500 killed, 2,000 hurt in Iran earthquake
 ESMAILABAD (Iran), June 22: A powerful earthquake in northern Iran killed at least 500 people and injured 2,000 on Saturday, razing dozens of mountain villages whose mud-brick homes crumbled to dust....
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Delhi’s naval withdrawal self-serving: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 22: Pakistani troops will “teach India a lesson” if it invades Kashmir, President Pervez Musharraf said in a television interview....
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Pakistan to lodge protest with UN: Soldier’s killing by Indian troops
ISLAMABAD, June 22: Pakistan will lodge a protest with the United Nations over brutal torture and killing of a soldier of Pakistan Rangers by the Indian army, who was allowed in...
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Israel hints at indefinite stay
TEL AVIV, June 22: Israel’s re-occupation of West Bank cities, codenamed “Determined Path”, showed signs on Saturday of becoming a long-term operation, drawing harsh condemnation from the Palestinian leadership....
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Bridegroom among 20 killed in blast
HANGU, June 22: At least 20 persons were killed, most of them children, and over 15 were injured when an explosive device went off on Saturday morning in the house, where...
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Vajpayee to visit held Kashmir
NEW DELHI, June 22: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is soon likely to pay his second visit to occupied Kashmir this year to help create a conducive atmosphere for holding...
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Polls to be held on time: Nisar
PESHAWAR, June 22: Federal Minister for Information, Nisar Memon, has renewed government’s commitment to hold general elections in October assuring that transfer of power would take place shortly after the polls....
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New security system for Karachi Port okayed
ISLAMABAD, June 22: The federal government has, in principle, approved installation of a modern radar, VTS and security system for the Karachi Port to minimise human interaction in security-related issues....
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Graduation condition for lawmakers: ordinance promulgated
ISLAMABAD, June 22: The government on Saturday promulgated an ordinance making it mandatory for all candidates to national and provincial assemblies to be graduates....
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Inam sworn in as foreign minister
ISLAMABAD, June 22: Former foreign secretary Inamul Haque was sworn in as minister of state for foreign affairs here on Saturday to fill the post vacated by Abdul Sattar who resigned...
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Judgment reserved in Riba case
ISLAMABAD, June 22: The Supreme Court on Saturday reserved its verdict on a review petition filed by UBL in Riba case. The federal government had supported the UBL’s review petition saying...
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Building of temple: VHP seeks land possession
NEW DELHI, June 22: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday asked the Indian government to hand over land near the Babri mosque to build a controversial temple and issued a...
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Qanooni made security adviser
KABUL, June 22: Afghanistan’s former interior minister Yunus Qanooni was made special adviser on national security on Saturday even as he accepted the post of education minister in President Hamid Karzai’s...
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Lunar eclipse on 25th
KARACHI, June 22: A penumbral eclipse of the moon will occur on June 25 and it will be visible in Pakistan....
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