Kayani shakes up army command
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: In a major reshuffle in the army’s top command, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday brought in a new head of the all-powerful...
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Move for food security: wheat support price raised to Rs950
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The federal cabinet decided on Monday to increase the wheat support price from Rs625 per 40kg to Rs950 — a rise of Rs325 — for the next crop....
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Kidnapped Afghan diplomat freed
PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Afghan ambassador-designate Abdul Khaliq Farahi, who was kidnapped last week, was set free on Monday....
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US cites laws, UN Charter to justify Fata raids
WASHINGTON, Sept 29: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says that international laws allow the United States to take unilateral actions inside Pakistan....
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No timeframe to call off operation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Operations against militants had been a mixed bag of success and setbacks and no timeframe could be given about the ongoing campaigns, sources in the military said in a media briefing on Monday....
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43 killed in accident
MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 29: Forty-three people were killed on Monday night when a Karachi-to-Mansehra bus caught fire after colliding with a tanker carrying milk, at a place about 30 kilometres from here....
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Nine tribesmen, four Taliban die in clash
KHAR, Sept 29: Four Taliban, including a commander, and nine tribal volunteers were killed in a clash in Darra area of the Bajaur tribal region on Monday....
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3,900 families from Bajaur seek refuge in Afghanistan
KABUL, Sept 29: Some 20,000 people from Bajaur have fled to Afghanistan because of intense fighting between security forces and militants, the United Nations said on Monday....
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Cases against Marri withdrawn
QUETTA, Sept 29: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has ordered the withdrawal of eight cases registered against veteran nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and his son Nawabzada Hyrbiar Marri....
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Bush, Singh not sure of Zardari clout: reports
NEW DELHI, Sept 29: US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had, during their White House discussions on September 25, discussed if President Asif Ali Zardari would...
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Polish firm quitting Pakistan after kidnapping
WARSAW, Sept 29: A Polish firm which employs an engineer kidnapped in northern areas said on Monday that it was poised to pull its staff out of Pakistan....
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Two killed in attacks on Eid shoppers in India
NEW DELHI, Sept 29: Two persons were killed in separate blasts in India’s Gujarat and Maharashtra states on Monday night and initial reports indicated Eid shoppers were the target in at least one....
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US House kills $700bn bailout
WASHINGTON, Sept 29: The US House of Representatives on Monday rejected a massive $700 billion bailout package, delivering a severe blow to the Bush administration’s efforts to rescue troubled financial markets....
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Eid in ME today
RIYADH, Sept 29: Eidul Fitr will be celebrated from Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan and Afghanistan....
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France, India to boost civil N-ties
MARSEILLE, Sept 29: Indian and French leaders vowed to boost nuclear energy cooperation at an annual summit on EU-India ties on Monday which was dominated by trade, global warming and the world financial crisis....
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Several feared dead in Darra air strike
KOHAT, Sept 29: A number of militants belonging to Darra Adamkhel are believed to have been killed and injured in air strikes by helicopter gunships in Chappar area of the Orakzai region on Monday morning....
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Govt urged to stop operation in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Sept 29: National Party chief Senator Dr Malik Baloch criticised the government on Monday for escalating military operation in Dera Bugti....
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Panels formed to evolve anti-terror strategy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday formed two committees to work out a national counter-terrorism strategy in accordance with the government’s three-pronged policy of using development, dialogue...
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