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SC sets Dec 1 deadline for details on missing men
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government for details on the whereabouts of 40 missing people by Dec 1 and made it clear that no “excuses” would be accepted on the next date of hearing....
Rocket hits assembly block in Quetta
QUETTA, Nov 10: Quetta was rocked on Friday night when a rocket exploded on the roof of the administration block of the Balochistan provincial assembly building....
Pakistan equal victim of terror, says Boucher
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: The United States sees Pakistan as an equal victim of terrorism that afflicts much of South Asia and hopes for the success of a mechanism against...
‘Historic’ opportunity on Kashmir: Aziz
NEW YORK, Nov 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that a historic opportunity exists to resolve the Kashmir dispute in a manner acceptable to all the parties involved and emphasised...
Bajaur, Dargai: prayer blocked
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Speaker Amir Hussain Chaudhry on Friday blocked a prayer in the National Assembly for 124 civilians and troops recently killed by a missile strike and a suicide bomber...
Kashmir blast
SRINAGAR, Nov 10: Five people were killed and at least 50 wounded on Friday, including women and children, when suspected militants hurled a grenade at worshippers in a mosque in occupied Kashmir, police said.—AFP...
Toy bomb kills five children in AJK village
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 10: Five minor girls were killed in a remote border village of Azad Kashmir when a small bomb they were playing with went off, police said on Friday....
Four killed in Shakai; Mirali camp attacked
TANK / MIRAMSHAH, Nov 10: A tribal elder was killed along with three supporters when their vehicle was blown up near Shakai in South Waziristan on Friday, witnesses and officials said....
Opposition to boycott Balochistan committee
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: All the opposition parties are likely to boycott a meeting of the parliamentary sub-committee on Balochistan convened by its chief Senator Wasim Sajjad on Saturday, sources told Dawn on Friday....
Strategy for talks to be finalised today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: A high-level inter-ministerial meeting has been convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Saturday to review and finalise preparations for the peace dialogue with India next week....
India awaits Mumbai police chargesheet
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: The foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starting here next week may not discuss any evidence in the Mumbai train blasts because the city police have...
Terror fear triggers high alert
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: A high alert has been sounded by the federal government following intelligence reports that `five terrorists’ are out to strike `somewhere’ in the country like `their accomplice’ had done killing 42 army recruits in Dargai on Wednesday....
PPP leaders in Punjab changed
LAHORE, Nov 10: In what may be termed a major organisational change, Ms Benazir Bhutto has replaced the president and secretary-general of the Punjab People’s Party....
18 Taliban killed
KABUL, Nov 10: Afghan soldiers backed by Nato forces and warplanes killed 18 Taliban militants in a series of clashes in southeastern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Friday....
Call for increase in provincial share
QUETTA, Nov 10: Provincial Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has said that stability of the country depends on fair distribution of resources according to the formula suggested by Balochistan, making area...
Petition seeks medical board for Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: A constitutional petition, filed by a PPP activist, on Friday urged the Supreme Court to order the constitution of a medical board to report on the health of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan....