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CM’s house attacked: Two troops killed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Mujahideen launched a brazen attack on Friday near the home of occupied Kashmir’s chief minister, hurling grenades and firing automatic weapons in an assault that left two soldiers...
Uproar in NA on quorum issue
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The National Assembly failed to proceed on Friday for lack of quorum, which also led to a verbal duel between sparsely occupied treasury and opposition benches....
MMA wants generals’ assets made public
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Friday demanded that returns of assets of all the serving and retired generals/senior army officers along with the members of...
Saudi Crown Prince due today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz will arrive here on Saturday with his key cabinet members and senior officials in a bid to consolidate bilateral relations and...
Hindu zealots violate ban, attack police
AYODHYA, Oct 17: Simmering tensions erupted into violence on Friday in Ayodhya as police prevented Hindu activists from staging a rally on the ruins of the Babri mosque....
Iran will not build N-weapon: Khatami
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17: Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami said on Friday his country would not build a nuclear weapon and would continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as...
4 Americans killed in Iraq
KARBALA, Oct 17: The US military in Iraq on Friday reported four combat deaths, raising to 101 the number of US soldiers killed in action in the war-ravaged country since the...
Key LJ member detained
KARACHI, Oct 17: The police have detained a key member of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, identified as Asif alias Chhotu, in connection with the Suparco killing case, law enforcement officials said on...
Dawood not in Pakistan, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan on Friday denied that member of the Indian underworld Dawood Ibrahim is living in Karachi....
India sends sensing satellite into space
SRIHARIKOTA (India), Oct 17: India on Friday successfully put a 1,360-kilogramme remote sensing satellite into space, an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) official said....
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PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17: Muslim states affirmed their commitment to combat terrorism ...
AYODHYA, Oct 17: Simmering tensions erupted into violence on Friday in Ayodhya as police prevented Hindu activists from staging a rally on the ruins of the Babri mosque....
