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* July 31 :Fighting between government troops and militants is continuing in Pakistan's north-western Swat region. ((BBC News) ) * July 24 :The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to keep September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan despite security concerns, it said on Thursday. ((Reuters) ) * July 21 :Pakistan's government has raised petrol and diesel prices by 14% - the largest such increase in the country's history. The move has been met with protests by manufacturers and consumers. ((BBC News) ) * July 18 :Chief Census Commissioner Khizar Hayat Khan has said that the National Census-2008 will be held in October this year and all arrangements in this regard have been completed. ((Dawn.com) ) * July 17 :Angry investors have attacked the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) in protest at plunging Pakistani share prices. ((BBC News) ) ((Bloomberg) ) * July 16 :The Karachi Stock Exchange's KSE-100 Index has dropped one-third from an all-time high hit in April, 2008 as rising pressure on shaky Pakistan's coalition government to tackle Taliban militants exacerbates concern about the country's economic woes. ((Forbes.com) ) * July 15 * *The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif after he tested positive for a banned substance in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game. ((BBC Sports) ) * *North West Frontier Province governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said US air strikes in Pakistan's troubled tribal belt are "seriously undermining" public support for the Government of Pakistan. ((BBC News) ) * *A Pakistani film, Ramchand Pakistani based on a real-life story, is being released simultaneously in India for the first time. ((BBC News) ) * July 7: One person was killed and up to 40 others injured in at least seven low intensity blasts within one hour in Karachi. ((Xinhua) ) * July 6: At least 15 policemen have been killed and many more people injured in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. ((BBC News) ) |