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Over 100 villages flooded in Sindh
SUKKUR, July 9: A medium flood of 500,000 cusecs was passing through the Guddu Barrage on Saturday, inundating 80 per cent of the kutcha area between Guddu and Pano Aqil, including over 100 villages and farmland....
3 die in by-election violence
QUETTA, July 9: At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in violence during by-election to the Balochistan Assembly seat PB-12, Qila Abdullah-II, on Saturday....
Musharraf asks people to reject extremists
SHANDUR, July 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that the country was more stable militarily and economically than ever before, but it faced internal hazards like growing extremism, intolerance and vandalism....
‘Hasba bill to isolate MMA’
ISLAMABAD, July 9: The NWFP government’s plan to enact a new law to create religious watchdogs has rung alarm bells in the country, some critics seeing it as a move by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) government to Talibanise the sensitive region....
Birmingham area evacuated after threat
LONDON, July 9: Police evacuated the central entertainment district of England’s second city Birmingham on Saturday evening after receiving a warning, two days after bombs killed more than 50 people in London....
World must deal with causes of terror: Blair
LONDON, July 9: The world must deal with the underlying causes of terrorism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday, insisting that security alone could not protect his country from attacks....
US soldier beheaded, say Taliban
KABUL, July 9: Taliban militants in Afghanistan on Saturday claimed to have beheaded a US special forces soldier they had held hostage since last week, but the US military said there was no proof the soldier had been killed....
Osama could be anywhere: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 9: Refuting the claim by the Afghan defence minister that Al Qaeda leaders were likely to be present in Pakistan, the Foreign Office on Saturday said no one knows...
Assassination condemned
UNITED NATIONS, July 9: The UN Security Council on Friday condemned the assassination of Ihab al-Sherif, Egypt’s ambassador-designate to Iraq, and the attempted assassinations of diplomats from Bahrain and Pakistan as well as attacks against other civilian personnel....
Aziz leaves for Italy, Germany today
ISLAMABAD, July 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will leave for a five-day visit to Germany and Italy on Sunday. A delegation of businessmen will accompany him....
A23 dead in Indian bus accident
DEHRADUN, July 9: At least 23 people were killed and 25 injured on Saturday when a crowded bus fell into a fast-flowing river in India’s northern hill state of Uttaranchal, an official said....
Decision on Nawaz’s passport today
LAHORE, July 9: Pakistan’s consulate in Jeddah will inform the exiled Sharif family on Sunday the decision about issuance of passports to them. Mian Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Capt Safdar visited the...
G-4 lacks votes for its resolution, says Akram
UNITED NATIONS, July 9: As the 191-member UN General Assembly is set to open debate on Monday on the G-4 resolution for the expansion of the UN Security Council, the “Uniting...
Committee to review NALC LFO
GILGIT, July 9: The Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas has reconstituted the legal reforms committee to review the Northern Areas Legislative Council’s Legal Framework Order, 1994,....
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KARACHI, July 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday declared that local body elections would not be postponed...
