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There is no issue of DAWN today on account of newspaper holidays in Pakistan.
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Boy, key suspect held in BB murder plot
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 19: A teenaged boy arrested on Friday told investigators he was the next in line to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto had the Dec 27 attempt failed, a security official told Dawn on Saturday....
Jets bomb Militant positions in Waziristan
WANA/TANK, Jan 19: Fighter planes on Saturday bombed several suspected militant locations and security forces claimed that they had found 10 bodies of assailants and captured 40 others in Chagmalai, South Waziristan, on Friday night....
Muharram’s ninth day passes off peacefully
KARACHI, Jan 19: The ninth of Muharram passed off peacefully with Karachi police claiming to have averted a potential disaster by arresting at least five suspected militants armed with poison and bomb-related material....
Army moves in amid deadlock over route in Hangu
KOHAT, Jan 19: Army took control of the Hangu district after talks between two religious communities failed to resolve a row over the route of an Ashura procession on Saturday....
Hezbollah forced Israel to retreat: Nasrallah
BEIRUT, Jan 19: Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group had the body parts of Israeli soldiers abandoned on the battlefield as he appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in more than a year....
Troops claim gains in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 19: Security forces on Saturday took control of more strategic locations in upper Swat, pushing the militants to snow-capped mountainous areas of Kabal and Peuchar tehsils....
Israel strikes Gaza amid supply fears
GAZA CITY, Jan 19: Israel kept up its strikes against Gaza militants on Saturday, killing at least two in a new raid, as its lockdown of the impoverished Palestinian territory started to take its toll on residents....
Troops deployed in Quetta: Security on procession route tightened
QUETTA, Jan 19: Army troops were deployed in the city on Saturday to maintain law and order during Ashura.The decision was taken at a meeting held to review security arrangements made for the 10th Muharram....
SOP issued to prevent suicide bombings
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The Interior Ministry on Saturday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be adopted by law-enforcement agencies to prevent suicide bombings during Ashura....
20 Taliban killed in Kunar
ASADABAD (Afghanistan), Jan 19: More than 20 Taliban were killed and over a dozen wounded in a joint operation between Afghan and Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday....
Khaleda, sons attend funeral on parole
DHAKA, Jan 19: Bangladesh’s detained former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia and her two imprisoned sons were given brief parole to attend the funeral of Khaleda Zia’s mother on Saturday but did not meet, officials said....
12 Pakistanis among 14 held in Spain terror plot
MADRID, Jan 19: Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Muslim militants – 12 Pakistanis and two Indian nationals --in early morning raids on Saturday. The interior minister said the authorities suspected that the men were plotting a terrorist attack in Barcelona....
Iraqi forces overrun cult’s mosque; 70 dead
NASIRIYAH, Jan 19: Security forces on Saturday overran a mosque in southern Iraq where doomsday cultists were holed up, ending two days of clashes in two cities that killed 70 people....
Afghan artillery shells land in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 19: Several artillery shells fired from across the Afghan side landed near Ghulam Khan check post in North Waziristan on Friday night....
Five drug smugglers killed in encounter
QUETTA, Jan 19: Five drug smugglers were killed and two Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) personnel suffered injuries in an encounter in Chagai district near the Pakistan-Afghan border on Saturday....
US to ship 500 mine-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan
CHARLESTON, Jan 19: The US military plans to ship 500 roadside bomb-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan amid a reinforcement of 3,200 extra US troops to be deployed to fight Taliban militants....
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KARACHI, Jan 19: Police on Saturday arrested five suspected terrorists who planned to mix cyanide with the water distributed at Sabeels (kiosks) during Ashura processions....
BEIRUT, Jan 19: Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group had the body parts of Israeli soldiers abandoned on the battlefield as he appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in more than a year....
MADRID, Jan 19: Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Muslim militants – 12 Pakistanis and two Indian nationals --in early morning raids on Saturday. The interior minister said the authorities suspected that the men were plotting a terrorist attack in Barcelona....
QUETTA, Jan 19: Five drug smugglers were killed and two Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) personnel suffered injuries in an encounter in Chagai district near the Pakistan-Afghan border on Saturday....
