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Poll ‘ban’ defied by NWFP women
TIMERGARAH (Lower Dir), July 27: Defying agreements reached among major political and religious parties in some NWFP districts to keep women out of local elections, about 60 women filed nomination papers for different seats here on Wednesday....
Islamabad, Delhi agree to expand protocol on visits
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan and India on Wednesday agreed in principle to expand the 1974 Bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines to increase the number of shrines to visit and pilgrims in both countries....
About 600 held in a week
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Security forces have rounded up about 600 suspected militants in a week-long crackdown that followed the July 7 London attacks, officials told AFP on Wednesday....
US objects to gas pipeline
WASHINGTON, July 27: Days after signing a deal to provide nuclear technology to India for meeting energy needs, the US administration has expressed ‘serious concerns’ over New Delhi’s efforts to buy natural gas from Iran....
Indian fruit, vegetables imported by road
NEW DELHI, July 27: India and Pakistan embarked on a rare journey this week when porters at the Wagah border distributed sweets because a consignment of 400 bags of garlic was transported to Lahore, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday....
Torrential rains paralyze Mumbai
MUMBAI, July 27: Floods and landslides killed about 140 people in western India on Wednesday, and scores more were feared dead after a wall of mud flattened a village....
Suspects were living illegally, says Egypt
CAIRO, July 27: Six Pakistanis who had been suspected of involvement in Saturday’s deadly bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh were illegal immigrants believed to have crossed into Israel to seek work, the government daily Al-Ahram said on Wednesday....
Pakistanis not involved in bombings: UK diplomat
KARACHI, July 27: British Deputy High Commissioner Hamesh Daniel said here on Wednesday that there had been an improvement in the situation in Pakistan, especially in Karachi where business activities had geared up and pace of development increased....
Key suspect in London’s failed blast held
LONDON, July 27: British police, chasing the bombers who tried to attack London’s transport system last week, arrested a key suspect on Wednesday in what was hailed as a major breakthrough in Britain’s biggest ever manhunt....
Three Pakistanis arrested, released in New York
NEW YORK, July 27: Three Pakistani men were detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport early on Tuesday morning from a London-bound flight after some passengers complained they were moving about suspiciously between first and economy class of the plane....
Terror war ideological struggle, says US
WASHINGTON, July 27: The White House has said that the fight against terrorism is ‘an ideological struggle’ and only military effort cannot defeat it. “This is an ideological struggle that we’re...
Accused in Daniel Pearl case arrested
GUJRANWALA, July 27: One of the accused in the US journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case has been arrested by the Gujranwala police. Sources told this correspondent that Syed Mohammad Hashim, carrying...
Foreign routes for private airlines
KARACHI, July 27: The ministry of defence has made major changes in the national aviation policy and allowed private airlines to operate on international routes, ending the monopoly of the state-run Pakistan International Airlines....
President, Premier review security situation
RAWALPINDI, July 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz met President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and the two leaders exchanged views on the internal security environment with particular reference to the ongoing...
Minister’s election declared void
QUETTA, July 27: The Balochistan High Court has declared the election of provincial Health Minister Hafiz Hamdullah void, accepting a writ petition against his election from PB-9 Qila Abdullah-1 and ordered re-election....
Five killed in roof collapse
SARGODHA, July 27: Five labourers died and 10 suffered serious injuries when the roof of a salt grinding factory caved in during rain near Utra Mor on Quaidabad-Jauharabad road, 70 kilometres off here, on Wednesday....
Italy accuses G-4 of financial blackmail
UNITED NATIONS, July 27: The Italian ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the four aspirants to permanent seats in the expanded UN Security Council — known as G-4 —...
DIG escapes attempt on life
KARACHI, July 27: Police have initiated a probe to determine if there was any link between a man arrested for an abortive murderous attack on a DIG rank officer here on Wednesday with any militant or sectarian organization....
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TIMERGARAH (Lower Dir), July 27: Defying agreements reached among major political and religious parties in some NWFP districts to keep women out of local elections, about 60 women filed nomination papers for different seats here on Wednesday....
NEW DELHI, July 27: India and Pakistan embarked on a rare journey this week when porters at the Wagah border distributed sweets because a consignment of 400 bags of garlic was transported to Lahore, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday....
MUMBAI, July 27: Floods and landslides killed about 140 people in western India on Wednesday, and scores more were feared dead after a wall of mud flattened a village....
