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Afghans go to polls today: 11 die in clashes
KABUL, Sept 17: Eleven people were killed in clashes ahead of Sunday’s Afghan elections and insurgents were caught trying to blow up a dam, but UN organizers said the polls were set to open countrywide in spite of Taliban threats....
Gwadar port to help boost economy: Aziz
GWADAR, Sept 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that the federal government was spending a record Rs134 billion for development of Balochistan. “This has never happened before in the...
Peace process on track: Mirwaiz
NEW YORK, Sept 17: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference will have no objection if the chief minister of occupied Kashmir is invited to visit Azad Kashmir, APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq...
Peace process in dangerous phase: Indian media on summit meeting
NEW DELHI, Sept 17: Indian media on Saturday reacted with misgivings, fear and hope to the summit talks between Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and President Gen Pervez Musharraf in New York....
Nine militants held in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 17: Army troops have started operation against militants in Dua Toi and Goor Waik areas of the North Waziristan Agency on Saturday after cordoning off several residential compounds along the porous Afghan border, military sources said....
Border security tightened
PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Pakistani forces tightened security along the long, porous border with Afghanistan on Saturday to prevent Taliban militants and their allies from disrupting Afghan parliamentary elections....
30 killed in Baghdad car bomb blast
BAGHDAD, Sept 17: A car bomb killed 30 people and wounded 38 in a town east of Baghdad on Saturday at the end of one of the bloodiest weeks in and around the Iraqi capital since the invasion....
Opponents are enemies of country: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Sept 17: Pandemonium broke out at a meeting organized to promote Pakistan’s soft image when after a confrontation with human rights activists an irate President Pervez Musharraf declared that those who opposed his policies were the enemies of Pakistan....
Palestinian troops move to seal border with Egypt
RAFAH, Sept 17: Palestinian forces fired warning shots and pushed back stone-throwing crowds on Saturday on the southern Gaza Strip’s Egyptian border, attempting to reimpose order after a week of illegal crossings by thousands of people....
Leaders reaffirm faith in UN charter
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17: World leaders at a UN summit approved a landmark outcome document on development, human rights, terrorism and global security on Friday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations....
Poisonous water claims 8 lives
KARACHI, Sept 17: The death of at least eight children was confirmed on Saturday in Karachi’s Landhi area where water-borne diseases had broken out on Friday, affecting about 1,100 people in two days....
PIA flights cancelled due to air exercise
KARACHI, Sep 17: The Fokker flights of the Pakistan International Airlines will remain suspended from Sept 18 to 20 due to PAK High Mark Air Exercise....
‘Natwar to visit Pakistan soon’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Indian Foreign Minister, Natwar Singh, is expected to visit Pakistan on Oct 3, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Khrushid Kasuri. The meeting with Indian counterpart Natwar Singh...
Advani for better ties
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Indian opposition leader L.K Advani has criticized Manmohan government and said that he was the most weak prime minister in the Indian history....
Pakistan win 20-20 club title
LAHORE, Sept 17: Faisalabad Wolves of Pakistan won first International 20-20 Club Championship beating Chilaw Marians of Sri Lanka by five wickets in London on Saturday night....
PML backs Tariq for Karachi nazim slot
ISLAMABAD, Sep 17: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday announced that former naib nazim Karachi Tariq Hassan would be the PML-backed candidate for the office of Karachi nazim....
Kashmiris’ moots supported
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 17: Former AJK prime minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has supported intra-Kashmir conferences, saying such events should be regularly held so that a consensus can be developed among the Kashmiris regarding the settlement of the longstanding issue....
Talks on registration inconclusive
MULTAN, Sept 17: Talks held between Religious Affairs Minister Ijazul Haq and the leadership of Wafaqul Madaris on the issue of registration here on Saturday remained inconclusive....
KABUL, Sept 17: Eleven people were killed in clashes ahead of Sunday’s Afghan elections and insurgents were caught trying to blow up a dam, but UN organizers said the polls were set to open countrywide in spite of Taliban threats....
