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Pakistan minister faces edict over hug (USA Today)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:26:07 GMT

Pakistan's tourism minister says she fears for her life after clerics at a radical mosque issued an edict accusing her of sinning by hugging her French parachute jumping instructor, the state news agency reported.


Pakistan Minister Faces Edict Over Hug (ABC News)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:28:07 GMT

Pakistan Tourism Minister Fears for Her Life After Clerics Say She Sinned by Hugging Man


Moderation rocks in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
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Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:57:44 GMT

In Pakistan, the best hope for the future may be one of the biggest pop stars.


PAKISTAN GOVT TO CUT CORPORATE TAXES: REPORT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:37:23 GMT

Regulations / Law The government in the forthcoming budget 2007-08 is likely to reduce the burden on the corporate sector through reduction in taxes to 32 per cent (from 35 per cent) for public-listed companies, Merrill Lynch said in a report on Pakistan's economy.


Habib says Australia quizzed him in Pakistan (Adelaide Now)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:26:00 GMT

THE Federal Government "flatly denies" Mamdouh Habib's claim he was questioned at an Australian Government office in Pakistan before being detained at Guantanamo Bay, a Sydney court has been told.


Govt denies Habib was held in Pakistan (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:28:02 GMT

The federal government denies Mamdouh Habib's claim he was questioned at an Australian government office in Pakistan before being detained at Guantanamo Bay.


Pakistan minister fears for life after clerics say she sinned by hugging man (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:16:57 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan's state news agency reports that the country's tourism minister says she fears for her life. This, after she was photographed hugging her...


Pakistan minister fears for life after clerics say she sinned by hugging man (KRON 4 Bay Area)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:07:14 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan's state news agency reports that the country's tourism minister says she fears for her life. This, after she was photographed hugging her French parachute jumping instructor.


Goff launches Pakistan 'Waste to Energy' project (Scoop.co.nz)
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:19:46 GMT

The Minister of Trade, Phil Goff, yesterday formally launched a pilot ‘Waste to Energy’ project in Landhi, near Karachi, Pakistan. The project, which turns animal waste into energy and fertilizer was designed by New Zealand firm Empower Consultants Ltd, with funding assistance from New Zealand Aid.


Rally Against Mosque In Pakistan's Premier City Karachi (Nasdaq)
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Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:31:32 GMT

(RTTNews) - More than 100,000 people gathered in a huge rally in Pakistan's premier city of Karachi backed by the Mutahida Qami Movement political party protesting against the strong-arm tactics of a conservative mosque in the Pakistani capital Islamabad that has taken up moral policing.