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Outpouring of grief as blast victims buried
CHARSDDA, Feb 10: Hundreds of people mourned as victims of the Shabqader bomb blast were laid to rest on Sunday. Meanwhile, two of the injured people died on Sunday, raising the death toll to 27....
Two would-be bombers among 36 held in Swat
SWAT, Feb 10: About 36 militants, including two would-be suicide bombers, were arrested and a large quantity of arms and ammunition was seized during a search operation in Kabal tehsil on Sunday...
Support for Osama waning; PPP most popular party: poll
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Sympathy for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in the country amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll....
30 activists of banned group held in Lahore
LAHORE, Feb 10: Police on Saturday night arrested 30 members of a ‘banned militant outfit’ from a house in Tajpura area of the city and claimed to have recovered ‘heavy weapons and hate literature’ from them....
PML-Q calls for release of deposed CJ, lawyers
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: PML-Q secretary general Mushahid Hussain Syed says the government should release Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, other deposed judges and senior lawyers, politicians and members of the civil society...
Observers asked to inform govt about visit plans
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday advised foreign observers coming to monitor the Feb 18 election to inform the Interior Ministry or provincial governments about their...
N-arms with ‘volatile states a threat to India’
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: India said on Sunday that it faces threats from countries that are “authoritarian, anti-democratic and anti-secular” and expressed concern over risks from nuclear weapons in the hands of “volatile states”, a possible reference to Pakistan....
Villagers kill 13 robbers
SAHIWAL, Feb 10: Thirteen suspected robbers were killed and five others injured in an exchange of fire with two villagers in a nearby village in early hours of Sunday....
Seven of a family die as roof collapses
SKARDU, Feb 10: Seven members of a family were killed when the roof of their house collapsed in Kuroo village on Saturday night....
Gates greeted in Baghdad by suicide bombing
BAGHDAD, Feb 10: A suicide car-bomb killed 33 people in Iraq on Sunday, a security official said, hours before US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad to assess recent security gains and discuss troop levels....
Oil pricing system under review
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The caretaker government is re-examining the entire oil pricing mechanism in view of the undue profits going to oil refineries on account of deemed duties and guaranteed rates of return....
11 Afghans arrested in Chaman
QUETTA, Feb 10: Border authorities on Sunday arrested 11 suspected Afghan nationals in Chaman....
Afghanistan backs US claim about Osama, Omar
KABUL, Feb 10: Afghanistan said on Sunday it backed a senior US official’s assertion that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar were operating from Pakistan....
Eleven Indian fishermen held
KARACHI, Feb 10: Coast guards seized two Indian boats and arrested 11 fishermen for illegally trawling in Pakistan’s waters in the Arabian Sea, maritime officials said on Sunday....
Army deployment for polls across Sindh
KARACHI, Feb 10: The army will be deployed across Sindh by February 12 to assist police and Rangers during general election....
Search on for vehicle laden with explosives
RAWALPINDI, Feb 10: Security agencies are hunting two men riding an ‘explosive-laden’ car that they said could strike in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Dawn has learnt....
Two brothers gunned down
TAXILA, Feb 10: Two brothers were killed and another was critically injured when their maternal uncle allegedly opened fire on them in the Tass village of Hassanabdal on Sunday....
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CHARSDDA, Feb 10: Hundreds of people mourned as victims of the Shabqader bomb blast were laid to rest on Sunday. Meanwhile, two of the injured people died on Sunday, raising the death toll to 27....
