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UK police gun down bombing suspect
LONDON, July 22: Police tore through a London Underground station on Friday and shot dead a fleeing suspect who had leapt over the ticket barriers as stunned commuters looked on....
150 held for misusing mosque loudspeaker
LAHORE, July 22: Police on Friday picked up 150 men on charges of misusing loudspeaker in mosques, and another 15 for allegedly belonging to banned militant groups, as part of the ongoing crackdown in Punjab....
Musharraf hopes Osama is held outside Pakistan
NEW YORK / WASHINGTON, July 22: President General Pervez Musharraf has said he will prefer that Osama bin Laden is captured by the American forces in Afghanistan and declared that agents...
Oil minister, Leftist allies disagree with Singh: Tri-nation gas project
NEW DELHI, July 22: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s woes over a controversial gas pipeline project with Iran increased on Friday after a cabinet colleague and key allies distanced themselves from his critique of the multi-billion dollar idea....
Singh changes stance on several key issues
WASHINGTON, July 22: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who returned home on Friday after a successful visit to the US, indicated a slight change in India’s attitude on several key issues during his four-day stay in the US capital....
‘India plays up pipeline risks to dictate terms’
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Indian move to play up risks pertaining to Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline plan is meant to dictate terms for the implementation of the project and seek subsidized prices of gas....
Pro-govt tribal chief shot dead
WANA (South Wazirsitan), July 22: Chief of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe Mir Zalam Khan along with his two brothers and a nephew were killed, while his son suffered bullet injuries in...
Al Qaeda’s group warns of more bombings
DUBAI, July 22: An Al Qaeda-linked group said on Friday that it had carried out the latest London attacks and warned that it would not stop its bombing campaign until all ‘infidel’ forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement....
Pakistan a great ally in war on terror: US
WASHINGTON, July 22: The White House has absolved Pakistan from any responsibility in the London bombings and stressed that Pakistan is a “great ally” in the war against terrorism....
Four hurt in attack on army convoy
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), July 22: Four soldiers were wounded when an army convoy was struck by a remote-controlled device near Chashma Bridge here on Friday, officials said....
Gwadar land mafia faces action
QUETTA, July 22: The board of directors of the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) has decided to act against the ‘land mafia’ in Gwadar and directed the departments concerned to take effective measures without delay....
PM wants increase in tax collection
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the government would carry out further reform to simplify the tax system and increase its efficiency and transparency....
Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 22: Police on Friday used batons and teargas to disperse Muslims protesting the killing of a teenager allegedly by Indian troops, while seven other people died in separate incidents of violence in Kashmir, residents and police said....
‘Malaysia and Pakistan believe in moderation’
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22: Malaysia and Pakistan are on the same wavelength regarding the need to promote a moderate Islam, former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said....
PML-N writes to CJ on denial of passport to Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudhry, asking him to take notice of denial of passport to the party...
Violence toll rises to 10 in Gilgit
GILGIT, July 22: A man who was shot at on Wednesday in clashes in Jutyal in the Gilgit city suburbs died on Friday in a Rawalpindi hospital, sources said....
LONDON, July 22: Police tore through a London Underground station on Friday and shot dead a fleeing suspect who had leapt over the ticket barriers as stunned commuters looked on....
