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Car bomb kills three in Karachi
KARACHI, Nov 15: Three people were killed and 21 others injured when a powerful car bomb exploded in front of the PIDC House here on Tuesday....
Opposition sees govt’s ‘failure’ in blast
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Opposition parties in the Senate accused the government on Tuesday of failing to maintain law and order as both sides condemned a car bomb blast in Karachi that...
Kashmir solution key to peace, Rocca told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Signalling that all is not well on the Pakistan-India front, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri made it clear to the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca that...
Donors want AGP to oversee reconstruction
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: International donors have asked Islamabad to place reconstruction activities of the armed forces under the Auditor-General of Pakistan (AGP) and formulate a ‘corruption mitigation strategy’ to win trust aimed at speedy transfer of foreign donations....
Aziz ready to mediate in PML dispute
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for greater unity in the ruling PML and accepted the mediator’s role by participating in mediation talks between the dissident group and party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain....
45 hurt in attack on Kashmir rally
SRINAGAR, Nov 15: Forty-five people were injured, seven seriously, after militants on Tuesday launched a gun and grenade attack on a rally by the former tourism minister of held Kashmir, police said....
Chinese camp in Gwadar attacked
QUETTA, Nov 15: Many vehicles were damaged when a rocket hit the camp site of a Chinese construction company in the Tallar area of Gwadar district on Tuesday evening....
BLA blames agencies for blast in Karachi
QUETTA, Nov 15: The Baloch Liberation Army has condemned the car bomb blast which killed three people in Karachi on Tuesday. Spokesman for the organization, identifying himself as Azad Baloch, calling...
Musharraf’s plea for additional US help
NEW YORK, Nov 15: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that additional US aid to help Pakistan recover from the earthquake disaster was vital and it could also help Pakistan in its fight against terrorism....
Point set up for rapid refuelling of copters
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: A US military ‘Rapid Refuelling Point’, opened at the Muzaffarabad airport on Tuesday allowing helicopters to refuel quicker and provide aid to earthquake victims in further north....
Unicef begins health drive in tent villages
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 15: The United Nations Fund for Children has launched a campaign for promoting health and hygiene in the squalid tent villages of survivors of last month’s earthquake and the...
Rice brokers deal on Gaza
AL QUDS, Nov 15: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a crucial deal on Gaza border crossings on Tuesday after brokering marathon talks with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators....
King Aziz promises support
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Tuesday assured President Gen Pervez Musharraf of support from Saudi Arabia in Pakistan’s gigantic reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in earthquake-ravaged areas....
Long-term support pledged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca said on Tuesday the rehabilitation of areas of devastated by earthquake was a long-term effort that required international help....
Fair distribution of funds urged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The NWFP government has urged the federal government to ensure equal distribution of funds to the Frontier province and AJK. This was demanded by a provincial ‘jirga’ held...
Relief goods from US
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: A consignment consisting of 16.5 tons of tents, 6.8 tons of sleeping bags, 36 tons of blankets and 21.5 tons of medicine has reached earthquake survivors in north Pakistan....
Govt plans to re-allocate expenditures
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The government is thinking of re-allocating and re-prioritizing its expenditures to partially share the estimated $5.2 billion reconstruction cost. “Although we are expecting substantial funding from international donors...
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KARACHI, Nov 15: Three people were killed and 21 others injured when a powerful car bomb exploded in front of the PIDC House here on Tuesday....
