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G8 agrees to double Africa aid to $50bn: $3bn for Palestine pledged
GLENEAGLES (Scotland), July 8: World leaders agreed on Friday to more than double aid for Africa to $50 billion, presenting the deal as a message of hope that countered the hatred behind the London bomb attacks....
Muslims may suffer fallout: president: London terrorist blasts
CHITRAL, July 8: President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that mainly Muslims would be facing repercussions of Thursday’s London bombings which he described as an act of flagrant terrorism....
Londoners look for missing relatives
LONDON, July 8: Desperate Londoners hunted for missing relatives on Friday after suspected al Qaeda bombers killed more than 50 people in rush-hour blasts, while rescue workers struggled to retrieve bodies trapped deep underground....
Justice Reaz acting CEC of AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, July 8: AJK High Court Chief Justice Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry has been appointed AJK’s acting chief election commissioner in addition to his current responsibilities. A notification regarding his appointment was issued by the AJK Supreme Court....
Man being quizzed for lead to London blasts
PESHAWAR, July 8: Investigators are questioning here a British national with known links to Al Qaeda and militants in the UK who they suspect may provide lead to Thursday’s London blasts, sources said....
Villages, crops inundated in Sialkot, Gujranwala
SIALKOT/GUJRANWALA, July 8: About 90 villages and thousands of acres of agricultural land were inundated in various parts of Sialkot and Gujranwala by the high flood in rivers Chenab and Tavi....
Internet system restored: PTCL
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The country’s internet system is back on track after two weeks of disruption as the fault in the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-3 (SEAMEWE-3) undersea cable near Karachi has been rectified by Dubai-based experts....
Aziz vows action against land mafia
KARACHI, July 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that land encroachment is illegal under a new law and the government will set an example by getting its encroached land vacated by the mafia....
4 Indian troops die in Kashmir clash
JAMMU, July 8:Four Indian soldiers and four Mujahideen were killed in a gunfight on Friday near the border dividing Indian and Pakistani Kashmir in one of the region’s biggest clashes in six months, an army officer said....
APHC woos Hindus
NEW DELHI, July 8: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference kicked off a mass contact programme in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and said it planned to bring back the region’s alienated Hindu citizens....
$136m offered to reduce poverty
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide $136 million new funding to help alleviate poverty in the country....
Ministries directed to use 50pc of funds by Dec 31
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The federal government has directed all the ministries and divisions to ensure utilization of up to 50 per cent of budget allocation during first half (up to December 31) of the financial year....
Haj policy submitted to PM
LAHORE, July 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will examine on Monday the Haj policy submitted to him by the religious affairs ministry, sources say. It is expected that 150,000 Pakistanis will...
‘Nawaz passport decision soon’
NEW YORK, July 8: Minister of State for Interior Dr Shahzad Waseem has said a decision about issuing passport to Mian Nawaz Sharif will be taken soon....
Resolution on UNSC expansion planned
UNITED NATIONS, July 8: The “Uniting for Consensus” (UFC) group, led by Italy and Pakistan which opposes creation of additional permanent seats in the UN Security Council, announced on Thursday that...
US cautions G4 against early vote
UNITED NATIONS, July 8: The United States cautioned G-4 on Thursday that they are being overly optimistic in calling for vote on their resolution to expand the UN Security Council....
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LONDON, July 8: Desperate Londoners hunted for missing relatives on Friday after suspected al Qaeda bombers killed more than 50 people in rush-hour blasts, while rescue workers struggled to retrieve bodies trapped deep underground....
SIALKOT/GUJRANWALA, July 8: About 90 villages and thousands of acres of agricultural land were inundated in various parts of Sialkot and Gujranwala by the high flood in rivers Chenab and Tavi....
