PPP, PML-N agree to act against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N on Tuesday agreed to formally ask President Pervez Musharraf to step down and to impeach him through parliamentary measures if he...
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TTP threatens to launch suicide attacks across country
KHAR, Aug 5: Highly-motivated ‘boys and girls’ are eager to mount suicide attacks all over the country, including Karachi, targeting high-profile government functionaries, according to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan....
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Aafia Siddiqui faces charge of trying to kill US officers
NEW YORK, Aug 5: US authorities have formally acknowledged arresting a Pakistani neuroscientist, five years after her mysterious disappearance in Karachi....
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Rajanpur faces new threat of devastating hill torrents
MULTAN, Aug 5: A large number of people affected by surging hill torrents in Rajanapur, and awaiting relief four days after being devastated by floods, are bracing for more floods after...
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Musharraf loyalists make ISI their cause in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Loyalists of President Pervez Musharraf leading the opposition in the Senate picked up ISI as their main cause on Tuesday as they stepped up attacks on the PPP-led...
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ISI notification held ‘in abeyance’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Instead of withdrawing its July 26 notification which had placed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) under the direct control of the interior division, the federal government decided on Tuesday to hold it ‘in abeyance till further deliberations’....
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Hydropower producers seek 50pc price hike
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Sponsors of private hydropower projects have sought a substantial increase in their sale rates to offset the increased cost of construction material and machinery and effects of general inflation....
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Police, protesters clash in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Protesters hurling bricks battled police in occupied Srinagar on Tuesday, as fury intensified over attacks on Muslims by Hindus....
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Swat militants’ onslaught on girls schools continues
MINGORA, Aug 5: Artillery shells killed a child and a woman and militants set on fire four more girls’ schools in Swat on Tuesday....
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Last survivor of K2 disaster reaches base camp
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp on Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a helicopter rescue....
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Olympic torch in Beijing amid tight security
CHENGDU (China), Aug 5: The Olympic torch arrived in China’s capital on Tuesday after a jubilant reception in the quake-ravaged southwest....
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About half of primate species face extinction threat
EDINBURGH, Aug 5: Nearly half of the world’s 634 types of primates are in danger of becoming extinct because of human activity, according to a scientific review presented on Tuesday....
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Naek keeps quiet about who will swear in Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek said on Tuesday that judges of high courts were required to be administered oath by the respective chief justices and the chief justices of high courts by the governors....
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Soldier killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 5: A paramilitary soldier was killed in a clash between local Taliban and Arang tribesmen in the Uthmankhel area of Bajaur agency on Tuesday....
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800 guerrillas poised to enter India, claims BSF chief
JODHPUR, Aug 5: India on Tuesday stepped up security on its border, a top Indian paramilitary official claimed, alleging that Pakistan might be looking for an “opportunity” to push nearly 800 militants onto its soil....
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Karzai repeats allegations
NEW DELHI, Aug 5: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday repeated allegations that Pakistan was linked to a car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, saying he was “confident” of the evidence....
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Region short of essentials after highway blockade
SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley is running short of food, fuel and medical supplies after Hindu protesters stopped transport along the disputed region’s major highway in the latest protests over a land row....
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Journalist executed in Iran
TEHRAN, Aug 5: An Iranian journalist convicted and sentenced to death on terrorism charges has been executed, the country’s judiciary said on Tuesday....
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