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Explosions rock N. Waziristan: Security forces arrest three suspects
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), July 25: Missile and rocket explosions rocked parts of the restive North Waziristan Agency on Sunday night while an army officer suffered injuries in remote- controlled bomb blasts, sources said....
Pakistanis not linked to Egypt bombings: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Pakistan made it clear on Monday that there had been no official word from Cairo on the reported involvement of Pakistani citizens in Egypt bombings over the weekend....
20 killed in two road accidents
QUETTA, July 25: At least 20 people, including a Naval officer and his family, were killed and 10 others injured in two road incidents near Khuzdar and Bela at the Karachi-Quetta national highway on Monday....
Seven children swept away by floodwater
SUKKUR, July 25: Seven children were swept away by a strong current and 300 villages were submerged by water between Guddu and Sukkur barrages during the past 24 hours....
President will look into journalist’s arrest
LAHORE, July 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday expressed ignorance about the arrest in Karachi of a reporter of daily Star, Rasheed Channa, but promised to look into the matter....
No doublespeak on pipeline: Aiyar
NEW DELHI, July 25: Indian Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar expressed the confidence on Monday that ‘political impediments’ in the path of the Iran gas pipeline would be overcome and that the project was very much on....
PM says govt will welcome foreign poll monitors
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday reiterated his government’s resolve to hold the local government elections in a free, fair and transparent manner and said foreign observers would be welcomed and facilitated to monitor the polls....
CEC says gender bar in polls unacceptable: Warning of punitive action
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Monday threatened to take punitive action against groups in NWFP districts that barred womenfolk from the upcoming local government elections....
Hasba Bill reference hearing postponed
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Supreme Court on Monday put off for a week the hearing of a reference filed by President Pervez Musharraf against the Hasba Bill after the NWFP government sought time for preparation....
Twenty held in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 25: Indian police detained at least 20 protesters on Monday during a second day of angry demonstrations across Kashmir against the killing of three innocent teenagers after troops mistook them for militants....
British police name 2 suspects in probe
LONDON, July 25: British police on Monday named two suspects wanted for trying to set off bombs across London’s transport network last week as they scrambled to track down the attackers and stop them striking again....
Over 280 militants held since Friday
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao on Monday said over 280 activists of two banned religious outfits had been arrested since last Friday for violating laws concerning maintenance of public order....
Murder accused remanded in police custody
SUKKUR, July 25: An inquiry about involvement of four policemen in providing shelter to killers of eight people near Deh Ghagro has been completed and submitted to the RPO and the DPO....
US holds talks with N. Korea
BEIJING, July 25: The United States and North Korea held a rare one-on-one meeting on Monday, with the American side stressing it was time for “real progress” to be made in reversing the North’s drive for nuclear weapons....
Water flow increases at Sukkur Barrage
SUKKUR, July 25: Flash flood has safely passed from Guddu Barrage on the night between Sunday and Monday where the up-stream discharge was recorded 548,000 cusecs....
Salim Alvi passes away
KARACHI, July 25: Former bureau chief of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Salim Alvi, who died here on Sunday, was buried in the Defence Society graveyard on Monday....
Flight delayed for checking
KARACHI, July 25: The departure of a Dubai-bound Emirates’flight was delayed on Monday-Tuesday night and airport security personnel checked the aircraft and the passengers, a private TV channel reported....
Shoot at sight ordered
GILGIT, July 25: The Northern Areas police chief Sarmad Saeed Khan has said that the extremsist and terrorists would be shot at sight, a local weekly newspaper quoted the IGP as saying on Monday....
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), July 25: Egyptian police fought gunbattles in desert mountains near the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday....
QUETTA, July 25: At least 20 people, including a Naval officer and his family, were killed and 10 others injured in two road incidents near Khuzdar and Bela at the Karachi-Quetta national highway on Monday....
BEIJING, July 25: The United States and North Korea held a rare one-on-one meeting on Monday, with the American side stressing it was time for “real progress” to be made in reversing the North’s drive for nuclear weapons....
KARACHI, July 25: Former bureau chief of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Salim Alvi, who died here on Sunday, was buried in the Defence Society graveyard on Monday....
