Militants attack PAF van; 13 killed: Car blast in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Six air force personnel and seven other people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a bridge on the main Peshawar-Kohat Road in the southern part of the city on Tuesday morning....
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Fata legislators call on Asif, pledge support
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Support for the ruling coalition’s initiative to impeach President Pervez Musharraf continued to grow by the day as 12 legislators from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on...
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Uprising in Kashmir; 12 protesters shot dead
NEW DELHI, Aug 12: Twelve Kashmiri protesters were shot to death in different parts of the Valley on Tuesday, at least four of them at a funeral for the slain Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz....
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35 killed in Kurram Clashes
PARACHINAR, Aug 12: Thirty-five people were killed and 50 others were injured in fierce clashes between two tribes in Kurram tribal region on Tuesday....
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Musharraf ditched by Sherpao;PPP-S votes for resolution
PESHAWAR, Aug 12: The PPP-S of Aftab Sherpao, the interior minister in the Shaukat Aziz government, broke ranks with the alliance which had ruled the country since the 2002 elections and voted for a resolution in the NWFP assembly calling ....
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Muttahida to support president
KARACHI, Aug 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has thrown its support behind President Pervez Musharraf and declined Pakistan People’s Party’s request to stay ‘neutral’ during the impeachment process....
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Senior Al Qaeda leader among 18 killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 12: A senior Al Qaeda operative and 17 other militants were killed when low-flying helicopters bombed their positions in the Bajaur tribal region, sources said on Tuesday....
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Inflation jumped to 24pc in July
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Inflation rose to an all-time high of 24.33 per cent last month as against 6.37 per cent in July of last year on the back of spiralling food and energy prices....
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No blank cheque for Musharraf: Obama
WASHINGTON, Aug 12: The United States cannot offer a blank cheque to Pakistan’s “undemocratic president,” says the US Democratic Party, signalling clearly that if Barack Obama is elected in November, the...
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Impeachment move may fail, say US experts
WASHINGTON, Aug 12: Pakistan’s ruling coalition may not succeed in impeaching President Pervez Musharraf because the army will not like a former chief to be impeached, observes the official US radio, Voice of America....
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Release of PSDP funds reduced by 40pc
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The government has reduced the pace of release of funds for the Public Sector Development Programme for 2009 by almost 40 per cent to bridge the gap between expenditure and revenue and to contain the rising fiscal deficit....
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Next president from smaller province: Nisar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that the future presidential candidate would be from a smaller province and his party was already working to find a suitable candidate....
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Russia halts war in Georgia as Sarkozy undertakes peace mission
MOSCOW/TBILISI, Aug 12: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday but Tbilisi cast doubt on the announcement, saying Moscow was still bombing towns and villages....
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Helicopters pound militants’ hideouts
BUNER, Aug 12: Gunship helicopters pounded militants’ hideouts in the hilly areas of Markandai and Akhund Baba on Tuesday....
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Islamabad’s criticism harms peace talks: India
NEW DELHI, Aug 12: India warned Pakistan on Tuesday that its public criticism of the ongoing violence in Jammu and Kashmir was tantamount to interference in its internal affairs, which could harm their peace talks....
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Afghan forces retake district from Taliban
KABUL, Aug 12: Afghan forces are back in control of a remote district that the Taliban captured three weeks ago, local officials said on Tuesday....
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Curfew in Baquba after attack on governor
BAQUBA, Aug 12: Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber’s body parts scattered across the street....
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Lebanon cabinet wins vote of confidence
BEIRUT, Aug 12: Lebanon’s new national unity government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday following stormy debates among rival lawmakers on the thorny issue of Hezbollah weapons....
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