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Torch relay a dazzling spectacle
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan welcomed on Wednesday the Olympic Torch on what was seen as a positive and trouble-free leg of its world tour....
‘Deliberate delay’ in wheat shipment blamed for crisis
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Federal Food Committee (FFC) has asked the ministries of food and commerce to investigate the delay in the arrival of imported wheat that aggravated the shortage and caused the flour price to rise again....
All missing people to be traced, says Naek
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek has said the government will ensure release of all missing persons and details in this respect were being collected....
Reconciliation policy will continue: PM
LAHORE, April 16: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that the PPP would continue to pursue its policy of reconciliation because it wanted to work in cooperation with all political parties....
‘Pakistan key to US anti-terror strategy’
WASHINGTON, April 16: Pakistan enjoys a key place in a US plan to train and equip foreign militaries and for deploying civilian experts to fight terrorism....
EU asks Pakistan to carry out electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The European Union has urged Pakistan to undertake electoral reforms as a matter of priority and said that the February 18 polls fell short of international standards for genuine democratic elections....
Israeli forces kill 17 in Gaza
GAZA, April 16: Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians, most of them civilians, in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, medical officials and witnesses said....
12 dead as wagon falls off Neelum Valley road
MUZAFFARABAD, April 16: Twelve people, a woman and a young girl among them, were killed and four others were injured when a passenger wagon they were travelling in veered off the...
Plea to link India UNSC seat to Kashmir
LONDON, April 16: Former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood has pleaded with the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown to make its support for India’s bid...
44 schoolchildren die in Indian bus crash
BAMROLI (India), April 16: Forty-four schoolchildren and three adults were killed when a bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India on Wednesday, police said....
STA judge acquits Asif in murder case
HYDERABAD, April 16: Suppression of Terrorism Activities (STA) court judge Farooq Ali Channa on Wednesday acquitted Pakistan People’s Party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a case relating to the murder of...
UN awaits govt request in Benazir case
UNITED NATIONS, April 16: The United Nations has said that it would not be able to make any statement on the question of investigation sought by the Pakistan National Assembly into...
Death in police custody sparks violence
LAHORE, April 16: Neighbours and relatives of expatriate Abdul Basit, who allegedly died in Baghbanpura police custody on Tuesday, blocked the G.T. Road on Wednesday for several hours and beat up...
Rallies subject to prior permission
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The federal government has made prior permission mandatory for holding rallies and public meetings....
PPP, allies deadlocked on Balochistan cabinet
QUETTA, April 16: No breakthrough was made till late Wednesday night in talks between the PPP and its allied parties in Balochistan on the composition of the cabinet....
Sharifs get nomination papers for by-elections
LAHORE, April 16: Former prime minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Muslim League-N president Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz obtained nomination papers on Wednesday for the coming by-elections....
Global wheat stocks at 30-year lows: US
KANSAS CITY, April 16: The world has “never been less secure” about the near-term future of wheat, US Agriculture Secretary Edward Schafer told food aid groups on Wednesday....
Cellphone towers a security threat: India
NEW DELHI, April 16: India has alleged that Pakistan’s nine mobile phone towers erected along the border have security-related implications for it....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan welcomed on Wednesday the Olympic Torch on what was seen as a positive and trouble-free leg of its world tour....
MUZAFFARABAD, April 16: Twelve people, a woman and a young girl among them, were killed and four others were injured when a passenger wagon they were travelling in veered off the...
