Operation put on hold for one month
LAHORE, Aug 30: The ongoing military operation against militants in tribal areas will come to a halt on the midnight of August 31 and remain suspended during Ramazan, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik announced here on Saturday....
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Swat death toll touches 40
MINGORA, Aug 30: The death toll in two days of fighting in Swat climbed to 40 as security forces continued to pound militant positions in the Peochar area of the valley on Saturday....
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Two Canadians killed in Wana missile attack
WANA, Aug 30: Four people, including two Canadians of Arab origin, were killed and two other people injured when a missile reportedly fired from Afghanistan hit a house in the Korzai area of South Waziristan on Saturday....
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Power tariff to be raised by 31pc: Prices of 1,300 USC items cut by 5-10pc
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government on Saturday announced five to 10 per cent reduction in prices of 1,300 food and non-food items to be sold at the Utility Stores Corporation’s outlets in Ramazan....
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Ship runs aground near Karachi, salvaged
KARACHI, Aug 30: A container ship that had run aground outside the Karachi port on Saturday afternoon was salvaged around midnight. Port officials were confident that the ship would get the go-ahead to resume its voyage....
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Four LHC judges take fresh oath
LAHORE, Aug 30: Four deposed judges of the Lahore High Court took a fresh oath on Saturday....
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Aafia’s son to reunite with family soon: Afghan FM
KABUL, Aug 30: The young son of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui will be returned to his family ‘soon’ by Afghanistan after he was arrested with her more than a month ago, Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta said on Saturday....
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Fazl, Sherpao and Muqam promise support to Asif
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Asif Zardari received a boost in his quest for the presidency on Saturday from three quarters — JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PPP (S) chief Aftab Ahmed Khan...
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Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era ‘wounds’
BENGHAZI (Libya), Aug 30: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation....
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A troubled history
ITALY, which ruled Libya from 1911 to 1943, has had difficult relations with Muammar Qadhafi since he seized power in 1969....
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Kuwait gives aliens 6 weeks to legalise stay
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 30: Kuwait on Saturday granted illegal foreign residents a six-week amnesty to legalise their status or leave the oil-rich emirate without paying a fine....
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Indian floods force massive evacuation: 600,000 remain trapped
PATNA, Aug 30: More than 300,000 people trapped in India’s worst floods in 50 years have been rescued, but nearly double that number remain stranded without food or water, officials said on Saturday....
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Afghanistan needs funds to avert crisis, says Oxfam
KABUL, Aug 30: Afghanistan needs urgent help to avert a humanitarian crisis this winter, with millions facing some of the worst conditions for more than 20 years, according to a leading British charity....
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Entire Kashmir turned into prison, says JKLF
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Violence ebbed in occupied Kashmir on Saturday and authorities relaxed the curfew for six hours to allow people to buy food and other essentials, police said....
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Centre ignoring AJK govt’s corruption: Sultan
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 30: A former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday accused some unnamed federal government functionaries of taking share from the incumbent AJK government in return for their silence towards “unchecked corruption” in the liberated territory....
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Bombers on way to Rawalpindi?
RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: Security forces were put on high alert in the wake of intelligence reports that two suspected suicide bombers had left Waziristan to strike in Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Kharian cantonment, Dawn has learnt....
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Govt urged to remove hurdles in IPI’s way
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: A Senate committee has urged the government to accelerate work on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project and explore new gas fields to bridge the widening demand-supply gap in the energy sector....
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PFUJ slams killing of kidnapped journalist
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the killing of a journalist who it said died in an attack on a Taliban hideout in Swat on Friday. ...
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