25 killed in Sialkot mosque blast: Army called out after violence
SIALKOT, Oct 1: Twenty-five people were killed and over 50 others wounded when a suspected suicide attacker detonated an explosive device inside a mosque here on Friday.
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Altaf urges struggle for democracy
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Friday invited all the political and religious parties to unite for strengthening democracy and eliminating the military's role in politics.
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Consensus to be sought on dams: Musharraf to visit Sindh, NWFP
ON BOARD PRESIDENT'S AIRCRAFT, Oct 1: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will visit Sindh and the NWFP to evolve consensus on building the Kalabagh dam.
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Shariat appellate bench formed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui on Friday formed a Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court to hear appeals against different Federal Shariat Court decisions.
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Wana clash, explosion claim five lives
WANA, Oct 1: Four students were killed and two others injured when a bomb went off on the Wana-Tank Road at about 7.30am on Friday. Later, Mehsuds killed a foreign militant in a brief encounter, locals said.
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Tax returns date extended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Central Board of Revenue has extended the last date for filing of tax returns up to Oct 15.
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Four held for attack on Gurdwara
SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 1: Police on Friday arrested four people - two lawyers and a former MPA - on charges of instigating students to attack Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.
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Five die in accident
NAWABSHAH, Oct 1: Five people were killed and four others injured when a trailer carrying a container fell on a push cart on Friday.
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Ex-AJK deputy speaker among dead
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 1: Former deputy speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly and People's Party AJK leader Syed Shaukat Hussain Naqvi was among the people who died in a suspected suicide bomb blast in Sialkot on Friday.
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Coastal areas' people warned of cyclone
HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The Badin district administration has advised people in the coastal areas to shift to safer places as there is a possibility of a cyclone on Saturday.
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India denies pullback plan
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: India does not plan to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier and recent news reports claiming otherwise are "pure speculation and a lie," Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh said on Friday.
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India asks US to withdraw sanctions
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: India on Friday rejected a Bush administration's charge that two Indian scientists had sold weapons and provided sensitive technology to Iran and asked the United States to withdraw sanctions imposed on them.
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US-led forces storm Samarra: 109 dead
SAMARRA, Oct 1: The US-led forces stormed Samarra on Friday and claimed more than 100 guerillas were killed in air strikes and street-to-street combat during a major offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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UN ends debate on terrorism, situation in Iraq, ME
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1: The UN General Assembly ended its annual debate on Thursday affording the world leaders an opportunity to grapple with issues including the root causes of terrorism in poor nations...
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Israel army kills nine Palestinians
GAZA, Oct 1: The Israeli army killed nine Palestinians in Gaza on Friday as according to some reports 100 tanks and soldiers rumbled deep into the coastal strip, expanding a ground offensive intended to stop militants from firing rockets into Israeli towns.
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N-proliferation seen as biggest threat: Bush, Kerry come face to face
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The US presidential debate on Thursday night showed that nuclear proliferation, along with the war on terror, will dominate the White House agenda for the next four years whether the next occupant is a Democrat or a Republican.
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US deploys destroyers off N. Korea
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: US destroyers equipped with Aegis missile tracking systems have been deployed in the Sea of Japan near North Korea as part of a missile defense system that Washington intends to declare operational
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Frenchmen's release being negotiated
DAMASCUS, Oct 1: A Frenchman presenting himself as an unofficial negotiator said on Friday that he was with two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq, raising hopes that the men may soon be freed.
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