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Settlement of Baglihar dispute by Jan likely
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: The Baglihar dam dispute between India and Pakistan is likely to end peacefully in January when the World Bank-appointed neutral expert is expected to deliver a formal verdict on the issue, official sources said on Friday....
NA takes up allegations of poll rigging
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The National Assembly on Friday admitted an adjournment motion moved by opposition lawmakers against alleged pre-poll and polling-day manipulations in the three rounds of local body elections and...
Place of worship attacked; 8 killed
MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Oct 7: Eight people were killed and 18 others injured when three men on motorbikes opened fire on them when they were offering dawn prayers in Mong, 8 kilometres from here, on Friday....
FO downplays minister’s remarks on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Foreign Office on Friday tried to downplay remarks made by Minister for Kashmir Affairs and the Northern Areas, Faisal Saleh Hayat, on the proposals being considered to settle the Kashmir issue....
MoU signed on Russian help in gas pipeline sector
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Russian energy firm Gazprom on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan to develop trans-national gas pipelines, underground gas storages and cooperate in other petroleum-related activities....
NA case against Sonia to be withdrawn
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday agreed to withdraw the case of illegally entering the National Assembly hall against Sonia Naz, an alleged victim of rape by a...
Uproar in Senate over NFC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Senate on Friday witnessed some stormy scenes when opposition and treasury members exchanged hot words during debates on the issues of the National Finance Commission Award, ‘forced...
UN urged to deal separately with terror, freedom struggle
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7: Pakistan on Thursday warned the world community that the campaign against terrorism should not be allowed to be used as a cover to suppress the legitimate struggles...
Nobel Peace Prize for IAEA and ElBaradei
OSLO, Oct 7: The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA and its Egyptian director-general Mohamed ElBaradei for their efforts against nuclear weapons proliferation, the Nobel committee said....
Iraq gears up for charter vote: Six Marines, 29 Iraqis killed
BAGHDAD, Oct 7: Iraqi authorities began on Friday handing out millions of copies of a draft constitution in time for next week’s hotly contested referendum on the post Saddam Hussein charter....
Soda can sparks panic in New York
NEW YORK, Oct 7: A section of New York’s Pennsylvania Station, a key East Coast transportation hub, was briefly sealed off on Friday because of a suspicious item on a public...
Rice to visit Afghanistan, Central Asia this week
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Afghanistan this week to show support for the recently held parliamentary elections, which was strongly backed by Washington....
US denies upgrading ties with Iran
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: The US is not considering any proposal to upgrade diplomatic ties with Iran, the State Department said on Friday. The comments from the State Department followed a Wall...
New Delhi links pullout to peace in Valley
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: India has said that there can be no pullout of troops from Jammu and Kashmir unless violence ends there and a similar disengagement in Siachen Glacier can...
Four Afghans killed
KABUL, Oct 7: US troops killed four Afghan policemen and wounded another after mistaking them for militants during an operation in southern Afghanistan in which two Afghan soldiers died, officials said on Friday....
Results of third phase soon: EC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Election Commission of Pakistan will notify the official results of the third and the last phase of the local elections in all the four provinces soon after the submission of consolidated results from returning officers....
Belgium paralyzed by workers’ strike
BRUSSELS, Oct 7: Belgian workers began their first general strike in more than a decade on Friday, disrupting schools, transport, government services and shops to protest against government plans to increase the retirement age....
Security around worship places beefed up
LAHORE, Oct 7: Security was tightened in the city and elsewhere in Punjab after an attack on a place of worship in Mandi Bahauddin left eight people dead and 20 injured...
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MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Oct 7: Eight people were killed and 18 others injured when three men on motorbikes opened fire on them when they were offering dawn prayers in Mong, 8 kilometres from here, on Friday....
OSLO, Oct 7: The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA and its Egyptian director-general Mohamed ElBaradei for their efforts against nuclear weapons proliferation, the Nobel committee said....
NEW YORK, Oct 7: A section of New York’s Pennsylvania Station, a key East Coast transportation hub, was briefly sealed off on Friday because of a suspicious item on a public...
