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Another Waziristan fort falls to militants
WANA/TANK, Jan 17: Over three dozen paramilitary soldiers are reported to have abandoned a fort in South Waziristan on Thursday before it was attacked by militants....
Rockets fired on air force complex in Kamra
ATTOCK, Jan 17: Terrorists targeted the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra on Thursday morning, firing four rockets at short intervals....
Army’s help sought in sensitive areas
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The caretaker government on Thursday decided to seek army’s assistance in maintaining peace in all sensitive areas of the country during Muharram, interior ministry sources told Dawn....
‘Misguided lunatics’ will not succeed: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: President Pervez Musharraf has accused some internal and external elements of conspiring to destabilise the country, but says the nation has the resilience to defeat all such elements....
Mills refuse to lift full wheat quota
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The countrywide flour crisis has taken a new twist, with mills, which have been complaining about non-availability of wheat, now refusing to lift their full quota from government godowns....
Call for national govt unjustified, says Zardari
SUKKUR, Jan 17: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said the demand for formation of a national government after the announcement of the election schedule is unjustified and against ground realities and the Constitution....
Consensus govt only way out, says PML-N
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has urged political parties not to oppose its proposal for a national government and a new schedule for the February 18 polls as it...
Provinces get more water
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The overall water situation has improved with the shortage reported to have declined to about 18 per cent from 28 per cent estimated last month....
Ex-congressman indicted in terror funding case
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former US lawmaker for his links to a charity that sent funds to an Afghanistan-based supporter of Al Qaeda through banks in Pakistan....
Speaker Pelosi calls for international probe
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has demanded an international probe into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and observed that the slain...
JI urges Taliban to give up violence
LAHORE, Jan 17: The Jamaat-i-Islami leadership has decided to contact the local Taliban in Swat and Waziristan and persuade them to give up their activities which are creating an impression in the world that Islam is a religion of violence....
Passenger plane crash-lands at Heathrow
LONDON, Jan 17: A British Airways plane crash-landed at Heathrow airport on Thursday, injuring 11 people and triggering an investigation as to why the Boeing 777 flying in from China landed short of the runway....
Altaf calls for harmony
LONDON, Jan 17: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned Thursday’s bomb blast in an Imambargah in Peshawar and the loss of valuable lives....
Mosque bombing kills eight in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed eight people near a mosque in the volatile Iraqi city of Baquba on Thursday, police said....
Mogadishu fighting leaves 13 dead
MOGADISHU, Jan 17: At least 13 people were killed and 75 wounded in heavy fighting here on Thursday in the latest confrontation between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents, witnesses said....
Rally in Turkey against headscarf reform
ANKARA: A top Turkish court prosecutor condemned as unconstitutional on Thursday plans by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to end a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities, rekindling tensions over the role of religion....
S. Arabia questioned over women’s rights
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia, appearing for the first time before a UN watchdog for women’s rights, faced toughed questions on Thursday and was challenged to grant gender equality....
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PESHAWAR, Jan 17: At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured, three of them critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in an imambargah here on Thursday....
ATTOCK, Jan 17: Terrorists targeted the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra on Thursday morning, firing four rockets at short intervals....
LONDON, Jan 17: A British Airways plane crash-landed at Heathrow airport on Thursday, injuring 11 people and triggering an investigation as to why the Boeing 777 flying in from China landed short of the runway....
