Pressure behind difficult decisions: PM: Businessmen’s support sought for combating terrorism
KARACHI, Sept 27: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that removal of subsidies on utilities caused price hike and the “democratic government had to take difficult and ‘undemocratic’ decisions...
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FC-tribesmen clash leaves nine dead
QUETTA, Sept 27: At least seven tribesmen and two FC men were killed in fierce fighting in Dera Bugti district on Saturday. Four other FC personnel were injured....
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Militants kill two ANP men in Swat
MINGORA, Sept 27: Suspected militants on Saturday gunned down ANP’s local leader Mukhtar Ali Khan and associate Sardar Ali. The chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s Swat chapter, Fazal Hakeem, was seriously...
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16 killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Sept 27: Sixteen militants were killed and several others were injured on Saturday in fierce fighting between security forces and local Taliban in Bajaur....
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Shortage of water to hit sugarcane and wheat crops
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Pakistan is facing a 34 per cent deficit of irrigation water ahead of the Rabi season which is to start next month, affecting sugarcane and wheat crops, according...
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Obama breathes fire, McCain shows restraint over Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: Pakistan will remain the main theatre of the US-led war on terror whether it is a Democratic or a Republican who occupies the White House next year....
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Weekend blast kills one, terrorises New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Sept 27: A bomb blast in a crowded flower market killed a boy and injured 18 people here on Saturday, raising fears of more terror strikes like the ones that rocked the Indian capital a fortnight ago....
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17 killed in blast near Damascus shrine
DAMASCUS, Sept 27: A car bomb exploded near a shrine in south Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding 14 in one of the deadliest attacks to hit Syria in more than a decade, state media said....
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Sale of copters to Pakistan approved
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The US Defence Department has approved sales of an unspecified number of Cobra helicopters to Pakistan....
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Chinese astronaut walks in space
BEIJING, Sept 27: A Chinese astronaut on Saturday became the first in his country’s history to complete a spacewalk, a feat President Hu Jintao hailed as a “major breakthrough” for the emerging space power....
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Fault in sea cable disrupts internet
KARACHI, Sept 27: Internet traffic and call centre operations in Pakistan suffered a ‘glitch’ after one of the country’s three undersea optic-fibre communications cables was damaged on Saturday....
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Congress on overtime to clinch bailout deal
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The US Congress embarked on a weekend mission to strike a deal on a proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry before stock markets open on Monday...
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Paul Newman is no more
LOS ANGELES, Sept 27: Legendary film star Paul Newman, whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks and talent made him one of Hollywood’s top actors over six decades has died after a long battle with cancer, a spokesman said on Saturday....
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Zardari denies firing incidents at border
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: President Asif Ali Zardari has denied that US and Pakistani forces had exchanged fire along the Afghan border this week, even as the chairman of the US Joint...
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Group claims capturing would-be suicide bomber
LANDI KOTAL, Sept 27: A self-styled organisation has claimed to have captured a suspected suicide bomber and seized explosives from his car in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency on Saturday....
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UN puts off Decision on security
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The United Nations system in Pakistan has deferred a decision on raising the security level for Islamabad till after Eid....
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Basant Lal takes oath as minister
QUETTA, Sept 27: Engineer Basant Lal Gulshan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (Like-mined group) has been inducted into the Balochistan cabinet as its 45th minister....
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‘MQM to counter Taliban’
KARACHI, Sept 27: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has made it clear that his party will retaliate with “full force in accordance with the Shariah” if Taliban or jihadi elements launch any attack on the people of Karachi....
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