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Thailand supports Pakistan’s Asean bid: Trade to be expanded: Aziz
BANGKOK, May 9: Thailand on Monday assured Pakistan of its complete support in its efforts to secure full dialogue partnership status with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). The assurance...
Kishanganga: Islamabad threatens to move WB
LAHORE, May 9: Pakistan on Monday threatened to invoke “treaty mechanism” and take the Kishanganga Hydropower Project to the World Bank for arbitration if India failed to resolve the issue to...
Recommendations sent to World Bank
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistan on Monday forwarded to the World Bank its recommendations for the panel of experts to be appointed to help resolve the Indo-Pakistan differences on the designs and...
NFC: Sindh gives up demand
BHURBAN, May 9: Sindh has given up its demand for having revenue collection as one of the criteria for horizontal distribution of resources (among the provinces) under the Sixth National Finance...
Pakistan-US alliance under fire in NA
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistan’s key role in the US-led war against terror came under fire in the National Assembly on Monday at the start of a debate on reported desecration of...
Five explosions rock Gwadar, Quetta
QUETTA, May 9: Three powerful explosions rocked the Gwadar town and two others occurred in Quetta on Monday night, triggering panic among people. Sources said that the first explosion took place...
Kabul hints at amnesty for Omar, Hekmatyar
KABUL, May 9: Afghanistan’s reconciliation commission said on Monday that wanted former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar could be offered an amnesty and allowed to enter politics....
2 US troops, 23 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, May 9: Two US Marines and up to 23 militants were killed in a clash in eastern Afghanistan amid an upsurge in violence by suspected Taliban rebels which has claimed...
Naval exercise with France planned
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistan Navy will conduct the second round of joint exercises with the French Navy after participating in the ‘sea week’ being held in the United States later this...
US kills 75 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 9: The US military said on Monday it had killed 75 guerillas in a new offensive in western Iraq, striking back after attacks that killed 10 American troops, two...
Russia marks WWII victory
MOSCOW, May 9: Russia on Monday marked World War Two victory with Red Square pageantry in front of world leaders, trumpeting its huge wartime role but masking tensions in post-war ties...
Group faces UN sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, MAY 9. The United Nations Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions committee imposed sanctions on Lashkar-i-Tayaba group, a UN press release here said on Friday. The Security Council has asked...
Cartoonist says he didn’t want to offend Pakistan
WASHINGTON, May 9: The Washington Times cartoonist who made the derogatory cartoon that caused uproar in Pakistan said on Monday he never intended to offend the Pakistani nation. “It’s a cultural...
Five held for sectarian killings
KARACHI, May 9: Five suspected militants wanted for their alleged involvement in 15 sectarian killings have been arrested, police said on Monday. The five members of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi group were...
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MOSCOW, May 9: Russia on Monday marked World War Two victory with Red Square pageantry in front of world leaders, trumpeting its huge wartime role but masking tensions in post-war ties...
