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Over 950 killed in Baghdad stampede
BAGHDAD, Aug 31: At least 965 Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 465 wounded on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims...
Kasuri ‘to meet Israeli minister’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Pakistan and Israel are all set to have the first overt high-level political contact on Thursday. In what is seen as a major diplomatic development the foreign ministers...
Hasba bill infringes personal freedom: SC
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state cannot enforce any religious obligation stipulated by Islam, except Sallat (prayers) and Zakat. Authored by Chief Justice of Pakistan...
Petrol and diesel prices raised
KARACHI, Aug 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), after a gap of two months, has finally decided to squeeze consumers by increasing petrol price by Rs3.67,...
US offers frigates; eight Orion aircraft received
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The US has offered Perry-class frigates for sale to Pakistan, disclosed Chief of the Naval Staff Shahid Karimullah here on Wednesday. He said the offer of sale “has...
Singh to meet Mirwaiz on Monday
NEW DELHI, Aug 31: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will meet Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other leaders of Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Monday, both sides said on Wednesday....
US releases oil reserves to meet crisis
WASHINGTON, Aug 31: US President George W. Bush flew back to Washington on Wednesday to coordinate his government’s response to the devastation caused by the hurricane Katrina along America’s Gulf Coast....
US needs to tighten immigration laws: report
WASHINGTON, Aug 31: The United States needs to further tighten its immigration laws to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the country, says a new report released this week....
Extremists blamed for BD blasts
DHAKA, Aug 31: The August 17 serial bombing in Bangladesh was a combined attack of two Islamic extremist groups and an outlawed ultra-leftist party, said intelligence agencies investigating the unprecedented explosions....
11 get death sentence
QUETTA, Aug 31: The Sibi anti-terrorism court on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to 11 accused in absentia for killing eight people. Judge Mohammad Ismail Baloch awarded death penalty on eight counts...
Musharraf to meet Bush, Blair in New York
NEW YORK, Aug 31: President Pervez Musharraf’s one-to-one meetings with the US President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will top his full...
Election were 90pc fair: cabinet
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The federal cabinet on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the local body election process and described it as 90 per cent free, fair and transparent with only 8-10 per cent complaints about irregularities....
CM orders judicial probe into Sonia case
FAISALABAD, Aug 31: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi ordered on Wednesday a judicial probe into the alleged rape of Sonia Naz, the wife of excise clerk Yousaf Kamal, by some Faisalabad police officials....
Government protecting culprits: PPP: Sonia Naz case
KARACHI, Aug 31: Pakistan Peoples Party has criticized the government for what it called is half-hearted measures in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of Ms Sonia Naz by Faisalabad police officials....
Date for closure of refugee camps extended
PESHAWAR, Aug 31: Pakistan has extended by two weeks Wednesday’s deadline for the expulsion of thousands of Afghan refugees from the sensitive tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said....
Need stressed for continuous energy supply to industries
RAWALPINDI, Aug 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf directed the government on Wednesday to strive for optimum utilization of indigenous energy resources and finalize import options for uninterrupted supply....
BAGHDAD, Aug 31: At least 965 Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 465 wounded on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims...
RAWALPINDI, Aug 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf directed the government on Wednesday to strive for optimum utilization of indigenous energy resources and finalize import options for uninterrupted supply....
