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| April 16, 2007 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 27, 1428 |
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15 SHC judges attend reception for CJ
HYDERABAD, April 15: The ‘suspended’ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has stressed the need for supremacy of the constitution and law....
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Massive rally against ‘Lal Masjid Sharia’
KARACHI, April 15: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday staged a massive rally in the city against what it called the threat of ‘Kalashnikov Sharia’ of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid clerics and...
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Pakistan and India differ on IPI transit fee
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Pakistan and India are poles apart on the transit fee of the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, a senior official told Dawn....
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Ripple of dissent in PML over judicial reference
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Voices of dissent were raised on Sunday in the Central Working Committee meeting of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League against what was termed ‘inopportune’ timing of the presidential...
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Wapda in a fix as power crisis worsens
LAHORE, April 15: The power shortage continues to torment consumers and Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) appears to be helpless as provinces refuse to release additional water from dams and temperature continues to rise....
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Rahul Gandhi, BJP target Pakistan: Poll campaign in UP
NEW DELHI, April 15: Congress party’s heir apparent Rahul Gandhi and the religious right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were jostling in the searing heat of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday for votes...
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Tribe vows not to shelter Uzbeks
PESHAWAR, April 15: In a significant development aimed at restoring peace in the volatile South Waziristan tribal region, all sub-clans, commanders and clerics of the predominant Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in the...
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Iran reopens border at Taftan for trade
QUETTA, April 15: Formal and non-formal border trade between Pakistan and Iran was resumed on Saturday after Iranian authorities reopened the border with Pakistan at Taftan after a break of two months....
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‘Pakistan can cope with attacks on N-assets’
WASHINGTON, April 15: Terrorists can attempt to hijack radioactive material in Pakistan during transportation and would want to use it for causing massive damages inside the country, says a paper presented recently at a Washington think-tank....
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Turkish move to reduce tension
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Turkey will host talks between the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan later this month in a bid to reduce the growing political tension between the two neighbouring countries, it is learnt....
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Four killed; man beheaded in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 15: Indian troops shot dead four suspected militants in occupied Kashmir, police said on Sunday, while a Muslim man was also beheaded in further violence....
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Marines killed civilians in Afghanistan: report
WASHINGTON, April 15: US Marines went on a shooting rampage in Afghanistan last month, killing 12 civilians -- including a four-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy -- and wounding at least 33 others, a US military inquiry concluded....
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Israel ready for talks on peace plan, says Olmert
AL QUDS, April 15: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel was ready to talk with Arab states over their peace plan as he held the first round of planned regular meetings with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas....
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Sadr group to quit Iraq govt
BAGHDAD, April 15: The political bloc of firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Sunday that it is quitting the Iraqi government, as a wave of bombings left another 43 people dead in Baghdad....
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Ireland beat Bangladesh
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) April 15: Ireland ended Bangladesh''s slim hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals with a 74-run victory in a Super Eights match on Sunday. —Reuters...
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44,754 Gulf War victims compensated: OPF
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) has so far compensated around 44,754 Pakistanis who were affected by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990....
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Mining companies criticized
QUETTA, April 15: A National Party legislator has criticised local and foreign mineral exploration companies and accused them of ignoring local people in recruitment for various jobs....
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ARD calls for decisive struggle against govt
TAXILA, April 15: Opposition leaders have stressed the need for launching a “decisive and concerted movement against the present rulers and their hand-picked politicians to rid the country of massive corruption, inflation, price-hike, lawlessness, unemployment and poverty”....
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