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No victimisation, assures PM
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and one of his key aides assured the National Assembly on Thursday their government would not allow any political victimisation while seeking to enforce the rule of law in the country....
Harbayar released in UK
LONDON, April 17: Nawabzada Harbayar Marri, son of Nawab Khair Bux Marri, who was arrested in December last year has been released from Belmarsh Jail....
Democrats discuss new aid package for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, April 17: The Democrats, who already control the US Congress and are likely to win the 2008 presidential election as well, have started consultations to offer a new $7 billion aid package to Pakistan....
FM says external forces trying to subvert China ties
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Pakistan on Thursday said that some external forces were trying to weaken China-Pakistan relations and vowed such attempts would not be allowed to succeed....
‘Resolution more than sufficient for judges reinstatement’
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Constitutional expert Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has stressed the need for early resolution of the judges’ issue in accordance with the Constitution instead of politicising the matter through proposals like forming a parliamentary committee....
US ‘softens’ stance on air strikes
WASHINGTON, April 17: The US attitude towards air strikes inside Pakistan’s tribal belt and on talks with militants hiding in the area appears to have softened, but so far Washington has...
Molasses tank of sugar mill explodes; 7 killed
HYDERABAD, April 17: Seven people were killed and 14 others injured when a molasses tank of the Abadgar Sugar Mills in Bulri Shah Karim taluka of Tando Mohammad Khan district blew up on Thursday morning....
Tense calm in Jamrud after fierce clashes
LANDI KOTAL, April 17: The Jamrud sub-district of Khyber tribal region was calm but tense on Thursday after a night of gunbattle between an armed vigilante group and a tribal clan...
India asks Pakistan to free 700 prisoners
NEW DELHI, April 17: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday described the prolonged incarceration of Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails as a matter of grave concern and urged Islamabad to...
Pakistan on agenda of C’wealth’s May 12 meeting
LONDON, April 17: Commonwealth ministers will meet next month to review Pakistan’s suspension from the 53-nation body, the organisation said on Thursday....
Child abuse cases on the rise: report
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Cases of sexual abuse of children in the country increased by about 50 per cent between 2002 and 2006 and the number of women abetting such crimes surged...
Suicide bomber kills 49 at Iraq funeral
BAGHDAD, April 17: A suicide bomber struck a funeral in Iraq on Thursday, killing 49 mourners and wounding 55 in an attack that suggests militants have launched a new campaign of violence in the north....
Contaminated wheat kills 10 Afghans
KABUL, April 17: Ten Afghans have died and more than 100 have fallen ill with liver disease after eating wheat contaminated with a poisonous plant, heightening food insecurity in the country....
Number of displaced people highest in a decade: report
GENEVA, April 17: Armed conflicts and violence displaced more than 26 million people within their own countries in 2007, the highest number in over a decade, an international monitoring body said on Thursday....
Dutch embassy relocated for security reasons
ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Netherlands has shifted its embassy in the capital to a luxury hotel because of security worries following the release of a film criticising Islam....
Refugee repatriation plan could fuel militancy: UN
ISLAMABAD, April 17: The United Nations urged Pakistan on Thursday to revise its plan to repatriate 2.4 million Afghan refugees by 2009, saying the strategy was unworkable and might fuel militancy....
Ireland stops paying diplomat expelled from Afghanistan
DUBLIN, April 17: Ireland has stopped paying an Irish diplomat who was expelled from Afghanistan for posing a threat to national security, according to documents cited by the RTE state broadcaster on Thursday....
Malaysia panel to choose judges
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17: Malaysia’s prime minister has announced plans to set up an independent panel that will select judges. The measure is part of judicial reforms that the government hopes to implement....
Bangladesh troops told to eat potatoes
DHAKA, April 17: More than half a million Bangladeshi troops have been ordered to eat potatoes in an attempt to ease the impact of surging rice and wheat prices....
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LANDI KOTAL, April 17: The Jamrud sub-district of Khyber tribal region was calm but tense on Thursday after a night of gunbattle between an armed vigilante group and a tribal clan...
KABUL, April 17: Ten Afghans have died and more than 100 have fallen ill with liver disease after eating wheat contaminated with a poisonous plant, heightening food insecurity in the country....
