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Suicide blast at shrine; 20 killed
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Twenty people, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed and nearly 100 others injured in a powerful explosion during a crowded Majlis at the Bari Imam shrine here on Friday,...
Joint efforts urged to eradicate extremism
ISLAMABAD, May 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf condemned the bomb blast at the shrine of Bari Imam here on Friday and appealed to people to join hands with the government in ridding the society of extremism. The president expressed deep sense of shock and sorrow at the loss of lives...
Siachen talks inconclusive
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The talks between Pakistan and India that started off on an optimistic note on Thursday concluded in Rawalpindi on Friday without breaking any ice on the Siachen issue Despite the declaration in the joint statement that the two sides had....
Appeal against reinstatement of nazims dismissed
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Sindh High Court’s decision reinstating four nazims and two naib nazims of Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Jacobabad and Dadu....
Sindh rejects three provinces’ NFC proposal
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Sindh announced on Friday that it would stay away from any discussion on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award unless its proposal for including revenue generation in the formula of horizontal distribution of divisible pool was accepted....
New development strategy approved: Rs272bn PSDP for 2005-6
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The National Economic Council (NEC) on Friday approved a five-point development-and-growth strategy for 2005-06 which envisages water security, energy security, infrastructure development,...
US apology sought for desecration
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Big rallies were held all over the country on Friday on Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s call for a day of worldwide protests against the desecration of the Holy Quran by...
Five incidents of Quran ‘mishandling’: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, May 27: A day after FBI memos revealed fresh allegations of desecration at Guantanamo Bay, Pentagon officials said they had identified at least five incidents of military guards and an...
APHC chief under house arrest
NEW DELHI, May 27: Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani was put under house arrest on Friday as complete shutdown observed in occupied Kashmir against the desecration...
WB expert on Baglihar starts talks on June 9
ISLAMABAD, May 27: World Bank’s neutral expert, Professor Raymond Lafitte, will hold his first meeting with India and Pakistan in Paris on June 9-10 to address differences between the two nations...
Rail traffic disrupted as 13 wagons derail
RAHIM YAR KHAN, May 27: Rail traffic on the main line between Karachi and various up-country destinations was suspended when a goods train derailed about 15kms from here on Friday afternoon....
12 die as truck overturns
MULTAN, May 27: Twelve people were killed and 35 others injured when a truck overturned in Daira Din Pannah area of the Muzaffargarh district on Friday. The truck with about 50...
Army to take over control of PTCL if talks fail
KARACHI, May 27: The army is set to take over sensitive installations of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company in the event of a breakdown of talks between the utility’s management and protesting...
King Fahd hospitalized
RIYADH, May 27: Saudi Arabia’s ailing King Fahd was hospitalised on Friday for medical examinations, the royal palace said in a statement carried by official news agency SPA....
West Indies 138 for 4
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 27: The West Indies were 138 for four at about 2am PST as they pressed home their advantage after bowling out Pakistan for a paltry 144. Skipper Chanderpaul...
Annan condemns blast
UNITED NATIONS, May 27. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday condemned the bomb blast at a shrine in Islamabad that killed at least 20 people and injured many more. A...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Twenty people, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed and nearly 100 others injured in a powerful explosion during a crowded Majlis at the Bari Imam shrine here on Friday,...
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Big rallies were held all over the country on Friday on Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s call for a day of worldwide protests against the desecration of the Holy Quran by...
