NA to debate bill on honour killing: PM
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said the government will introduce four bills on important issues, including honour killing and terrorism, during the current session of the National Assembly.
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Pagara parts ways with unified PML
KARACHI, July 28: Veteran Pakistan Muslim League leader Pir Pagara announced on Wednesday that he was parting company with the PML headed by Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and reviving his own faction of the party, PML-F.
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Talks on barrage begin today
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The two-day (July 29-30) Pakistan-India secretary-level talks on controversial Wullar Barrage on the River Jhelum start here on Thursday as part of the ongoing eight-point composite dialogue between the two countries.
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Delivery of Libyan Mirages begins
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Libya has begun delivery of its fleet of mothballed Mirage fighter jets to Pakistan, which plans to use parts of the planes to keep its own Mirages aloft, Pakistan Air Force officials said on Wednesday.
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Nationalities of three terrorists disclosed
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The interior ministry on Wednesday said that two of the terrorists arrested from Gujrat were South Africans and one was Tanzanian.
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One killed in Wana attack
WANA, July 28: One minor girl was killed and two army troops were wounded in a midnight rocket attack on the Wana scouts camp in the South Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday.
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Three killed in Kohat blasts
KOHAT, July 28: An assistant director and an inspector of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and a suspected suicide bomber were killed in two bomb explosions
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Pakistanis seized in Iraq executed: 120 killed in suicide bombing, clashes
DUBAI, July 28: Militants in Iraq have killed two Pakistani hostages and have released an Iraqi, Al Jazeera television said late Wednesday night.
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Govt agrees to reduce fertilizer prices
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The government and manufacturers on Wednesday agreed to reduce fertilizer prices by Rs18-20 per bag immediately and to consider subsidised import of the product to meet local demand and contain rising local prices
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Pakistan opposes UN threat of Sudan curbs
UNITED NATIONS, July 28: Pakistan on Wednesday called upon the United States and other members of the UN Security Council to remove the threat of sanctions from a resolution on Sudan, or to facilitate continued political negotiations with the government there.
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11 die in Kashmir gunbattle
SRINAGAR, July 28: Freedom fighters on Wednesday stormed a security forces camp in the heart of held Kashmir's tourism centre, killing five security personnel. Two militants died in the gunbattle.
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Ahmedabad tense after fresh riots
AHMEDABAD, July 28: Indian authorities re-imposed a curfew in a riot-scarred western town on Wednesday after fresh clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims, officials said.
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Taliban set ablaze six trucks
CHAMAN, July 28: Suspected Taliban fighters torched six trucks near the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak after seizing the vehicles and capturing their Pakistani drivers, an Afghan official said on Wednesday.
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Kabul mosque blast claims six lives
KABUL, July 28: Six people including two UN election workers were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in a mosque where the United Nations was registering people for elections, as an ammunition depot was blown up after a missile attack.
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Aid agency medics to quit Afghanistan
KABUL, July 28: International aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres on Wednesday said it would pull out of Afghanistan after 24 years, blaming the government for an increasingly fragile security situation.
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Iraq air force to get new aircraft
AMMAN, July 28: Iraq's nascent air force will take delivery of its first two new aircraft on Thursday, the start of a new surveillance force for protecting its borders and oil facilities.
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Saudi Arabia, Iraq agree to resume ties
JEDDAH, July 28: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday that he and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had agreed to restore bilateral diplomatic ties, the Al-Arabiya news channel reported.
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Oil touches 14-year high
LONDON, July 28: Oil prices soared to the highest level for almost 14 years here on Wednesday as traders fretted over a financial crisis at Russian oil giant Yukos.
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