Although various independent Gallup surveys ahead of the referendum indicated a decline in General Musharraf's popularity graph, and all national and international media organisations as well as independent observers reported a lacklustre turnout in the referendum........                                                            
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On the evening of April 21, 2002, after he had seen to the last of his patients, Dr. Ameer Muavia was leaving his Saddar clinic when he was accosted by armed men. One of them put a pistol to his temple, and pulled the trigger........
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In a cramped, airless cell, Zafran Bibi, 28, sits listlessly in semi-darkness with her seven-month-old baby daughter next to her. A fan slowly churns high above her head, barely making any difference to the stifling heat...........
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Perfectly timed with the onset of Karachi's endless summer is the casual Dockers range for men and women. With Dockers you can dress down in a new, cool, modern way.....

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War is omnipresent. An intrinsic thread running through the fabric of Afghan life for a quarter century, it is manifest in ravaged urban landscapes, in the ubiquitous Kalashnikovs wielded by man and child alike.........
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The woman was a phenomenon. Easily the most influential figure during Pakistan's second military regime, with the slightest gesture of her bejewelled hand she could guarantee employment, ensure promotions and bring about unwelcome transfers.....
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