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Bomb blasts in Lahore kill six, hurt scores
LAHORE, Sept 22: At least six people, including a woman, were killed and 27 injured in two bomb blasts in the city on Thursday. Police said the bombs went off within an interval of one and a half hour....
Kashmiris’ moot seeks cut in army on both sides
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: Intra-Kashmir ‘Heart-to-Heart’ talks on Thursday urged the governments of India and Pakistan to consider reducing the level of deployment of military and paramilitary forces on both sides of Kashmir....
Foreigners among 10 held in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 22: Security forces have arrested 10 suspects, some of them foreigners, and seized ammunition during a search operation in Datakhel tehsil of the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday, military sources said....
PM seeks explanation from OCAC on POL prices
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has sought a report about the alleged anomalies committed by the Oil Company Advisory Committee while determining petroleum prices and members of the OCAC...
New power plants on the cards
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The federal government on Thursday decided to install about 1300MW power projects on a fast track basis with a one-time exception from the 2002 power policy to avoid looming energy crisis....
Kazakhstan to help in defence, MoU this year
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Pakistan and Kazakhstan are currently engaged in a dialogue on military cooperation and a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard will be signed by the two sides this year....
NA to debate vote ban on women
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The government on Thursday rushed through legislative business in the National Assembly in the dying moments of its last sitting when both the opposition alliances – the ARD and MMA — staged walkouts one after the other....
SP granted pre-arrest bail in Sonia Naz case
FAISALABAD, Sept 22: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sadaqatullah Khan Niazi on Thursday granted interim bail to suspended SP Abdullah Khalid in the Sonia Naz case....
Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: Indian troops killed five militants and suspected rebels killed a former insurgent and a soldier in Kashmir, an army statement said on Thursday....
EU drops move against Iran
VIENNA, Sept 22: The European Union’s three main powers dropped a demand on Thursday that the UN nuclear watchdog immediately report Iran to the Security Council over its atomic plans, following opposition from Russia and China....
Iraqis won’t cooperate till UK offers apology
BASRA, Sept 22: Basra city leaders vowed on Thursday not to cooperate with British forces until they received an apology and compensation for a late-night raid by British troops that freed two detained soldiers....
Annan urges US, other states to sign CTBT
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday called upon the United States and ten other key countries to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and stressed...
Indian court lifts ban on Taslima’s book
KOLKATA, Sept 22: An Indian court on Thursday lifted a ban on a controversial book by an exiled Bangladeshi author, two years after it was imposed on grounds that the book contained objectionable references about Islam....
Aziz calls on Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Sept 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz met President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday to discuss the president’s visit to the United Nations and the United States....
No pullout from Iraq, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Sept 22: President George W. Bush on Thursday rejected a growing chorus of calls for a swift US withdrawal from Iraq as he warned of escalating violence there ahead of an October constitutional referendum....
Aziz to visit S. Korea, Malaysia next week
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will pay a three-day official visit to South Korea from Sept 28 and from there proceed to Malaysia for the inaugural meeting of the World Islamic Economic Forum on Oct 1....
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LAHORE, Sept 22: At least six people, including a woman, were killed and 27 injured in two bomb blasts in the city on Thursday. Police said the bombs went off within an interval of one and a half hour....
