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Blair lashes out at Islamic extremists
LONDON, July 16: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday branded Islamic extremism an “evil ideology” as it emerged that three of the four London bombers had gone to Pakistan last year....
Militants buried amid uproar
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), July 16: Thousands of emotionally charged tribesmen, raising anti-US slogans, buried on Saturday 24 suspected militants killed inside Pakistan by US forces operating from across the border in Afghanistan....
3 bombers visited Pakistan: officials
ISLAMABAD, July 16: Three of the July 7 London suicide bombers recently visited Pakistan, top security officials said on Saturday. Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, and Shehzad Tanweer, 22, came together in...
Taliban hang tribal chief
KANDAHAR, July 16: Taliban remnants hanged a pro-government tribal chief in the province of Zabul, accusing him of being an American spy, officials said on Saturday....
Newspaper office sealed: Editor, hawkers picked up
KARACHI, July 16: Police picked up an editor, an assistant editor of a weekly and six newspapers hawkers for spreading ‘hate literature’ here on Saturday night....
Qila Abdullah by-poll declared void
ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Election Commission on Saturday cancelled a Balochistan by-election held in PB-12 Qila Abdullah on July 9 for gross irregularities and ordered fresh polls on a date to be fixed later....
Earthquake jolts Karachi
KARACHI, July 16: Three tremors shook southern localities of the city when a moderate earthquake hit Balochistan on Saturday morning. “Two minor quakes jolted the city at around 4:48am and 10:47am....
25 die in Kashmir as hunt for militants on
SRINAGAR, July 16: Indian troops on Saturday shot dead 21 militants in held Kashmir while two soldiers and two civilians were also killed as the hunt continued for militants allegedly sneaking across the border from Pakistan....
G-4 may call for vote on proposals
UNITED NATIONS, July 16: The G-4 — Japan, Germany, India and Brazil — are expected to call for vote on their framework resolution at the end of next week, say diplomats here at the UN....
US won’t back India’s bid for UNSC
WASHINGTON, July 16: A day before Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s scheduled arrival in the US capital for his first state visit, a senior US official said the Bush administration...
Premier’s US visit to be rescheduled
ISLAMABAD, July 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the US and Canada has been postponed and will be rescheduled. A foreign office statement said on Saturday that the visit had been postponed for the time being....
PM arrives in Karachi
KARACHI, July 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here in this southern port city late on Saturday evening. According to an official press release, the prime minister was received at the...
Saarc countries asked to spend more on health
ISLAMABAD, July 16: India and Pakistan will jointly launch the next round of a polio eradication campaign. “Both the countries have agreed to do it together to make the region polio-free,”...
Tezgam driver, fireman taken into custody
LAHORE, July 16: The capital witnesses of the Ghotki train crash, the driver and fireman of Tezgam, have been shifted to some undisclosed place. “Driver Khair Mohammad Somroo and fireman Naveed Shah were brought to the Ghotki hospital after the collision....
KARACHI, July 16: Electoral process for first phase of local government election 2005 began on Saturday with the issuance...
