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14 die in Swat suicide bombing
By Essa Khankhel & Delawar Jan
MINGORA/PESHAWAR: Fourteen people, including two soldiers and two policemen, were killed and 53 others sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting a security checkpoint near the Circuit House in Saidu Shar more |
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30 die in deadly Afghan attacks
KANDAHAR: Thirty people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a series of explosions hit the centre of Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, a hospital official said.
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Pak-US strategic dialogue on 24th
By Asim Yasin & Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said the objective of strategic dialogue with the US, scheduled for March 24 in Washington, is to enhance people-to-people strategic relationship wh more |
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OPF makes backdoor appointments
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Living up to its reputation and going by its past doings, the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) has allegedly made dozens of appointments at different levels in such a dubious manner where in some more |
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PBC demands trial of Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday passed a resolution to initiate a case against former president Gen Pervez Musharraf for violating the Constitution. The resolution was presented by Abdul H more |
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Tribal elder, two guards gunned down in Peshawar
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: Another tribal chieftain and head of an anti-Taliban peace committee in Mohmand Agency was shot dead, along with his two bodyguards, outside his house in Bakshi Pul on Charsadda Road here on Saturday. more |
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India gives go-ahead to another dam on Chenab in IHK
By Munawar Hasan
LAHORE: In a series of water-sector projects over the Chenab River in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), India has given a go-ahead to yet another mega project, which will be completed by 2016.
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Shahbaz urges Italian businessmen to invest in Punjab
By our correspondent
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said there are opportunities of investment in livestock, agriculture and other sectors in Punjab.
The Punjab CM was talking to Ettore Marzocchi, the presi more |
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Special federal cabinet meeting on 17th
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has summoned a special meeting of the federal cabinet on Wednesday (March 17) at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat to discuss the law and order situation in the more |
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UHS ignored rules in appointment of official: report
By Amer Malik
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) administration has ignored the rules and regulations in the appointment of a General Manager (Admn & Coord) re-designated as Director (A&C), revealed the Audit Ob more |
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Nine Taliban militants killed by rival group
HANGU: Nine Taliban militants, including an important commander held hostage by the rival Taliban group after a fierce clash taken place some 20 days back, we more |
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