Five security personnel killed in suicide attack
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 1: At least five security personnel were killed and 13 others injured when a suicide car bomber blew himself up at the Kajhori checkpoint, some 3km north of Mirali town in North Waziristan on Friday....
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Aitzaz calls for complete boycott of PCO judges
LAHORE, Feb 1: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has asked lawyers to completely boycott the courts of judges who have taken the oath under the Provisional Constitution Order....
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N-capable Missile tested
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Pakistan on Friday carried out a successful training launch of nuclear capable intermediate range Ghauri (Hatf V) ballistic missile. The missile has a range of 1,300km....
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Who killed Al Libi: Pakistani or US troops?
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, who plans to visit Pakistan later this month for talks with the new army chief, said on Friday that he...
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Government not aware of Al Libi’s death: ‘Site was cleared by militants’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The government has expressed ignorance about the reported death of alleged top Al Qaeda operative Abu Laith Al Libi in an attack in North Waziristan on Monday....
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Sindh asked to bring down flour price
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The Federal Food Committee (FFC) on Friday asked the Sindh government to take measures to bring down flour price in the province, particularly in Karachi, and show-cause notices...
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Karachi farm hit by bird flu
KARACHI, Feb 1: Hundreds of birds at a poultry farm in the Gadap area of the city were culled on Friday following confirmation of reports of an outbreak of bird flu....
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Measures to cut energy consumption by 30pc
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: In an effort to tide over the country’s worst ever energy shortage, the federal government has asked the provinces and trade and industrial bodies to strictly observe a...
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Suspected militant killed
QUETTA, Feb 1: A suspected militant was killed and a security man suffered injuries in an exchange of fire in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on Friday....
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Transition to democracy essential for combating extremism: NYT
NEW YORK, Feb 1: A leading US newspaper says that “successfully moving Pakistan from military rule to civilian-run democracy is essential to combating extremism,” and President Musharraf has a major role in making this happen....
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No return to politics in immediate future: Shaukat
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz has said that he has no plan to rejoin politics in the immediate future as he wants a break from the busy schedule he had as the head of a government....
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Three Pakistanis among 13 killed in Saudia
RIYADH, Feb 1: At least 13 foreign workers were killed in a road accident early Friday in Saudi Arabia, the police said....
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All courts fully functional: CJ
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar of the Supreme Court has said that the superior judiciary is focusing on enhancing its capacity to act as a neutral, impartial and...
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Women suicide bombers kill 72
BAGHDAD, Feb 1: Powerful blasts triggered by female suicide attackers ripped through two Baghdad pet markets on Friday, killing at least 72 people in the most lethal bombings in the Iraqi capital in six months....
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Yemen keen to boost defence cooperation
SANAA, Feb 1: Lauding Pakistan’s progress in defence production, Yemen on Friday expressed keen interest in promoting defence cooperation between the two countries....
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Kurd released
QUETTA, Feb 1: Pakistan Bar Council member Ali Ahmed Kurd was released here on Friday as the home department did not extend his detention in his home....
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Ex-SCBA chief Tariq Mehmood freed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The government on Friday released former Supreme Court Bar Association president Justice (retd) Tariq Mehmood from preventive detention....
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Chinese envoy meets Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhao Hui on Friday met Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed with him the political situation in Pakistan...
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