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Over 100 held in crackdown
ISLAMABAD, July 19: Police on Tuesday arrested over 100 clerics and students of seminaries during a country-wide crackdown launched for confiscating hate material and detaining elements sheltering militants, police sources said....
US move to accept India as N-state
WASHINGTON, July 19: The United States has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities accorded to a member-state of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty without signing the agreement, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon state....
Rates of return on savings raised
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The government on Tuesday announced 1 to 2.04 per cent increase on rates of return on various instruments of National Savings Scheme (NSS). The investment limit on Pensioners Benefit Account and Bahbood Savings Certificates...
Blair calls on Muslims to confront ‘evil ideology’
LONDON, July 19: Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Tuesday on Britain’s Muslim community to confront the “evil ideology” behind the London bombings following a meeting with leaders from Islamic groups in the country....
Musharraf, Rice discuss war on terror
ISLAMABAD, July 19: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday and exchanged views with him on the ongoing war against terror and international issues....
UK wants crackdown on seminaries
LONDON, July 19: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday he was “anxious” for Pakistani authorities to crack down on hardline Islamic schools, which some of the London bombers are thought to have attended....
Musharraf, Aziz pledge to root out extremism
RAWALPINDI, July 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday reiterated the government’s commitment to rooting out extremism and terrorism, saying it was imperative for the socio-economic progress of the country....
‘Islamabad committed to fighting terror’
NEW DELHI, July 19: Pakistan is fully committed to fight terrorism and will not allow any terrorist activity from its soil, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmad Khan has said....
Candidates with links to banned groups barred: Local govt election
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that nomination papers of candidates having affiliation with any banned militant outfit or sectarian group would not be acceptable for the upcoming local government elections....
‘Most Britons blame Blair for bombings’
LONDON, July 19: Two-thirds of Britons believe Prime Minister Tony Blair bears a share of the responsibility for the suicide bombings in London, according to a poll published on Tuesday....
Six shot dead in Kashmir
JAMMU, July 19: Militants on Tuesday shot dead six members of a family in occupied Kashmir, police said. Police said the family members of village head Mohammad Akhtar were in their...
Incursions won’t derail peace bid, says Delhi
SRINAGAR, July 19: A 20-month-old peace process between India and Pakistan is not at risk from a sudden spurt of incursions by Muslim militants into Indian Kashmir from Pakistan, an Indian army general said on Tuesday....
Missile-test intimation talks to continue: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 19: Pakistan and India will discuss an agreement for pre-notification of missile tests during their next round of talks on nuclear confidence building measures (CBM) starting on August 5 in New Delhi....
3 politicians killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 19: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s hope of an early post-Saddam Hussein constitution was clouded by the murder on Tuesday of three Sunni members of a committee drafting the charter....
Traffic to China restored
GILGIT, July 19: The Frontier Works Organization said on Tuesday that it had restored traffic on the Karakoram Highway, which was blocked due to landslides near Sust....
ISLAMABAD, July 19: Police on Tuesday arrested over 100 clerics and students of seminaries during a country-wide crackdown launched for confiscating hate material and detaining elements sheltering militants, police sources said....
