Security agencies asked to get their act together: Cabinet expresses concern over intelligence failure
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The federal cabinet on Wednesday expressed concern over deteriorating law and order situation in the country and said the Marriott tragedy was the result of intelligence failure....
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We’re in a state of war: Asif
NEW YORK, Sept 24: President Asif Ali Zardari urged the nation on Wednesday to realise that it was in a state of war and underscored the need to prepare a new plan to deal with it....
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Schoolgirl dies in Quetta suicide attack
QUETTA, Sept 24: A schoolgirl was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a security vehicle not far from a military police checkpost. Twenty-three people were injured, six of them schoolchildren and 15 security personnel....
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34 die in fierce Bajaur clashes
KHAR/CHARADDA, Sept 24: At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in fierce clashes in the Bajaur tribal region and its adjacent Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda district on Wednesday....
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3 brothers executed in Wana
WANA, Sept 24: Taliban on Wednesday publicly executed four people, three brothers among them, in Wana. Taliban had captured the three brothers a few days ago after the murders of four people.....
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Drone wreckage recovered, says army spokesman
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 24: The Pakistan army said on Wednesday it was investigating the crash of a suspected unmanned US spy plane near the Afghan border amid claims by tribesmen they had shot it down....
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Landmine kills two tribesmen
QUETTA, Sept 24: Two Bugti tribesmen were killed by a landmine in Zain Koh, about 30 kilometres from Dera Bugti town. “Both tribesmen were blown to bits,” a senior police officer in Sui said.....
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950 militants killed in Fata: Mukhtar
GUJRAT, Sept 24: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that more than 950 militants have been killed in the operation in tribal areas, adding that the operation will continue till...
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Two soldiers killed in Swat
MINGORA, Sept 24: Two soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured in attacks by militants in different areas of the troubled Swat district on Tuesday night and Wednesday....
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Karzai finally sees hope in war against terrorism: ‘Zardari understands tribal areas’
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said recent leadership change in Pakistan has offered for the “first time” a hope of winning the “war on terror” and called...
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Ahmadinejad says terrorism requires talks, not military action
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the problem of terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan needs ‘negotiated settlement’ and not a ‘military solution’....
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Tariff plea by KESC’s new management puts govt in a fix
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: A request for increase in consumer tariff filed by the new management of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has put the federal government in a quandary because...
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FBI probes finance giants for fraud
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed on Wednesday that it was probing allegations of fraud by 24 Wall Street firms, without naming investment giants believed to be under investigation....
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Stocks founder as clouds hover over rescue plan
PARIS: Stock markets in Europe and the United States tottered on Wednesday as clouds gathered over prospects for a sweeping US financial sector rescue plan that has sparked stiff resistance from US lawmakers....
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N. Korea bars UN inspectors from nuclear plant
VIENNA, Sept 24: North Korea was preparing to restart a key nuclear reprocessing plant used for the production of weapons-grade material as its crucial six-party disarmament-for-aid deal stalled, the UN atomic watchdog revealed on Wednesday....
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Slain American identified
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The Pentagon has identified a second American killed in a bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad as a 22-year-old sailor....
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Judge enters Aafia Siddiqui’s not guilty plea
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Judge Richard M. Berman entered on Tuesday not guilty plea on behalf of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui as she again refused to come to the court....
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Two held in connection with Marriott blast
FAISALABAD, Sept 24: Two activists of the proscribed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi organisation were arrested from the Ada Muridwala area in connection with the Marriott Hotel suicide bombing, informed sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
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