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Bomber killed, 36 injured in Rawalpindi suicide attack
RAWALPINDI: Thirty-six persons were injured, some critically, when a lone suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) at the Peshawar Road n more |
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Sarkozy’s adviser promises military equipment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday urged the need for chalking out a roadmap for pragmatic cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy with France.
The call came during meetings of Admiral Edouard Guil more |
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US Marines capture Afghan district in major offensive
CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan: Thousands of US Marines poured into Afghanistan’s Taliban heartlands on Thursday, quickly capturing a district in the first major assault of President Barack Obama’s new war plan.
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Pakistan redeploys troops to stop Afghan Taliban escape
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is redeploying some of its border forces to an area opposite Afghanistan’s Helmand province to block any Taliban trying to flee the US offensive launched there on Thursday, a military spokes more |
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US slaps sanctions on LeT leaders
WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions on an Al-Qaeda backer and three leaders of Laskhar-e-Taiba, which was blamed over last year’s Mumbai attacks.
The US Treasury said it was imposing an asset more |
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23 militants killed in Swat: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 23 militants during the last 24 hours in the troubled Swat Valley, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.
According to the ISPR media update, secu more |
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Roadside blast kills two cops in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Two cops were killed and a police officer and two passers-by sustained injuries when a patrolling car of the Agha Mir Jani police station was blown up with a remote-controlled device in Berri Bagh loc more |
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Mulla Nazeer scraps peace deal with govt
PESHAWAR/WANA: After the Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led militants in North Waziristan, another pro-government militant commander, Mulla Nazeer, also scrapped his peace deal with the government in South Waziristan Agency more |
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Chaudhrys move in for the political kill
ISLAMABAD: The Chaudhrys of Gujrat, confident of carrying the day, have moved up the date of elections for the PML-Q office-bearers by at least one month, daring their opponents to show their political muscle a more |
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‘No policy violated’
ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday The News had reported that the former prime minister and billionaire, Shaukat Aziz, had walked away with bulging suitcases full of 393 state gifts bought at pawn shop rates. We stand cor more |
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Fierce fighting rages between Lashkar, Taliban
DIR: The tribal lashkar in Doog Darra area of Dir Upper district Thursday killed two militants, including a key Taliban commander Maulana Naeemullah, in fierce fighting on Thursday.
Maulana Naeemullah wa more |
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Price hike in POL products challenged in SC
ISLAMABAD: A constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging the recent hike in prices of petroleum products, praying for suspending the notification through which the POL prices more |
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Efforts under way for permanent ceasefire in Kurram
PARACHINAR: After truce between the warring tribes in Kurram Agency on Wednesday, the political administration on Thursday deliberated measures with the elders in a Jirga to defuse tension and maintain durable more |
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PM discusses cabinet reshuffle with Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani intensified consultations with President Asif Ali Zardari on reshuffling his jumbo-size cabinet, holding the third meeting in a row in as many days with him on more |
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PML-N to quiz Hashmi, others for backing new province
ISLAMABAD: Top Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders will seriously question in the next party meeting its senior stalwarts, including Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, about their support to the division of the Pu more |
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Muneeb rejects proposal for taxing third child
KARACHI: Head of the Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Professor Muneebur Rahman has said that he was surprised why the issues of taxing the birth of the third child and creation of a new province were being raised at this cr more |
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68 Levies men desert in Orakzai
KALAYA: About 68 personnel of the Levies Force quit their job on Thursday following threats by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Orakzai Agency chapter. Sources said the TTP Orakzai chapter had threatened the more |
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Hideouts of Buner militants pounded
By our correspondent
DAGGAR: Security forces on Thursday pounded the suspected hideouts of militants in Buner district and some of the shells landed in civilia more |
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