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Body formed for superior judges’ accountability
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in its meeting on Saturday constituted a two-member committee to prepare draft rules and procedures for accountability of judges....
30 killed as two buses collide near Sann
DADU, Sept 24: At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured when two passenger buses collided head-on near Sann on Indus Highway in the late evening hours on Saturday....
OIC supports peace process: India, Pakistan urged to solve issues
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: The Organization of Islamic Conference on Friday expressed its strong support to the ongoing peace process between Pakistan and India, and urged both countries to make it “irreversible” and result-oriented....
Flagrant abuse of Iraqi detainees revealed
NEW YORK, Sept 24: In a most devastating report, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday that US Army troops subjected Iraqi detainees to severe beatings and other torture at...
Thousands in US, UK protest Iraq war
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Thousands of anti-war demonstrators rallied in Washington and London on Saturday, demanding withdrawal of US and British troops from Iraq....
Israeli air strike kills two Hamas militants
GAZA, Sept 24: Israel killed two Hamas militants in its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip since pulling troops out of the territory two weeks ago and vowed a crushing response to Palestinian missile salvoes....
Pakistan, India hold border security meeting
KARACHI, Sept 24: Officials of the Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force on Saturday discussed the day-to-day border security matters at a quarterly held meeting at Khokhrapar....
Electronic filing of IT returns launched
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) on Saturday formally launched electronic filing of income tax returns for the tax-year 2005 to facilitate the taxpayers....
Pakistan plans to cut oil consumption
LONDON, Sept 24: Pakistan is close to launching an ambitious plan to reduce its oil consumption amid warnings that economic growth may slow this year because of high energy prices, a British newspaper reported here....
Hurricane Rita hammers Texas, wrecks N. Orleans again
BEAUMONT, Sept 24: Hurricane Rita slammed into evacuated towns and oil refineries in the swamplands of the Texas-Louisiana border on Saturday, stripping roofs off buildings, cutting power to more than a million homes and flooding New Orleans once again....
Two held in ’Pindi for links with Al Qaeda
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The law-enforcing agencies arrested two alleged members of a banned militant organization in Rawalpindi on Saturday night for links with Al Qaeda, sources told this correspondent....
German blamed for passing N-material to Pakistan
MUNICH, Sept 24: A German businessman has been accused of smuggling material for enriching uranium to Pakistan between 2002 and 2004, according to Monday’s edition of the weekly Focus....
Two killed as Taliban storm prison
KHOST, Sept 24: An insurgent and a prisoner were killed early Saturday after suspected Taliban insurgents stormed a prison and police headquarters in southeastern Khost province, officials said....
Ahmadinejad thanks Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has thanked President Pervez Musharraf for Islamabad’s full support to Teheran’s legal right at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)....
Solar eclipse on Oct 3
KARACHI, Sept 24: There will be a solar eclipse on October 3.This was announced by In-charge, Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, University of Karachi, M....
Pakistani Imam deported
NEW YORK, Sept 24: The second of two Imams from Lodi California was deported to Pakistan, his attorney said on Friday as a federal grand jury reconvened to consider him an alleged terrorist for plotting by a Lodi father and son....
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VIENNA, Sept 24: The UN nuclear watchdog passed a resolution on Saturday, requiring Iran to be reported to the Security Council at an unspecified date for failing to convince the agency its nuclear programme was entirely peaceful....
GAZA, Sept 24: Israel killed two Hamas militants in its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip since pulling troops out of the territory two weeks ago and vowed a crushing response to Palestinian missile salvoes....
