Militant group's chief arrested
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced on Sunday the arrest of Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the present chief of Harkatul Mujahideen and successor to Qari Saifullah Akhtar
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Twin blasts leave 8 dead in Karachi
KARACHI, Aug 8: At least eight people were killed and over 40 others injured when two bombs exploded in quick succession near the Jamia Binori Madressah in the city's SITE area on Sunday evening.
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Provincial rights to be protected: PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that the government was determined to protect the rights of all the federating units, including Balochistan.
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Centre to negotiate with tribal chiefs: Rahim advises govt against army operation
DADU, Aug 8: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that he has advised the centre not to launch an army operation in Balochistan and the federal government has agreed to hold negotiations with Baloch Sardars.
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Govt wants to hold talks, Bugti told
QUETTA, Aug 8: The Jamhuri Watan Party said on Sunday that National Security Council Secretary-General Tariq Aziz had conveyed to its chief Nawab Akbar Bugti the federal government's intention to hold meetings with political leaders of Balochistan
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Man re-arrested for probe into suicide attack
ATTOCK, Aug 8: Security agencies on Saturday night re-arrested the owner of a tailoring shop in connection with the Fatehjang suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and took him to an unknown place for investigation.
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Pakistan keen on pipeline project, says Kasuri
TEHRAN, Aug 8: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Sunday Pakistan was keen to make progress on Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.
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Pakistan, India to swap Kargil prisoners
AMRITSAR, Aug 8: India and Pakistan will Monday exchange three soldiers captured during a conflict in disputed Kashmir's Kargil region five years ago, a military official said.
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Indo-Pakistan peace rally in US planned
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: Pakistanis and Indians living in the greater Washington area have planned a peace march on Aug 14 to celebrate their 57th Independence Day.
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US firm to set up power project
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The government is planning to hire an American company to complete a $250 million gas-fired power project in Karachi capable of producing 200 megawatts of electricity within the next nine months, officials said.
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Major power breakdown
SUKKUR, Aug 8: The entire upper Sindh and half of Balochistan sank into darkness when a major fault hit the Guddu Power Station after midnight (12.30am) on Sunday.
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Eight die in accident on KKH
MANSEHRA, Aug 8: At least eight people were killed and 35 others injured when a Rawalpindi-bound bus plunged into a river on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan district, about 130 kilometres from here, on Sunday.
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'Al Qaeda plans attack in US'
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: "Information received from Pakistan shows that Al Qaeda is planning a terror attack in the United States before the November election," US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.
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Indians' kidnappers make new demands
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: Families of three Indian truck drivers kidnapped in Iraq waited anxiously on Sunday as the kidnappers reportedly made new demands for the release of their seven hostages, dimming reports of a breakthrough in the three-week ordeal.
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Three killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 8: At least three people were killed and three injured in factional fighting between two warlords in western Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday.
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Allawi tells militants to leave Najaf: Iran diplomat kidnapped
NAJAF, Iraq, Aug 8: Iraq's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi ordered Shia fighters to lay down their weapons and leave the holy city of Najaf on Sunday, but fighting raged on with US helicopter gunships pounding guerilla positions.
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Israeli missiles hit Gaza camp
GAZA, Aug 8: Israel fired five helicopter missiles into the fringes of Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday but there was no immediate word of casualties.
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Action against Iran possible, says Rice
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday said the United States could not rule out taking covert action against Iran to disrupt its nuclear weapons programme.
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