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Premier briefed on defence doctrine
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The armed forces on Friday gave a detailed briefing to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the country’s defence doctrine and the Armed Forces Development Plan 2019....
Indian, BD border forces exchange heavy fire
NEW DELHI, Aug 19: India and Bangladeshi border police exchanged heavy fire on Friday as Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee described this week’s bombing spree across Bangladesh as worrisome....
Rival claims blur Punjab picture
LAHORE, Aug 19: The ruling PML and the opposition made claims and counter-claims on Friday about the outcome of the first phase of the local government elections held in 17 districts of Punjab on Thursday....
US rejects call for pullout timetable
WASHINGTON, Aug 19: The United States on Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to set a timetable for pulling its troops out of Iraq and withheld comment on his proposal for an international conference....
Rockets fired at US warships in Jordan
AMMAN, Aug 19: Rockets were fired at two US warships in Jordan’s Red Sea Aqaba port on Friday, but missed their targets and killed a Jordanian soldier on land....
ADB approves $25 million for infrastructure
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $25 million loan to help Pakistan prepare and implement an infrastructure development programme that will support the country’s economic growth and reduce poverty....
Train-truck collision claims four lives
FAISALABAD, Aug 19: Four people, including the driver and fireman of the Badar Express, were killed and four others were injured when the train hit a truck at an unmanned level...
Seminary students, teachers held in BD
DHAKA, Aug 19: A Bangladesh madressah student found with a video of speeches by Osama bin Laden and military-style training techniques is among 100 people held after a nationwide wave of bombings linked to Muslim extremists, police said on Friday....
Gaza cleared of settlers
GADID SETTLEMENT (Gaza Strip), Aug 19: Israeli forces pulled some of the last remaining Jewish settlers out of Gaza on Friday as recriminations reverberated over the storming of a synagogue in the most violent clash of the historic pullout....
WB pledges $55m for officials’ training
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The government has decided to extensively undertake capacity building of civil servants, including those of provincial services, at a cost of Rs3.5 billion....
Islamabad welcomes pullout
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan on Friday welcomed the Israeli pullout from Gaza Strip as ‘a first positive step’ that would lead to a complete vacation of the Palestinian territories occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war....
Germany jails Moroccan in Sept 11 case
HAMBURG, Aug 19: The only person convicted over the Sept 11, 2001, attacks in the United States was found guilty in a retrial by a German court on Friday of belonging...
Ties with Dhaka top priority: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan attaches top priority to relations with Bangladesh both in bilateral context and in the framework of regional cooperation, President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday....
UK suspends official over shooting leak
LONDON, Aug 19: The person responsible for the leaking of documents about the police shooting of Brazilian Jean-Charles De Menezes has been suspended, BBC and Sky news said Thursday....
Four Indian navy personnel die in helicopter crash
BANGALORE, Aug 19: Four navy personnel were feared dead after their helicopter crashed in the jungles of Karnataka on Friday, police said. Belgaum district police superintendent Hemant Nimbalkar said rescuers were yet to reach the spot due to heavy rains....
Iran blames US for Iraq bombings
TEHRAN, Aug 19: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday denied fresh US allegations that the Islamic republic was linked to bombings in Iraq, and instead pointed the finger at US occupying forces....
US marine, Afghan soldier killed
KABUL, Aug 19: A US marine and an Afghan soldier were killed and four other Afghan troops wounded while fighting militants in an area where an American helicopter was shot down in June, the US military said on Friday....
Anti-terror congress
BEIJING, Aug 19: China has invited Pakistan to participate in world congress on terrorism, scheduled to take place in Beijing and Shanghai from Sept 3 to 10....
‘Oil, gas sector open to investors’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has said Pakistan’s oil and gas sector is completely open to local and foreign investors....
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The armed forces on Friday gave a detailed briefing to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the country’s defence doctrine and the Armed Forces Development Plan 2019....
AMMAN, Aug 19: Rockets were fired at two US warships in Jordan’s Red Sea Aqaba port on Friday, but missed their targets and killed a Jordanian soldier on land....
HAMBURG, Aug 19: The only person convicted over the Sept 11, 2001, attacks in the United States was found guilty in a retrial by a German court on Friday of belonging...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan attaches top priority to relations with Bangladesh both in bilateral context and in the framework of regional cooperation, President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday....
