Gilani offers to probe India’s allegation
COLOMBO, Aug 2: Islamabad has offered to investigate New Delhi’s charge that the ISI was involved in last month’s attack on its embassy in Kabul....
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Saarc urges joint fight against terror
COLOMBO, Aug 2: South Asian leaders on Saturday called for a collective fight to defeat a wave of terrorism which was threatening to engulf the region....
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Eight security men killed in bomb attack
MINGORA, Aug 2: Eight security personnel, two paramilitary soldiers among them, were killed and five others injured when a remote-controlled device hit their vehicle near Mingora on Saturday....
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Five foreign climbers go missing on K-2
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Five foreign mountaineers are missing after being struck by an avalanche during their descent from the world’s second highest peak, K-2, in Pakistan, an expedition operator said on Saturday....
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New taxes planned to reduce imports
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The government has decided to impose new taxes to reduce non-essential imports, fast eating up the country’s foreign exchange reserves that have declined to little over $10 billion, down from $16 billion over the past few months....
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Dozens killed in Afghan violence
KABUL, Aug 2: US-led coalition troops used airstrikes to kill more than a dozen Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while a road mine blasted a bus carrying a wedding party, killing...
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13 polio cases so far this year
KABUL: Afghanistan has this year recorded 13 new cases of polio, which is only endemic in three other countries worldwide, the health minister said on Saturday....
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Iran criticises US over India deal
TEHRAN, Aug 2: Iran has accused the United States of double standards over its nuclear deal with India, Iranian media said on Saturday....
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Assad in Iran for talks on N-issues
TEHRAN, Aug 2: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss the Islamic republic’s nuclear issue as well as matters of mutual interest....
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Zawahiri killed, claims TV
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: US officials are refusing to confirm or deny media reports that Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed or wounded in the missile attack in South Waziristan on July 28....
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No military operation launched in Balochistan, says FC
QUETTA, Aug 2: Inspector-General of the Frontier Corps for Balochistan, Maj-Gen Salim Nawaz, said on Saturday that about a dozen militants were killed recently when military retaliated against attackers in Dera Bugti district....
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Osteoporosis rising in Asia: experts
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Experts here on Saturday warned that incidence of osteoporosis, a deadly bone disease, was increasing in Asia at an alarming rate....
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Nawaz, Asif to discuss judiciary, impeachment on 5th
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif will meet on Tuesday (Aug 5) to discuss reinstatement of judges and the possible impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf....
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TV report about radioactive leak upsets Japan minister
TOKYO, Aug 2: Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura berated his department on Saturday for failing to notify him of a radioactive leak from a US nuclear submarine, saying he learnt of the incident on television....
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Russians eager to marry on 8-8-08
MOSCOW, Aug 2: Russian marriage offices have seen a surge of applications to wed this coming Friday due to the supposedly lucky character of the date: 08.08.08,...
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Two FC men among four injured in shooting
QUETTA, Aug 2: Three security men and a civilian were injured in shooting by unidentified armed men in Khuzdar on Saturday....
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Two women, father freed from bondage of their kin
LAHORE, Aug 2: Police have liberated two sisters and their father from a 15-year-long bondage imposed by none other than the man’s son....
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Agreement on terror to yield results soon, says Haqqani
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The understanding reached between Pakistan and the United States during the prime minister’s visit to fight terrorism will produce results in the next few days, says Ambassador Husain Haqqani....
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