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Saturday, October 24, 2009
16 wedding guests killed in Mohmand mine blast
By our correspondent
GHALLANAI: Sixteen people, including seven members of a family, were killed and four others sustained serious injuries when a vehicle carrying a wedding party hit a landmine on Methai road in Baizai Tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Friday. Sources said the wedding party was on its way to Olai Killay from Gharangy village in Baizai subdivision of the agency to fetch the bride. Official sources said the explosion was caused by an anti-tank mine planted by militants apparently to target security forces’ convoys.
Hillary to visit Pakistan soon
WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Friday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would travel to Pakistan “soon” but that the dates cannot be announced for security reasons.
Foreign reporters denied entry to DI Khan
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The police turned back two foreign reporters, who wanted to enter Dera Ismail Khan to cover the military operation in nearby South Waziristan and meet displaced people. Sources said the reporters, whose identity and nationality could not be ascertained, were not allowed to enter Dera Ismail Khan. Members of the Pakistani and foreign media have been trying to reach Dera Ismail Khan and Tank to be in close proximity to the scene of action in South Waziristan since the launch of the military operation against the Hakimullah Mahsud-led militants on October 17.
15 more terrorists killed in Mohmand
By our correspondent
GHALLANAI: Security forces on Friday killed 15 militants and injured 14 others during ongoing operation “Sherdil” in various areas of the Mohmand Agency, official sources said. The sources said security forces had been conducting search operation against the militants in Kuz Chinari, Bedmanai, Ghanam Shah and Ziarat Killay in Lakaro tehsil for the last two days. Fifteen militants were killed and 14 others injured during the operation, they added. The forces also arrested two suspected militants in Ziarat Killay.
Dumper crushes four of family in Pindi
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: Four members of a family including a teacher of Army Public School, Peshawar, her husband Shahzad Anjum Qureshi and their two kids were killed in a road accident at Islamabad Highway near Shakrial when a heavy dumper turned over their car, killing the couple on the spot while two kids succumbed to their injuries at PIMS hospital, the police said. The third kid is still in critical condition in the hospital, spokesman of the PIMS Dr Waseem Khawaja said.
Four Pakistanis slain in Iran Guard attack
TEHRAN: Four Pakistani citizens were among those killed in the attack on Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards in Sistan-Balochistan province, Fars news agency reported on Friday. “Four Pakistani citizens, who were near the handicraft exhibition, also died in the incident,” Jalal Sayyah, deputy governor of Sistan-Balochistan told Fars. He said investigations revealed: The bomber had crossed into Iran from Pakistan a day before the attack, Sayyah said. “He was trained four months ago in one of (Abdolmalek) Rigi’s bases in Pakistan,” he added. -AFP
Sufi singer Sohrab Faqir dies
By Imtiaz Hussain
KHAIRPUR: Sindh’s great Sufi singer Sohrab Faqir passed away in Talpur Wada town here on Friday. He was suffering from cancer. Faqir had a great command over the Sufi genre of singing. He mainly sung the poetry of Sufi saints Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Sachal Sarmat. He performed in Germany and other countries and received three international awards.
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‘Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD: Strongly reacting to some of the reports of the presence of al-Qaeda and Taliban leadership in Pakistan by the US newspapers and some intelligence agencies, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said more |
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Mulla Omar in Karachi, claims WT
WASHINGTON: Mulla Muhammed Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled Quetta and found refuge from the potential US attacks in Karachi with the assistance of Pakistan’s intelligence, the Washington Times more |
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Will PM intervene or will robber barons kill CCP?
By Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has warned that it will cease to exist and its actions will become invalid in case the government fails to re-promulgate the Competition Ordinance on or b more |
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Eight militants die in US drone attack
By our correspondent
MIRAMSHAH: Eight militants were killed and two others injured when a US drone hit a house in the Michikhel area in North Waziristan on Friday, the second such attack in less than 24 hours.
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19 militants killed in SWA, Khyber, Bajaur clashes
By our correspondents
WANA/BARA/KHAR: Nineteen militants were killed in clashes with security forces in South Waziristan, Khyber and Bajaur tribal regions on Friday.
Tribal and officials sources said five militants were kille more |
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Pakistan has nothing to fear from India: Singh
WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India is ready to resolve all outstanding issues with the country on the condition that it will not allow its territory to be used against its neighbour more |
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Qureshi wants result-oriented dialogue with India
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmud Qureshi said on Friday Pakistan wanted meaningful and result-oriented bilateral negotiations with India.
Addressing a press conference at the airport here, h more |
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Only 15 pc believe Pakistan is going right
By Gibran Peshimam
KARACHI: Pakistan’s youths are losing confidence in the future and a mere 15 per cent believe that the country is heading in the right direction, while 72 per cent feel economically worse off than a year ago. O more |
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Mustafa Jatoi passes away
ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi breathed his last at the St Marry Hospital in London on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 78.
He leaves behind six sons and three d more |
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Slaughter of animals, NRO beneficiaries begins on Eid
By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will soon announce its strategy to deal with the cases which are going to reopen on Nov 28, a NAB spokesman told The News on Friday.
“The NAB chairman more |
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WFP, Rescue 15 attacks’ mastermind arrested
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Police on Friday arrested the mastermind behind the attacks on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Rescue 15 offices in Islamabad.
The terrorist, identified as Jamshed Ahmad more |
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Mushahid asks Karzai not to allow use of Afghan land against Pakistan
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League-Q Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Friday asked President Hamid Karzai not to allow the use of Afghan land against Pakistan under Indian designs.
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No Indo-Pak FMs meeting: Nirupama
NEW DELHI: India on Friday said no meeting had been scheduled between foreign ministers of Pakistan and India in Port of Spain later this month on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( more |
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US to tighten control of Afghan contracts: Gates
HALIFAX: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that the United States must tighten control of Afghan development contracts as a first step towards stemming rampant corruption.
“The reality is more |
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China has stake in Kashmir: Mirwaiz
News Desk
HELD SRINAGAR: As he plans to visit China, Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday kicked up a controversy by saying that Beijing has a “direct link” with the Kashmir issue, drawing strong obje more |
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Clinton favours Indo-Pak dialogue on Kashmir
WASHINGTON: The United States is encouraging Pakistan and India to resume their dialogue to address Kashmir and other outstanding disputes but any solution must come from the two countries, Secretary of State H more |
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Competition Commission forces PIA to fly fair
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Silent prayers of many Hajis have apparently been answered as the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has ordered PIA to refund within 60 days the excessive fares charged from the passengers, wh more |
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Attack on policemen in Peshawar
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: The death toll in the bomb attack on police party in Yakatoot rose to three after a sub-inspector and another cop succumbed to injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) on Friday as the city mourned more |
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‘Musharraf funnelling money to improve image’
ISLAMABAD: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has reportedly funnelled a large amount of money to his former aides in the country in order to improve his image, as he is planning a return to the c more |
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Sen Lugar’s wife arrested, charged with drinking, hit-and-run
News Desk
WASHINGTON: The wife of Republican Senator Richard G Lugar was arrested in the suburb of McLean on Wednesday night after crashing into a parked car, and she was charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run, the F more |
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Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan
HERAT: Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai’s second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into more |
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