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Govt and opposition blame ‘conspiracy’ for violence
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Both the government and the opposition on Thursday blamed an unexplained conspiracy for the latest political violence in Karachi and Lahore with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani vowing...
PPP, MQM in bid to end deadlock
KARACHI, April 10: A deadlock between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ended on Thursday after the resumption of talks aimed at striking a power-sharing deal....
Musharraf warns against anarchy
ISLAMABAD, April 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday called upon lawyers to stop spreading anarchy as tensions flared in the country just days after a new government took office....
Inflation at all-time high in March
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Strong domestic demand and rising food and energy prices pushed up inflation in the month of March to an all-time high of 14.12 per cent....
Iraq pullout will strengthen Al Qaeda in Pakistan: Bush
WASHINGTON, April 10: US President George W. Bush, while defending his decision to halt withdrawal of troops from Iraq after July, said on Thursday that the US disengagement from the Arab country would strengthen Al Qaeda in Pakistan....
Seven killed in cylinder explosion
LAHORE, April 10: Seven people were killed and over 12 others, including four female students, injured when a cylinder exploded in a scrap godown in Misri Shah on Thursday....
Opposition to continue boycott
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The opposition parties announced on Thursday that they would continue their boycott of the National and four provincial assemblies unless the government took concrete steps to bring to...
Situation in Karachi normal: govt
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The law and order situation in Karachi has returned to normal, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Interior on Thursday....
India urged to allow independent probe into Kashmir graves
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakistan urged India on Thursday to allow an independent probe into nameless graves discovered in occupied Kashmir and the issue of disappearances in the valley....
Attorney-general criticised for meeting Altaf
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Mian Raza Rabbani, the Leader of the House in the Senate, has accused Attorney-General Malik Qayyum of going beyond his constitutional role by meeting Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in London....
10 killed in road accident
THATTA, April 10: Ten passengers were killed and 20 others suffered injuries when a Thatta-bound bus collided with a dumper near Gharo on the National Highway on Thursday....
Premier vows security for Olympic torch
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the government would mobilise all resources to ensure safety and security of the Olympic torch relay arriving in Pakistan on April 16....
Two convicts beheaded in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, April 10: A Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking and a Saudi found guilty of murder were beheaded by the sword on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry announced....
Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, April 10: A pipeline supplying gas to the Pir Koh gas plant was blown up on Thursday....
Journalists walk out of press gallery
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Journalists covering the National Assembly session staged a token walkout from the press gallery on Thursday to register their protest against reported snatching and smashing of cameras during clashes in Karachi on Wednesday....
Three Shot dead
LAHORE, April 10: Three people were shot dead in different parts of the city here on Thursday....
US attacks leave six dead in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 10: Two US air strikes in Baghdad’s embattled Sadr City district on Thursday killed six people as fighting flared for a fifth straight day between militiamen and security forces, officials said....
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LAHORE, April 10: Seven people were killed and over 12 others, including four female students, injured when a cylinder exploded in a scrap godown in Misri Shah on Thursday....
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The opposition parties announced on Thursday that they would continue their boycott of the National and four provincial assemblies unless the government took concrete steps to bring to...
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakistan urged India on Thursday to allow an independent probe into nameless graves discovered in occupied Kashmir and the issue of disappearances in the valley....
