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OIC adopts reform charter: ‘Peace jihad’ urged for Islamic renaissance
DAKAR, March 14: Presidents and other leaders from Muslim nations on Friday agreed upon a new charter for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference aimed at reforming the body and speeding up its decision making, a delegation source said....
Fahim denies he is planning to form forward bloc
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Pakistan People’s Party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim met Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Friday....
Asif emerges as ‘Mr Clean’ after acquittal in last case
RAWALPINDI, March 14: Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, on Friday emerged as one of the cleanest politicians in the country after he was acquitted in the last remaining corruption case against him....
Rs50bn taken out of PSDP
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Funding problems have forced the government to immediately take Rs50 billion out of the Rs335-billion Public Sector Development Programme to manage its day to day affairs....
NBP suspends inter-bank ATM service after fraud
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on Friday unilaterally suspended its One-Link service with 14 other banks after finding out that a cyber gang had withdrawn millions of...
First cargo ship anchors off Gwadar
QUETTA, March 14: The first cargo ship carrying 73,000 tons of wheat from Canada arrived at the Gwadar port on Friday....
Indians ‘involved’ in missile technology smuggling
WASHINGTON, March 14: An employee of the Indian Embassy in Washington and Indian government agencies conspired with an Indian businessman to obtain secret weapons technology from US companies, the US Justice Department said on Friday....
PAF gets six JF-17 Thunder aircraft
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has received another six JF-17 Thunder aircraft from China. Two such aircraft were received earlier....
CJs committee seeks increase in judges’ strength
ISLAMABAD, March 14: A meeting of the Chief Justices Committee headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hamid Dogar on Friday asked for immediate increase in the strength of judges in...
US claims capturing Osama aide
WASHINGTON, March 14: The Pentagon said on Friday that CIA had captured a high-level Al Qaeda operative who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001....
Secret US prisons violate law: AI
LONDON, March 14: The running of secret CIA prisons for terrorism suspects makes a mockery of the international law, Amnesty International said on Friday in a case study of a Yemeni...
Queen opens Heathrow’s controversial terminal
LONDON, March 14: Describing it as ‘a 21st century gateway to Britain’ the Queen officially opened on Friday Heathrow Airport’s controversial Terminal 5 constructed in about 66 months at a cost of £4.3bn....
Serbs storm UN-run Kosovo courts
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (Kosovo), March 14: Hundreds of Serbs opposed to Kosovo’s independence clashed with international police before storming and occupying two UN-run courts here on Friday, police said....
60pc voter turnout in Iranian elections
TEHRAN, March 14: Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election weighted in favour of supporters of the Islamic Republic’s establishment....
Rockets fired from Afghan side land in Pakistan
PARACHINAR, March 14: Rockets fired from the Afghan side of the border landed near a security post in the Borki village of Kurram Agency on Friday evening, officials said....
Tribesman shot dead in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, March 14: The bullet-riddled body of a tribesman was found in the Dosali area of North Waziristan on Friday. A note found on the body said he had been executed because he was a US spy....
Pakistani held in Holland
THE HAGUE, March 14: Dutch police have arrested a Pakistani man who they say is linked to a jihadist network which was largely dismantled after raids in Barcelona this January....
Four power pylons blown up
QUETTA, March 14: Power supply to various areas of Bolan district was disrupted after four pylons of two high-power transmission lines were blown up on Thursday night....
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LONDON, March 14: Describing it as ‘a 21st century gateway to Britain’ the Queen officially opened on Friday Heathrow Airport’s controversial Terminal 5 constructed in about 66 months at a cost of £4.3bn....
TEHRAN, March 14: Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election weighted in favour of supporters of the Islamic Republic’s establishment....
