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Lankan govt claims killing over 80 rebels
COLOMBO, March 4: Sri Lankan troops have pushed further into Tigers-held territory in the north killing over 80 guerillas, military officials said on Tuesday....
Former spy back home to emotional welcome
WAGAH, March 4: An Indian man freed by Pakistan after languishing on death row for suspected espionage for 35 years was given a hero’s welcome when he returned home on Tuesday....
Tariq Azeem quits PML-Q post
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Senator Tariq Azeem, information secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, has quit the post, citing party’s failure in the Feb 18 elections as the reason....
4 militants, villager die in clash
LAKKI MARWAT, March 4: Four militants and a villager were killed in a gunbattle which erupted in the Khankhel (Tajori) area on Tuesday after the kidnapping of a union council nazim and his two friends....
PML-Q and allies in a morale-boosting huddle
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q put up a somewhat impressive show on Tuesday, by having succeeded in assembling newly elected National Assembly members of most of its allied parties...
Ministry points finger at Baitullah
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema indicated on Tuesday that Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud might be involved in the suicide attack on the Navy College in...
US military trainers arrive
WASHINGTON, March 4: Pakistan has rejected repeated US requests to embed American military personnel with its troops in the tribal areas, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
Suicide bombings: a shifting pattern?
THE double suicide attack at the Naval War College in Lahore —within a week of a twin bomb attack in Mingora that first killed a police officer, then another fifty people...
IMF wants new govt to tax agriculture
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants the new government to bring agriculture and services sectors into the tax net and reduce exemptions in order to tide over financial difficulties....
OIC move to stop anti-Islam campaign
UNITED NATIONS, March 4: The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on Monday expressed concern over the negative political and media campaign in certain western nations targeting Muslims and Islam....
MQM yet to decide on joining opposition
KARACHI, March 4: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has not yet taken final decision about its future role in parliament, although majority of its workers and leaders are of the view that...
Musharraf may not attend OIC summit
ISLAMABAD, March 4: President Pervez Musharraf is reported to be undecided about going to Senegal to attend the two-day Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit to be held from March 13....
Italy to fund $20m for Multan plan
MULTAN, March 4: The Italian government will spend $20 million on the reservation of cultural heritage and development of education, health, agriculture and other infrastructures in Multan under a ‘Multan the oldest living city in the world’ programme....
No new resolution against Iran: IAEA
VIENNA, March 4: The UN atomic watchdog decided on Tuesday that no additional action was needed against Iran on top of the UN Security Council’s decision to tighten sanctions against the Islamic Republic....
Ban on film ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ lifted
NEW DELHI, March 4: India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted state bans on the screening of a blockbuster film about the love between a Muslim emperor and his Hindu wife....
India to pay cash for baby girls
NEW DELHI, March 4: The Indian government plans to give cash incentives to the families of baby girls in an effort to limit the number of abortions of females because of a preference for sons....
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LAHORE, March 4: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the prestigious Navy War College on the Mall Road on Tuesday, killing four Navy employees and injuring 21 others, witnesses said....
WAGAH, March 4: An Indian man freed by Pakistan after languishing on death row for suspected espionage for 35 years was given a hero’s welcome when he returned home on Tuesday....
