Body set up to grapple with wheat shortage
LAHORE, July 15: The government on Tuesday formed a committee to devise a comprehensive plan to overcome wheat shortage, improve supply of pulses and to work out a formula for distribution of 2.5...
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Alarm bells in Fata over Nato troop build-up
MIRAMSHAH, July 15: Reports of a build-up of US-led forces in eastern Afghan provinces along the border with North and South Waziristan tribal regions have raised fears of a possible encounter in the area with the Taliban....
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Jirga fails to strike truce in Doaba
KOHAT, July 15: A jirga formed by the provincial government has failed to persuade militants and security forces to agree to a ceasefire and hold peace talks....
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Nawaz plans ‘final word’ with Asif on govt agenda
LONDON, July 15: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif proposes to have a ‘final word’ with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari when the two meet later this month on what he described...
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Five soldiers injured in Timergara rocket attack
TIMERGARA, July 15: At least five soldiers of the Pakistan Army and Dir Scouts were injured when Taliban militants fired rockets on the Dir Scouts headquarters in Balambat early on Tuesday morning....
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Call for elected council in Fata to resolve issues
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Leading figures and parliamentarians from Fata on Tuesday called for formation of an independent and elected Fata council to restore peace and end armed conflicts in the tribal region....
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US, Nato term situation in Pakistan dysfunctional
WASHINGTON, July 15: Pakistan’s controls on its border with Afghanistan are a “real concern” for the US, the State Department said after an attack two days ago killed nine American soldiers at a camp near the frontier....
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US to investigate Afghan charges, says Bush
WASHINGTON, July 15: US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that the United States would investigate US-installed Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s charge that Pakistani intelligence services were involved in a series of terrorist attacks inside Afghanistan....
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Obama threatens direct action in Fata
WASHINGTON, July 15: White House hopeful Barack Obama warned Pakistanis on Tuesday that if they cannot root out terrorism from the tribal area, America will do it for them....
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Video offers first glimpse of Guantanamo interrogation
TORONTO, July 15: A 16-year-old boy captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging for help in a video released...
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Over 1 million on US terror watch-list: rights group
WASHINGTON, July 15: A watch-list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday....
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Talks with US possible in near future, says Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, July 15: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has struck a more moderate tone towards the United States before a key meeting on Iran’s nuclear drive, saying talks with its arch-enemy were possible in the future....
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Indictment of Al Bashir blow to peace: Arab League
CAIRO, July 15: The Arab League’s envoy to Sudan on Tuesday described the indictment of the country’s president on genocide and other charges as a serious blow to peace efforts in Darfur....
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58 bonded haris freed from landlord’s farm
SANGHAR, July 15: Police on Tuesday freed 58 haris from a farm of Ali Ghulam Marri in 5-Dim village.The freed haris included 24 children, 18 men and 16 women....
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Soldier killed in attack
QUETTA, July 15: A security man was killed and two others were injured when a convoy of Frontier Corps was attacked in Dera Bugti district on Tuesday....
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Two policemen kidnapped
MINGORA, July 15: Armed men kidnapped two personnel of the Reserve Police from Guli Bagh area on Monday and demanded a ransom of Rs10 million for their release....
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Malik rejects reports about movement of Nato troops
LONDON, July 15: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan will not allow any other country to threaten its sovereignty or launch any kind of operation on its western borders....
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Controversy over Dogar’s visit
LARKANA, July 15: Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar arrived here on Tuesday on a visit which sparked a controversy among lawyers....
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