Blast rocks Danish embassy in high-security area: 8 killed
ISLAMABAD, June 2: A car- bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others....
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Clues found
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik claimed during a visit to the site of the blast on Monday night that investigators had found some important clues which could provide a lead to the attackers and the mastermind....
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Terrorism remains a real threat, says US
WASHINGTON, June 2: The White House urged Pakistan on Monday not to allow terrorists to maintain ‘safe havens’ on its soil as a car bombing outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed eight people and wounded many others....
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Rs541bn approved by NEC for PSDP
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The National Economic Council on Monday approved a Public Sector Development Programme of Rs541 billion, 11.2 per cent higher than the outgoing year’s PSDP, and projected 5.5...
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Govt pulled up in NA over bombing
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The bombing outside the Danish embassy here on Monday that killed eight people put the ruling coalition on the defensive over law and order on the opening day...
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Two cases of polio detected
KARACHI, June 2: Two new cases of polio have been detected -- one in Kohat and the other in Karachi in recent days, taking to 11 the number of children hit by the dreaded virus this year....
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Shahbaz elected unopposed from Bhakkar
MIANWALI, June 2: PML-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected unopposed to the PP-48 (Bhakkar-II) seat on Monday when the three candidates opposing him withdrew from the contest....
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PML-N hits out at decision to scrap Kalabagh project
ISLAMABAD, June 2: Several legislators belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-N have expressed concern over Pakistan People’s Party’s decision to abandon the Kalabagh dam project without taking their party into confidence, although it was part of the ruling coalition....
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Aitzaz says he was misquoted by NYT
LAHORE, June 2: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan says the New York Times has misquoted him on the issue of corruption charges against PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto....
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Pakistan, India fail to bridge differences: Kishan-Ganga project
LAHORE, June 2: Pakistan and India will hold the next round of talks on the Kishan-Ganga project in the third week of July and if the talks fail the issue may be referred to a third party for arbitration....
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Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent dead
PARIS, June 2: The reclusive French fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent, whose daring new dress code revolutionised the way women dressed in the 20th Century, died of a brain tumour on late Sunday night after a prolonged illness....
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Anti-terror policy to continue: Danish PM
COPENHAGEN, June 2: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned a suicide bombing on his country’s embassy in Pakistan on Monday, describing the attack as “cowardly” and unjustifiable....
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Food aid helps the rich more than the poor, says US report
WASHINGTON, June 2: The current strategy for providing food aid to the world’s poor, although well-intended, helps big firms and farmers of the rich donor nations more than it helps the starving millions, says a report released on Monday....
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Western forces bungled war: Karzai
NEW DELHI, June 2: International forces in Afghanistan have mismanaged the fight against the Taliban, leading to a rise in violence, and now risk losing people’s goodwill, President Hamid Karzai told an Indian news channel....
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Fundamentals are strong; issue solvable, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 2: President Pervez Musharraf has said that the country’s economic fundamentals are strong and expressed the hope the government would address the current downtrend....
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Girls school, CD shop blown up in Mardan
MARDAN, June 2: A girls’ school and a CD shop were blown up in Mardan by militants before dawn on Monday....
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SC discusses laws dealing with contempt: Deposed CJP’s manhandling
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Supreme Court on Monday resumed discussion on determining which contempt law will hold the appeals of capital’s seven senior administration officials and police personnel convicted for roughing...
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Islamabad blast condemned
ISLAMABAD, June 2: President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have condemned Monday’s bomb explosion outside the Danish embassy and said it has fortified Pakistan’s resolve to fight terrorism....
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