Anti-terror fight in national interest: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Foreign Office Spokesman Masood Khan said on Saturday that Pakistan had waged a war on terrorism in the supreme national interest and not to appease the West.
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ARD seeks public debate on bill
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to call for a public debate on the pro-uniform bill moved by the government on Friday in the National Assembly.
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Fazl phones Benazir, seeks support
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: MMA's Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday talked with chairperson of the People's Party Parliamentarians Benazir Bhutto by telephone.
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100 suspects arrested
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The police have rounded up more than 100 people linked to outlawed Islamic militant groups in a new crackdown after two bomb attacks which killed more than 70 people within a week, police said on Saturday.
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Irsa foresees 48pc water shortage
ISLAMABD, Oct 9: The advisory committee of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Saturday projected a 48 per cent water shortage during the Rabi season and consequently cut the share of water of Punjab and Sindh by the same percentage.
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Mufti Jameel, associate shot dead
KARACHI, Oct 9: A prominent religious scholar, Mufti Jameel Ahmed Khan, and his associate were shot dead near the Guru Mandir intersection here on Saturday.
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2 Chinese engineers kidnapped
WANA, Oct 9: Two Chinese engineers and their five security guards were kidnapped on Saturday while travelling through the South Waziristan Agency.
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Jewel in the crown exhibit begins
KARACHI, Oct 9: The sneak preview of a major exhibition showcasing the history of Karachi from the Battle of Miani to partition was held on the lawns of the Mohatta Palace on Saturday.
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India sees turn for the better in ties with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Indian Foreign Minister K. Natwar Singh said on Saturday his country s ties with nuclear rival Pakistan had taken a turn for the better but he seemed suspicious
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UNSC blasts acts of terror in Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9: The UN Security Council strongly condemned on Friday the string of attacks this week in Pakistan and Egypt as well as the beheading of a British civilian in Baghdad.
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5 shot dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into an army convoy in held Kashmir on Saturday, killing four soldiers and a civilian and wounding 30 more, police said.
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Afghan polls end amid boycott: Rigging charges levelled during voting
KABUL, Oct 9: Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election was thrown into confusion on Saturday after all of President Hamid Karzai's rivals said they were boycotting the poll because of irregularities.
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24 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Oct 9: At least 24 suspected Taliban militants were killed on Saturday in a bombing raid by aircraft from the US-led coalition in the central province of Uruzgan, the provincial governor said.
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Tareq Aziz alive: US
BAGHDAD, Oct 9: The US military said on Saturday it had "absolute confirmation" that Tareq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, was still alive.
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