperative and strategic relationship between Pakistan and China....
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Benazir, Nawaz meet today
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif will meet in London on Wednesday (today) to discuss the political situation in the country with particular reference to the ongoing judicial crisis, a PPP spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Opposition puts off plan to requisition sessions
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The opposition has put off the plan to submit requisition requests for special sessions of the National Assembly and Senate to debate the prevailing judicial crisis over the...
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KESC’s new management not bound by agreement to invest in system
KARACHI, March 20: Contrary to the terms of an agreement, made public at the time of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s privatisation, the power utility’s new management is not bound to...
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62 die in nursing home fire
KAMYSHEVATSKAYA (Russia), March 20: A fire swept through a nursing home in southern Russia on Tuesday, killing 62 people....
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6 militants, 2 soldiers die
SRINAGAR, March 20: Six suspected Kashmiri militants and two Indian soldiers, one of them an officer, were killed during two gunbattles in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said on Tuesday....
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S. Africa in Super 8
CAPTAIN Graeme Smith smashed an attractive 65-ball 91 on Tuesday as the world number one team beat Scotland by seven wickets and qualified for the Super Eights....
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Gas pipeline blown up; police van attacked
QUETTA, March 20: Two policemen were injured in a hand-grenade attack on a police vehicle here on Tuesday night while gas supply was suspended to many areas in Mastung after a gas pipeline was blown up....
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Lawyers’ protest continues
RAWALPINDI, March 20: The lawyers’ protest against the presidential reference and manhandling of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as well as lawyers enters 11th day on Wednesday....
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