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Lahore wedding party caught in bus fire: 40 die
LAHORE, Dec 11: At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus carrying a wedding party exploded on Ghazi Road in North Cantonment on Sunday evening....
Accord on ferry service finalized
KARACHI, Dec 11: Pakistan and India have finalised a draft agreement which will pave the way to restart a ferry service between Karachi and Mumbai that was broken off 30 years ago, officials said Sunday....
Big oil depot near London rocked by blasts
HEMEL HAMPSTEAD, Dec 11: A series of explosions rocked Britain’s fifth largest oil depot situated about 25 kilometres north of London early Sunday morning, injuring 40 people....
Companies call for 25pc hike in gas prices
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Oil and gas companies have asked the government to raise gas production prices by 25 per cent to encourage them to produce higher quantities and reduce dependence on imported fuels, it is learnt....
MMA dissidents want ‘corrupt’ ministers out
PESHAWAR, Dec 11: A dissident group of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal has urged the alliance’s supreme council to sack “corrupt and inept” ministers and restore the “pro-people image of the MMA”....
‘Caution’ against immigrants from S. Arabia, Pakistan
NEW YORK, Dec 11: A Nobel prize laureate who called for liberalizing immigration laws for skilled workers from around the world, cautioned that the US should be careful about admitting students...
Bus from Amritsar reaches Lahore
LAHORE, Dec 11: A bus from the Indian city of Amritsar crossed Wagah on Sunday on a trial run between Amritsar and Lahore. It is the third such service launched between...
S. Arabia formally joins WTO
GENEVA, Dec 11: Saudi Arabia formally joined the World Trade Organisation on Sunday, bringing the global body’s membership to 149 just two days before a key summit in Hong Kong....
Iraq to close borders, impose curfew
BAGHDAD, Dec 11: Iraq will close its borders and impose curfews across the country as part of extensive security arrangements to thwart insurgent attacks on Thursday’s election, the interior ministry said on Sunday....
Woman with ‘Congo fever’ dies
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: A woman with a suspected case of highly contagious haemorrhagic fever on Sunday died at a government hospital, health officials said. “A woman with a bleeding disorder profile...
Boucher ‘next US official’ for S. Asia
NEW YORK, Dec 11: Richard Boucher, former US State Department spokesman, is tipped to become the next US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, replacing Christina Rocca, highly-informed sources at the State Department told Dawn on Sunday....
PPP opposes naib nazim poll by show of hands
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has opposed the election of naib nazims through show of hands and termed it part of government’s plan to rig the local government polls....
Attock bank guard killed, Rs6 million looted
ATTOCK, Dec 11: A guard was killed and over Rs6 million looted from a bank branch here in the early hours of Saturday. The watchman of the area saw a man...
Bugti says low-level operation launched
QUETTA, Dec 11: Jamhoori Watan Party President Nawab Akbar Bugti and Balochistan National Party patron Sardar Attaullah Mengal have said that the government is planning a military action in Balochistan....
Coast guards foil human smuggling bid
QUETTA, Dec 11: A coast guard unit on Saturday busted a human smuggling racket and arrested 30 persons. Eighteen of those detained were trying to cross into Pakistan from Iran near the town of Kumb....
Prisoner escapes
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: An under-trial prisoner escaped from the strictly-guarded Rawalpindi district courts premises on Friday, police said. The accused, identified as Pervez Mohammad, had been booked by Sadiqabad police on charges of possessing illegal weapons....
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LAHORE, Dec 11: At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus carrying a wedding party exploded on Ghazi Road in North Cantonment on Sunday evening....
HEMEL HAMPSTEAD, Dec 11: A series of explosions rocked Britain’s fifth largest oil depot situated about 25 kilometres north of London early Sunday morning, injuring 40 people....
