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34 killed in Iraq suicide bombings
BAGHDAD, July 10: At least 34 people, mostly young men seeking to join the Iraqi army, were killed in a spate of suicide bombings on Sunday as the United States and Britain considered a drastic troop reduction in the country. In the deadliest of the seven attacks...
High alert as barrage braces for pressure
SUKKUR, July 10: The Administration has placed the entire irrigation staff on high alert in the wake of reports that a flow of about 545,000 cusecs at the Guddu Barrage is likely to increase by Monday morning, thereby increasing pressure at the Sukkur Barrage...
NWFP govt to move Hasba bill today
PESHAWAR, July 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Aamal government will table the Hasba bill in the provincial assembly on Monday while opposition parties have decided to resist the move....
Attack won’t affect talks: India
NEW DELHI, July 10: India’s peace process with Pakistan would continue despite the attempted assault on a controversial Hindu shrine in Ayodhya, Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said in Srinagar on Sunday....
Technology transfer on agenda of talks: Aziz
FRANKFURT, July 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who arrived here on Sunday on the first leg of his visit to Germany, said trade, commerce, transfer of technology, particularly in the field...
LB polls in congenial atmosphere pledged
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government intends to hold the forthcoming local body elections in a congenial atmosphere. The prime minister was talking to PML...
Phase-out of COT suspended
KARACHI, July 10: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) issued a directive to stock exchanges on Sunday evening stating that the ongoing COT (badla) phase-out had been suspended and the COT investment capped at Rs12 billion....
Six Islamic centres vandalized in New Zealand
AUCKLAND, July 10: At least six Islamic centres in New Zealand have been vandalised and their walls painted with the message “Londoners RIP”, police said on Sunday following the deadly bombings in London....
Three arrested at Heathrow Airport
LONDON, July 10: Police arrested three people at the Heathrow Airport under anti-terrorism laws on Sunday but said no link had been established with the Underground and bus bombings....
India condemns attacks on shrines in UK
NEW DELHI, July 10: India on Sunday condemned incidents of apparent reprisals against Sikh and Muslim shrines in Britain and urged Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government to help maintain religious harmony in the aftermath of last week’s bomb attacks in London....
6 Afghan policemen found beheaded
KANDAHAR, July 10: Six Afghan police were found beheaded after being captured by Taliban fighters in an attack that left a total of 10 police dead and three wounded in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday....
Faisal defends decision to join govt
NEW YORK, July 10: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Faisal Saleh Hayat, on Saturday defended his decision to defect from Pakistan Peoples Party to join the military-led government...
200 missing after boat sinks
JAKARTA, July 10: As many as 200 people are still missing three days after a ferry sank in high seas off Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua, a rescue official said on Sunday....
PM may visit Canada
NEW YORK, July 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz may visit Canada after his visit to Washington and New York in August, sources said here on Sunday....
Karamat justifies not sending troops to guard SC
NEW YORK, July 10: Former Chief of Pakistan Army, Gen (Rtd) Jehangir Karamat told a meeting of Pakistanis on Saturday that he refused to send troops to dispel mob attack on...
SUKKUR, July 10: The Administration has placed the entire irrigation staff on high alert in the wake of reports that a flow of about 545,000 cusecs at the Guddu Barrage is likely to increase by Monday morning, thereby increasing pressure at the Sukkur Barrage...
