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Embassy employee abducted in Iraq
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The foreign office said on Sunday that an employee who went missing from Pakistan’s embassy in Iraq had been kidnapped. Malik Mohammad Javed, an assistant, who did not...
Blockade not lifted: JWP
QUETTA, April 10: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said on Sunday that the blockade of Dera Bugti was continuing and roads had not been opened despite an announcement...
No rallies for Asif’s welcome, PPP told
LAHORE, April 10: The Punjab government is reported to have told the provincial leadership of the PPP that rallies to welcome Asif Zardari on April 16 will not be allowed. President...
‘Dialogue on Balochistan issue to continue’
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the government will continue to pursue political dialogue to resolve the Balochistan issue but it will also ensure safety of vital...
Pakistani finance team to meet Wolfowitz
WASHINGTON, April 10: The spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF being held on April 16 and 17 are significant for Pakistan on more than one count. Pakistan’s finance...
10 killed in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 10: Ten people were killed and 20 injured on Sunday in a grenade attack and in clashes between Mujahideen and soldiers and police in occupied Kashmir, police said. Two...
India starts repairing Kashmir fence
KAMAN POST (India), April 10: Indian troops are rushing to repair a border fence in Kashmir, badly damaged by the heaviest snowfall in decades, to prevent fresh incursions by separatist guerillas,...
NA session likely to be stormy
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Political unrest in Balochistan may affect the National Assembly session beginning on Monday after a 17-day recess, though the government tried hard to ease tensions in the province,...
Pakistan helps China to join pilots’ association
BEIJING, April 10: The China Pilot Association formally joined the International Federation of the Airline Pilots Association (IFALPA) at its meeting held at Capetown, USA, thanks to the efforts of the...
Aksai Chin may figure in Wen’s Delhi talks
NEW DELHI, April 10: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived here from Bangalore on Sunday to hold wide-ranging talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on trade and border dispute that inevitably...
Mass human shield for Al Aqsa
AL QUDS, April 10: Thousands of Muslims, backed by senior members of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, formed a mass human shield on a vigil at Al Aqsa mosque on Sunday...
Indonesia quake spurs rush to high ground
PADANG (Indonesia), April 10: An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 rattled parts of Indonesia on Sunday, sending people in this city on Sumatra island rushing out of their homes and heading toward...
Mini-marathon for girls held amid tight security
SARGODHA, April 10: All-girl mini-marathon went ahead here on Sunday but within the boundary walls of a college and amid tight security. The Post-Graduate College for Women was selected after...
Pakistanis to donate more for Jinnah scholarship
TORONTO, April 10: Pakistani community in Canada will donate additional $25,000 to raise the amount of Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jnnah scholarship at the York University to $100,000. Consul-General Ghalib Iqbal told...
US denies access to KLM plane
AMSTERDAM, April 10: US authorities ordered a KLM plane to return to the Netherlands saying two of its passengers were barred from entering US territory or airspace, the airline said on...
IAEA chief says Al Qaeda tried to acquire N-weapon
OSLO, April 10: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said in an interview that Al Qaeda and other extremist groups had sought to obtain a nuclear weapon, Norwegian television...
3 held in Egypt for murder
CAIRO, April 10: Egyptian security forces have arrested three Islamists suspected of planning last week’s suicide bombing in a Cairo bazaar which killed three foreigners, an interior ministry source said on...
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