Bomber draws blood on Independence Day eve
LAHORE, Aug 13: Eight people, including two policemen, were killed and over 20, including 12 policemen, were injured after an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station on Wednesday....
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Explosions near Wana kill 12 militants; missile attack suspected
WANA, Aug 13: At least 12 militants, most of them non-locals, were killed in a series of explosions in Bagher area of South Waziristan on late Tuesday night....
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Villagers kill six militants
BUNER, Aug 13: Villagers killed six members of a militant group in Dara Shalbandi area of Buner on Wednesday....
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Musharraf calls for end to confrontation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Pervez Musharraf has called for avoiding confrontation and adopting a conciliatory approach to overcome economic crisis and defeat terrorism....
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Sindh PA seeks impeachment
KARACHI, Aug 13: The Sindh Assembly adopted unanimously on Wednesday a resolution calling upon President Pervez Musharraf to take a vote of confidence from his electoral college or resign immediately....
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Authorities sitting tight as bloodshed continues
PARACHINAR, Aug 13: Clashes between rival tribes in the Kurram Agency on Wednesday left 28 people dead and 41 injured....
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WRITING ON THE WALL
HAS the time really come for General (retd) Musharraf to say adieu?. There are rumours that the president may announce his decision as early as during the midnight party on the eve of Independence Day, or perhaps within the next 48 hours...
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Al Qaeda exploiting political turmoil: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 13: In a rare, on-the-record briefing, a senior terrorism analyst for the US government has claimed that Al Qaeda is exploiting recent political turmoil in Pakistan to strengthen its foothold along the country’s border with Afghanistan....
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Dozens injured in Kashmir protests
SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Angry Muslims mourning at least 20 protesters killed by police torched security bunkers and rioted in occupied Kashmir’s main city on Wednesday, as a land row with Hindus revived calls for independence....
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Militants stop people from leaving Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 13: Militants in Bajaur Agency are using local people as human shield with air force planes continuing to bomb different areas. Twenty-four people, including some militants, were killed on Wednesday....
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Six killed, 19 injured in Balochistan attacks
QUETTA, Aug 13: Six people were killed and 19 others, four of them policemen, were injured in explosions in Hub and Uthal, a hand-grenade attack in Panjgur and shooting incidents in Kharan and Turbat towns in Balochistan on Wednesday....
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PML-N ministers advised not to attend cabinet meeting
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Four ministers of the PML-N who had recently rejoined the federal cabinet did not attend its meeting on Wednesday reportedly on the advice of the PPP....
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NP leader assails ‘plot to capture Baloch land’
QUETTA, Aug 13: Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, the chief of National Party, said on Wednesday that usurpers, after looting resources of Balochistan, were conspiring to capture the land of Balochs...
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Govt asked to complete impeachment process without delay
QUETTA, Aug 13: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai has said that the PPP-led coalition government must complete the process of impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf as soon as possible in order to remove the ‘illegal president’....
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Govt seeks repatriation of Dr Aafia’s children: FO asks India to address Kashmir dispute
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Pakistan on Wednesday protested against the detention of Al Qaeda suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s three children by the United States and demanded their immediate repatriation....
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Two more polio cases found in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Two new cases of polio, one in Peshawar and the other in Upper Dir, were confirmed by the National Institute of Health on Wednesday....
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Attack on Lebanese troops claims 15 lives
TRIPOLI (Lebanon), Aug 13: At least 15 people including nine soldiers were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday, according to security sources, in the deadliest attack on the army since a battle with Al Qaeda-inspired militants last year....
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Hostage doctor killed with eight captors
KHAR, Aug 13: A doctor held hostage reportedly by pro-Taliban militants in his house was killed along with his eight captors when a mortar shell hit the house in the Haji Lawang area....
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