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Heavy rain aggravates flood threat
PESHAWAR, July 3: Authorities in Dera Ismail Khan set up two relief camps after the water level in Chashma barrage hit a critically high point on Sunday, according to the provincial flood relief commission....
Fibre-optic cable fault remains untraced
KARACHI, July 3: Engineers working on the snapped Internet link failed on Sunday to trace the fault in SEA-ME-WE-3, world’s longest fibre-optic cable. The engineers are aboard a ship sent by...
Baglihar bridge washed away
NEW DELHI, July 3: Surging waters of River Chenab washed away a 105-metre bridge at the disputed Baglihar hydro-power project site and submerged two villages in Jammu division of Jammu and...
Taliban out to disrupt Afghan polls: Kasuri
LAHORE, July 3: The Taliban, warlords and drug lords are out to disrupt electoral process in Afghanistan and shift the blame on Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Sunday,...
Pact with US allows India to search for WMDs
WASHINGTON, July 3: The Delhi-Washington defence pact signed this week would allow India to join a multilateral task force formed to monitor the movement of weapons of mass destruction across international borders....
Held Kashmir ministers escape blast near Sopore
SRINAGAR, July 3: Two senior state ministers in held Kashmir narrowly escaped a landmine blast which injured six policemen while 11 people died in militant violence in the revolt-wracked state, police said on Sunday....
Egypt’s envoy to Iraq kidnapped
BAGHDAD, July 3: Egypt’s envoy to Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad, possibly in response to reports he was to become the first full-ranking Arab ambassador to the US-backed Iraqi government, diplomats and police sources said on Sunday....
Al Qaeda chief in S. Arabia killed
RIYADH, July 3: Saudi Arabia’s security forces killed one of the most wanted militants, Yunus Mohammad Al-Hayyari, during an encounter with militants in the Al-Rawdah area here on Sunday....
UK concerned over Iraq torture reports
LONDON, July 3: Britain said on Sunday it had raised “at the highest levels” in Iraq its concern over allegations that Iraqi security forces have tortured insurgents held for interrogation....
Advani aide quits over Jinnah row
NEW DELHI, July 3: A senior aide of Indian opposition leader Lal Kishan Advani, assumed to be the author of a new approach by Indian politicians towards the Quaid-i-Azam, resigned as the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday....
Experts advise US against imposing curbs on Pakistan
WASHINGTON, July 3: Continued US pressure could encourage democratic reforms and religious freedom in Pakistan but sanctioning Islamabad could be counter-productive, a panel of expert witnesses told the US Commission on International Religious Freedom....
Police team kidnapped
QUETTA, July 3: Some outlaws in Nasirabad district have abducted four police officials. Law enforcement agencies have launched an operation against the assailants. Police officials of Dera Murad...
Delay in Gaza pullout rejected
AL QUDS, July 3: Israel’s cabinet rejected on Sunday a proposal to delay the start of a Gaza pullout for three months, setting the stage for a showdown between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his main political rival Benjamin Netanyahu....
Federer wins third title in a row
LONDON, July 3: Roger Federer claimed a hat-trick of Wimbledon men’s singles titles with a comfortable 6-2 7-6 6-4 victory over American Andy Roddick on Sunday....
Two Pakistanis executed in S. Arabia
RIYADH, July 3: Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistani men on Sunday who murdered their aunt and robbed her, the Interior Ministry said. It said in a statement that Mazen Warbujan...
Portsmouth celebrations attended by PN ships
ISLAMABAD, July 3: Pakistan Navy ships Moawin and Tipu Sultan, currently on a goodwill cruise to the UK, USA and Mediterranean countries, visited Portsmouth (UK) and participated in commemorations to mark...
PESHAWAR, July 3: Authorities in Dera Ismail Khan set up two relief camps after the water level in Chashma barrage hit a critically high point on Sunday, according to the provincial flood relief commission....
