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All leaders under threat, says new ministry advice
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Political leaders faced a looming threat of attack, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday and advised them to comply with its security instructions to avoid unnecessary exposure....
Oct 18 suspects held
Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz on Tuesday claimed that the government had arrested a number of terrorists believed to be involved in the attack on PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s home-coming procession in Karachi on Oct 18....
Sindh rejects Nepra tariff for Thar coal projects
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The Sindh government has hit back at the federal government and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on the issue of finalisation of electricity tariff for coal-based...
PPP sends plea to UN today
KARACHI, Jan 15: The Pakistan People’s Party would dispatch a long-awaited petition to the United Nations on Wednesday, requesting it to launch an investigation into the assassination of its slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said its co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday....
India, China want to help check terrorism in Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: India and China have an important role to play in building peace, security and stability in the region, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in Beijing on Tuesday....
Move for oil import on delayed payment
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Pakistan is reported to be seeking to import oil from friendly Islamic countries on deferred payment and other facilitations to boost its reserves and partially offset the negative impact of international petroleum prices....
Shahbaz calls for govt of consensus
LAHORE, Jan 15: Pakistan Muslim League-N president Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that a national unity government and fair and free polls under an impartial election commission were the only means to resolve the issues being raised about the federation....
Kabul closes border over wheat ban
QUETTA, Jan 15: Afghanistan closed its border with Pakistan on Tuesday, stopping all kind of traffic and movement of people....
Resolution in US House praises Pakistan for seeking Yard’s help
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: A new resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday commends Pakistans decision to involve the Scotland Yard in investigating the murder of former prime minister...
France to set up military base in UAE
ABU DHABI, Jan 15: France and the United Arab Emirates signed deals during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday for Paris to set up a military base in the UAE and help it develop civilian nuclear energy....
Israeli troops kill 17 Palestinians
GAZA CITY, Jan 15: Israeli troops killed 17 Palestinians on Tuesday, among them the son of a top Hamas leader, as fighting erupted around the Gaza Strip a day after the start of key peace talks....
S. Arabia to get satellite-guided bombs from US
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: The US State Department announced on Tuesday that the Bush administration had notified Congress of its intention to sell 900 satellite-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia for $120 million....
Shelling leaves 3 dead
WANA, Jan 15: Three workers were killed and two others injured when a mortar shell hit a timber yard in Moli Khan Sarai area of South Waziristan on Tuesday evening....
EC takes note of PML-Q ad campaign
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday asked the PML-Q leadership to explain its ‘highly controversial advertisement’ which appeared in the press asking non-Sindhis to apply for compensation...
Diana wanted William, not Charles, as king, court told
LONDON, Jan 15: Princess Diana thought her husband, Prince Charles, should not become king and that the crown ought to skip a generation, one of her lawyers told the inquest into her death on Tuesday....
UN forum to bridge cultural divide
MADRID, Jan 15: World leaders and personalities from some 60 countries on Tuesday launched a new UN forum aimed at averting the “predicted clash of civilisations” in the wake of Sept 11 and other terror attacks....
Australia links Indian N-sale with NPT
PERTH, Jan 15: Australia’s new government told an Indian envoy on Tuesday that they would not sell uranium to the Asian country while it was not a member of the global nonproliferation treaty....
Norwegian skier missing in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 15: Hopes of rescuing a Norwegian woman who disappeared on a ski trip in the Indian Himalayas are fading after a week of search efforts in the bitter cold, officials said.It...
12-year-old suspected bomber killed
GHALANAI, Jan 15: A suspected suicide bomber and another militant were killed in a failed attack on a checkpoint of security forces in Khapakh Kandao near Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency, on Tuesday....
NP seeks withdrawal of cases
QUETTA, Jan 15: National Party secretary-general Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo has condemned registration of cases against the provincial convener of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Usman Kakar, and other opposition leaders....
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QUETTA, Jan 15: Afghanistan closed its border with Pakistan on Tuesday, stopping all kind of traffic and movement of people....
LONDON, Jan 15: Princess Diana thought her husband, Prince Charles, should not become king and that the crown ought to skip a generation, one of her lawyers told the inquest into her death on Tuesday....
MADRID, Jan 15: World leaders and personalities from some 60 countries on Tuesday launched a new UN forum aimed at averting the “predicted clash of civilisations” in the wake of Sept 11 and other terror attacks....
