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Elections 2008: Benazir Factor May Affect the Results

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The assassination of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto is likely to have far reaching impact on the results of 2008 elections. Pakistan Muslim League (Q) president Ch. Shuja’at Hussain had claimed before Bhutto’s assassination that PML would win 110 out of 148 national assembly (NA) seats in Punjab alone. Ch. Shuja’at and [...]

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60 suicide bombing took place in Pakistan in 2007

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Deadly suicide bombings are becoming an accepted part of daily life in Pakistan, with each new attack appearing to chip away at President Pervez Musharraf’s weakening popularity. Close to 60 attacks across the country in 2007, up tenfold from the previous year, are increasing security fears in urban areas. Violent attacks are moving from rural [...]

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Don’t Open a Third Front in Pakistan: WP

31. January 2008

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WASHINGTON: U.S. intelligence and national security officials now readily admit that al Qaeda is back, and that it together with a growing fundamental Taliban movement is flourishing in parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. The simple explanation is that the growth is the result of the Iraq war and its drain on our resources, military [...]

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US Lawmakers ask Bush to put more pressure on Pakistan

31. January 2008

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WASHINGTON: Members of Congress have called on the Bush administration to increase pressure on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to ensure free and fair elections in his nation. “If we care about protecting our soldiers in Afghanistan from escalating cross-border attacks, then we have an absolutely crucial interest in ensuring that the government in Pakistan has the [...]

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Constitution, justice will soon prevail in Pakistan: Iftikhar Chaudhry

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: In his letter to the world leaders, the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has expressed his enormous faith that constitution and justice will soon prevail in Pakistan. The letter, some parts of which published in newspapers on Wednesday has been written to the President of the European Parliament, the President of France, the [...]

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Retired military officers ask Musharraf to quit, hand over power to deposed CJ

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society (PESS) has urged upon President Pervez Musahharf to leave the power and appoint the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the new president. The decisions taken at the PESS meeting, which was held here on Thursday under the chair of Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan, it was announced by him [...]

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Pakistan does not need foreign troops: FO

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Government said that any action on Pakistani territory by foreign forces will be considered as enemy act and will be resisted, added that Pakistan doesn’t need foreign troops. Briefing newsmen, Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said that there are no American troops in Pakistan. He said that Americans have publicly offered to send troops if [...]

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Senate unanimously condemns BB murder

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its profound grief, shock and anger over the brutal assassination of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in an attack in Rawalpindi on December 27,2007. The senators also offered fateha for the departed soul and did not take any routine business to pay [...]

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Musharraf-Barak meeting ’shameful’

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s United Council of Action has criticized President Pervez Musharraf for meeting Israeli war minister Ehud Barak in France. In a statement, the council’s parliamentary leader Senator Prof. Khurshid Ahmed, termed the meeting a violation of Pakistan’s principled position and said it tarnished the country’s image in the Arab and Islamic world. It is deplorable [...]

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Musharraf leaves office of COAS due to BB efforts: Fahim

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Senior Vice President of Pakistan Peoples Party Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that all steps taken by Benazir Bhutto were intended to fully restore democracy in the country and because of her efforts Pervez Musharraf relinquished the office of the Chief of the Army Staff. “We feel deeply grieved for having lost our dynamic [...]

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Reasons for rising terrorism need to be known: Iqbal Haider

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Syed Iqbal Haider has said that we have to ascertain the reasons as to why the terrorism is on the rise in our country. Speaking to a private TV channel on Thursday, he said the terrorists were the enemies of Pakistani nation and Islam adding that our peaceful citizens were behind [...]

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Miscreants set police station on fire in Swat

31. January 2008

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SWAT: Unknown miscreants set a police check post on fire at Kala Kot of Matta area here on Thursday. No one was hurt in the incident as the post was empty when it was set ablaze. According to the details, unknown miscreants poured oil on the building of a police check post and put it on [...]

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PM urges entire nation to reduce energy consumption

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the industrial owners, agriculturalists, businessmen, workers and the common man, all have to sacrifice a bit of their need and accordingly determine for themselves how to reduce the consumption of electricity, gas and fuel. He called for coordinated efforts by all concerned ministries and departments to [...]

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Pak, Lanka to further boost bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, tourism

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Rohitha Bogollagama, who is in three-day visit to Pakistan for bilateral consultations called on Foreign Minister Inam ul Haque and discussed with him bilateral, regional and international issues. The Ministers noted the similarity of views on issues of promotion of peace, regional stability and [...]

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Sri Lankan FM calls on Musharraf

31. January 2008

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RAWALPINDI: The Foreign Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, called on President Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday at President’s Camp Office and discussed with him bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest. The Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka conveyed to the President the good wishes of the President of Sri [...]

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PPP, PML (N) demand UN led probe into Benazir’s murder

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Members of Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) once again demanded UN probe into Benazir Bhutto’s murder case during Senate session. Opposition leader Raza Rabbani opened a debate in the Senate on the condolence reference on Benazir’s assassination Jan Mohammad Jamali chaired the Senate Session. The Senate session was an emotional affair, when [...]

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ECP meeting today to review polls arrangements

31. January 2008

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KARACHI: A meeting of Election Commission of Pakistan will be held here on Friday (today) to review arrangements for the upcoming general elections. All the four members of the Commission will be present in the meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (Retd.) Qazi Muhammad Farooq. This will be the first meeting of [...]

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AG terms Aitezaz’s detention sans FRB approval illegal

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General of Pakistan Malik Muhammad Qayyum Thursday termed the order of extension in house arrest of Chaudhry Aitezaz Ahsan as illegal without proper approval from Federal Review Board (FRB). He said that house arrest of a person can not be extended unless getting approval from the Federal Review Board. He said that [...]

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Rulers foreign visit cannot improve image of country: Prof Khurshid

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Terming the recent European tour of President Pervez Musharraf as a failure, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan central leader Professor Khurshid Ahmed has said that country was facing crisis of energy, flour and gas and only foreign visits cannot improve image of the country. “The mirror will only reflect your position. In fact, he has distorted [...]

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LHC asked to decide appeal against rejection of nomination papers

31. January 2008

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ISLAMABAD: A three member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar, Justice Ijaz ul Hassan and Justice Ch Ejaz Yousaf on Thursday directed the Lahore High Court to decide the appeal of Syed Ali Hassan Gillani, the PML (N) candidate for National Assembly from Bahawalpur against rejection of his nomination papers. His [...]

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