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Over 350 bombs explode across Bangladesh
DHAKA, Aug 17: A series of simultaneous blasts rocked Bangladesh on Wednesday, sending a wave of panic across the country. Over 350 small bombs went off at different places, including 63 in the country’s 65 district headquarters, between 10.30am...
Pakistan has to raise internal resources: WB
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The argument in the US that Pakistan needs resources because it is an important ally in war on terror might not continue, said World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz...
Four Palestinians shot dead by settler
JERUSALEM, Aug 17: A Jewish settler killed four Palestinians in a West Bank shooting on Wednesday, drawing a threat of retaliation from Palestinian militants which could complicate Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip....
‘Police may open fire on unruly crowd’
KARACHI, Aug 17: Police may open fire at an unruly crowd during the local body elections if the law and order situation in any area goes out of control....
Pakistani detained in US
LOS ANGELES, Aug 17: The US authorities have detained a Pakistani suspected of involvement in a possible plot to attack the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles and other targets, officials said on Wednesday....
US-India joint defence production on the cards
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: The United States has offered to sell India F-16 and F-18 warplanes to India and has expressed its readiness to have joint production of advanced defence technologies here, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told parliament on Wednesday....
Britain recalls attache over ‘inappropriate relationship’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The British government recalled its military attache from the British High Commission (BHC) in Islamabad a couple of months ago after an internal investigation found his behaviour ‘inappropriate...
43 die in Iraq car bombings
BAGHDAD, Aug 17: Three car bombs killed 43 people in a coordinated attack on a Baghdad bus station in the morning rush hour on Wednesday. Eighty-eight people were wounded, an official...
Policeman dies in Kashmir landmine blast
SRINAGAR, Aug 17: A policeman was killed and eight people were hurt when suspected militants triggered a landmine blast in Occupied Kashmir, police said Wednesday....
US deports two for running seminary
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The US government has repatriated its two citizens of Pakistani origin who have been running a seminary in California, sources in the interior ministry told Dawn on Wednesday....
104 drown as ship sinks
QUITO, Aug 17: One hundred and four people drowned on Wednesday when an Ecuadorian ship carrying suspected illegal migrants sank in the Pacific off Colombia. A fishing boat reported rescuing nine...
105,254 Haj applications received
ISLAMABAD Aug 17: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has so far received 105,254 Haj applications and expects to recive another 10,000 against the quota of 90,000 under the official Haj scheme....
Kuwait visa
KUWAIT, Aug 17: Kuwait has imposed a ban on the issuance of family visit visas to nationals from seven countries, including Pakistan. According to a notification issued by Kuwait’s interior ministry,...
Women in three Peshawar UCs allowed to vote
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: On the intervention of the federal government, Jirgas in three union councils of Peshawar city have reverted their decision, allowing women to cast votes in local bodies elections to be held on Thursday....
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DHAKA, Aug 17: A series of simultaneous blasts rocked Bangladesh on Wednesday, sending a wave of panic across the country. Over 350 small bombs went off at different places, including 63 in the country’s 65 district headquarters, between 10.30am...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The argument in the US that Pakistan needs resources because it is an important ally in war on terror might not continue, said World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz...
