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Govt ready for talks with PPP: Jamali
QUETTA, Dec 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that his government is ready to hold negotiations with the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) to resolve political issues....
US tells India to lay off Afghanistan
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: The United States has tersely told India to lay off Afghanistan and not to seek to increase its presence there to avoid hurting Pakistan’s interests, The Indian...
UN gets Iraq arms dossier
BAGHDAD, Dec 8: Iraq’s declaration that it has no weapons of mass destruction was flown out to UN headquarters for analysis on...
16 dead in Kashmir as truce ends
SRINAGAR, Dec 8: Sixteen people, including eight militants, died in Indian-occupied Kashmir, where a four-day ceasefire by a militant group ended on Sunday, police said....
Thousands protest for reform in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 8: Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60 people in the Iranian capital on Saturday, a city official said, as thousands gathered in and around Tehran University to call...
Microfinance taking roots in country’s economy
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Long acclaimed in other parts of the developing world for improving poverty through targeted lending to the poor, microfinance is finally taking root in Pakistan....
APHC wants talks with New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: An influential leader of the largest separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir has called for talks with the Indian government, the Hindustan Times daily reported on Sunday....
Pakistan denies sending drone
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan on Sunday denied one of its drones had flown over Indian territory in disputed Kashmir supported by heavy mortar and machinegun fire from the Pakistan army....
Another PPP MP joins Patriots
LAHORE, Dec 8: Syed Asad Murtaza Gilani, PPP MNA from NA-152 (Multan), on Sunday joined the P-5, supporting policies of the group “aimed at strengthening the democratic process.”...
Party to have upper hand, PML-Q top brass agrees
LAHORE, Dec 8: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Mian Mohammad Azhar, central leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Punjab party president Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi decided here on Sunday to resolve all party matters...
Kenya finds no Pakistan link with bomb blasts
NAIROBI, Dec 8: The Kenyan authorities have found no link between six Pakistani fisherman detained in Kenya and the terrorist attack in Mombasa....
BD cinema bomb blasts leave 17 dead
DHAKA, Dec 8: Seventeen people were killed, and more than 300 injured in a series of bomb blasts at four cinemas on...
Kuwait rejects Saddam’s apology
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 8: Kuwait on Saturday rejected Iraqi President Saddam Hussain’s letter, addressed to the Kuwaiti people, and said the message was an attempt to create a rift between the...
S. Arabia warns against political use of mosques
WASHINGTON-RIYADH, Dec 8: Saudi Arabia said it has imposed restrictions to prevent mosques being used as political platforms, following strong criticism in the...
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BAGHDAD, Dec 8: Iraq’s declaration that it has no weapons of mass destruction was flown out to UN headquarters for analysis on...
DHAKA, Dec 8: Seventeen people were killed, and more than 300 injured in a series of bomb blasts at four cinemas on...
