22 Taliban killed in Swat air strike
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: At least 20 militants and their two senior commanders were killed in the Swat valley late on Friday in an air strike by the military, a senior security official said....
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Bid to bomb army camp thwarted
KOHAT, Aug 29: Two drivers were killed and 39 others, 36 security personnel among them, injured when a car blew up after a suspected suicide bomber driving it was shot dead by troops near the Kohat Tunnel on Friday....
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President, PM should be from same party, says Gilani
KARACHI, Aug 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that in order to ensure stability of the new democratic government it was necessary that president and prime minister should be from the same party, at least for one term....
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Burying of women alive defended in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Balochistan Senator Sardar Israrullah Zehri stunned the upper house on Friday when he defended the recent incident of burying alive three teenage girls and two women in his province, saying it was part of “our tribal custom.”...
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NSG ‘hawks’ deal blow to India-US agreement
VIENNA, Aug 29: The United States has told six nations its bid to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India has stumbled over their objections and pressed them at a New Delhi meeting to relent, diplomats said on Friday....
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Top Kashmiri leader detained; curfew made more stringent
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: Indian police detained on Friday a prominent Kashmiri leader who led some of the biggest protests in two decades against India’s rule in the occupied Himalayan region, police said....
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Alaska’s woman governor is McCain’s running mate
DAYTON (Ohio), Aug 29: Republican John McCain made a surprise choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday, adding a political unknown to the presidential ticket who could help him appeal to women voters....
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Obama vows to finish fight against Taliban, Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, Aug 29: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has pledged to finish the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and end the war in Iraq ‘responsibly’....
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Karachi’s power misery refuses to go away
LAHORE, Aug 29: Karachi braved another day of relentless loadshedding. on Friday as the KESC faced a shortfall of 480MW. Every residential and commercial area of the city came under at least four spells of loadshedding lasting about 150 minutes each....
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Sindh, Northern Areas and Fata described as polio nurseries
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Senate was told on Friday that Sindh, Northern Areas and Fata had became virtual nurseries of polio posing a serious threat to the country....
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Mushahid asks Asif to quit race
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Pakistan Muslim League-Q’s presidential candidate Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed asked PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday to withdraw from the contest in the best interest of the country....
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Four deposed LHC judges likely to take fresh oath
LAHORE, Aug 29: Some deposed judges of the Lahore High Court are reported to have expressed willingness to accept the government’s offer to resume work.According to sources, a summary about reinstatement...
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ISI dominates India worries
NEW DELHI, Aug 29: Terror groups backed by Pakistan’s ISI spy agency could use chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological weapons against India, initiating a form of “super terrorism”, India’s Home Ministry was quoted on Friday as saying....
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Accused in ‘Brown threat case’ remanded in custody
LONDON, Aug 29: A man accused of threatening to “eliminate” Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former prime minister Tony Blair and encouraging others to join the organisation in a posting on a jihadi website was remanded into custody on Friday....
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Karadzic mocks UN tribunal
THE HAGUE, Aug 29: The UN tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead....
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Seven killed in fresh Kurram clashes
PARACHINAR, Aug 29: Seven people were killed and 15 others injured in clashes between rival factions in the troubled Kurram tribal region on Thursday night....
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Tribal lashkar, militants come face to face in Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 29: Tension gripped the Bajaur region after militants and tribesmen prepared each other’s positions in Banqool area and the Salarzai jirga announced formation of a tribal lashkar of 1,300 men....
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Man killed by landmine
QUETTA, Aug 29: A man was killed when he stepped on a landmine in the Pir Koh area on Friday. The man, belonging to the Bugti tribe, died on the spot...
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