Pakistan mission attacked; Karzai offers regrets
 KABUL, July 8: Islamabad closed its embassy in Afghanistan in protest after a 500-strong mob demonstrating against alleged border incursions by Pakistani troops attacked and ransacked the premises on Tuesday, the...
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Apex court suspends tribunal’s decision: Mufti Ibrar’s unseating
 ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday restored the membership of Mufti Ibrar Sultan, a Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA from Kohat, and ordered its offices to fix his appeal for final...
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Eight of a family among 15 killed: Rains in Karachi
 KARACHI, July 8: At least 15 persons died in separate rain related incidents in different parts of the city since late Monday night....
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Twins die as surgery ends in tragedy
SINGAPORE, July 8: The historic attempt to separate Iranian twin sisters joined at the head ended tragically on Tuesday when Ladan and Laleh Bijani died within 90 minutes of each other...
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Pakistan to wait for appropriate time: Troops for Iraq
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Pakistan will not send troops to Iraq until the security environment there improves or the Iraqi people choose to welcome foreign troops, well-placed defence sources told Dawn on...
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Evidence against Iraq false, admits US
WASHINGTON, July 8: The White House has admitted for the first time that its claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had tried to buy uranium from Niger was false....
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Foreign secretaries’ meeting ruled out
NEW DELHI July 8: India’s External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of a separate meeting between Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz H....
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India urged to ease visa restrictions
 NEW DELHI, July 8: Pakistani businessmen on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to ease visa restrictions, saying they hindered bilateral trade and people-to-people contacts between the two countries....
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Journalist awarded life-term
PESHAWAR, July 8: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Irshad on Tuesday convicted a sub-editor of The Frontier Post, Munawar Mohsin, in a blasphemy case and sentenced him to life imprisonment...
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115 perish in Sudanese plane crash
KHARTOUM, July 8: A Sudanese airliner crashed early on Tuesday near Sudan’s Red Sea coast, leaving a baby boy as the sole survivor among the 116 passengers and crew aboard the...
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Pakistan envoy meets Karzai
PESHAWAR, July 8: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday extended a personal apology for a raid on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul, and offered guarantees to Islamabad against future attacks....
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MMA-government conflict worries Washington
WASHINGTON, July 8: There is a real concern in the US administration that the MMA-government conflict could lead to an increase in religious fervour in Pakistan....
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Seven US troops wounded in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 8: Seven US soldiers were wounded in three separate attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, a military spokesman said....
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PM briefed on PAF’s preparedness
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan on Tuesday said that every effort would be made to develop the capability of Pakistan Air Force with a view to maintaining a...
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Abbas submits Resignation from key post
GAZA CITY, July 8: Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas offered to resign on Tuesday from a key leadership post and called off a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon in...
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August 14 rally plan intact, says Nasrullah
KARACHI, July 8: ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has said that despite acceptance of the government offer for dialogue, the opposition will not give up its plan to hold a protest...
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