Questions raised over Scotland Yard report: ‘Benazir killed by bomb, not bullet’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The Scotland Yard’s report into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto raises many questions as its author seems to be uncertain about the actual cause of her death and the identity of the killers remains a mystery....
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PPP disagrees with findings, insists on UN probe
KARACHI, Feb 8: The Pakistan People’s Party will continue its demand for a UN-led investigation to expose the hands which organised, financed, sponsored and perpetrated the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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Parties face tough nine campaign days
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: As only nine days were left on Friday for the Feb 18 elections, political parties seemed facing a tough job to hot up a dull campaign against an...
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EC reduces number of polling stations
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The Election Commission has reduced the number of polling stations for the February 18 polls despite the fact that the number of voters in the updated computerised electoral...
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Rs60bn needed to tide over water, power crisis: WB
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Pakistan’s water infrastructure is in poor condition and needs Rs60 billion ($1 billion) annual investment in reservoirs and related projects over the next five years, says a World Bank study....
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Plan approved to build Thar power plant
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: A high-level meeting presided over by President Pervez Musharraf decided on Friday to finalise arrangements for starting work on a 1,000-MW coal-fired power plant at Thar in order to meet the growing electricity shortage....
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US Senate resolution seeks review of aid package for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: A resolution introduced in the US Senate urges President George W. Bush to review all US aid packages to Pakistan to ensure that they promote democracy in the country....
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Militants occupy toll booth
KOHAT, Feb 8: About 25 militants attacked the Kohat Tunnel’s old toll booth on the Indus Highway with hand grenades and automatic weapons on Friday night and occupied it, officials said....
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China frowns on India’s claim to Arunachal
NEW DELHI, Feb 8: China has not approved of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent claims that the border state of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India, Press Trust of India said on Friday....
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Election Focus — PML-N IIL: Now ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ of Sharifs
THE first impression that one gets after seeing Nawaz Sharif is that he is not a man in a hurry. He is at ease with himself, somebody who has gained weight,...
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Two suspects remanded in police custody: Benazir’s assassination
RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday gave two suspects in Benazir Bhutto’s assassination plot into physical custody of police for 12 days after police sought their custody to extract more information....
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PHC move to defuse row
PESHAWAR, Feb 8: With the Peshawar High Court sealed for protesting lawyers on Friday, the NWFP Bar Council and all bar associations of the province unanimously decided to continue boycott of the superior courts till Feb 20....
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Is Al Libi dead?
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: The US and Pakistani authorities appear reluctant to confirm that a top Al Qaeda operative was among the 12 insurgents killed in North Waziristan last week....
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Part of Pentagon evacuated
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: The Pentagon was partially evacuated on Friday morning due to heavy smoke near a construction area in the main concourse of the US Department of Defence headquarters, officials said....
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Nato chief says Afghan govt must improve
VILNIUS, Feb 8: The Nato chief on Friday called on Afghanistan to improve its government and strengthen its security forces to step up the fight against the Taliban....
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Iran calls for new regional security paradigm
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Iran has blamed foreign intervention for instability in the region and called for a new security paradigm based on expulsion of foreign forces and regional cooperation....
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Sauran Lata passes away
LAHORE, Feb 8: Famous actress of yesteryear Sauran Lata died in her Muslim Town residence here on Friday. She was 81....
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Two held in child marriage case: Four children in protective custody
LARKANA, Feb 8: Two people, one of them a cleric, were arrested and four children were taken into custody in Hamal village near the Warah town on Friday on charges of...
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