22 civilians die in air strike on Swat village
MINGORA, Oct 19: Fighter jets bombed a village in Swat’s Matta tehsil on Sunday morning, killing at least 47 people, including 22 non-combatants and damaging a dozen houses....
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Opposition asked to refrain from ‘point-scoring’
MULTAN, Oct 19: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday urged the opposition to respond positively to the government’s efforts aimed at achieving national consensus on important issues like defeating militancy and overcoming the effects of economic recession....
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Wheat output target likely to be cut by 500,000 tons
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The government is likely to reduce wheat production target by about 500,000 tons due to a 50 per cent shortfall in certified seed and over 35 per cent decline in irrigation water for the Rabi crop....
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Senate body seeks action against hoarders
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The Senate standing committee on interior has taken exception to the sale of a 20-kg bag of flour for Rs800-1000 in far-flung areas of the NWFP and Balochistan,...
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Kashmir poll next month; APHC hints at boycott
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: The occupied and troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir would vote for a new government in a seven-stage poll set to begin next month and conclude in late December, the Election Commission said on Sunday....
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Dera Bugti bomb blast kills three
QUETTA, Oct 19: Three Bugti tribesmen were killed and five others injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Dera Bugti on Sunday....
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No bar on holding forex accounts abroad
KARACHI, Oct 19: The State Bank on Sunday denied that the central bank had the power under the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act of 1947 to take action against people maintaining overseas foreign currency accounts containing more than $1,000....
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IMF approached for rescue plan?
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: Pakistan had approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the endorsement of its programme for boosting the country’s ailing economy and was also seeking financial assistance from the world body, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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Iran warns West against talks with Taliban
TEHRAN, Oct 19: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned the West on Sunday not to push for talks with the Taliban militia which had stormy relations with Tehran when it ruled Afghanistan up to 2001....
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Israel vetting Saudi peace plan
JERUSALEM, Oct 19: Israeli leaders are giving serious consideration to a dormant Saudi plan envisaging a ‘comprehensive peace’ between Israel and the Arab world, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday....
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Afghanistan seeks early recovery of kidnapped diplomat
PESHAWAR, Oct 19: The Afghan government has voiced serious concern over the continued disappearance of its missing ambassador-designate Abdul Khaliq Farahi, who was kidnapped from Peshawar on Sept 22....
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Dozens killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Oct 19: Taliban militants hijacked a bus in southern Afghanistan recently and killed as many as 40 passengers, authorities said, although only six beheaded bodies were recovered by Sunday....
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S. Korea joins global bailout efforts
SINGAPORE / LONDON, Oct 19: South Korea joined efforts on Sunday to shore up banks and markets pummelled by the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression which world leaders said called for a coordinated global response....
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PML-N seeks new national policy on terror war
LAHORE, Oct 19: PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother and Punjab chief minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif held talks on Sunday to finalise Mr Nawaz’s letter to...
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Pakistan indispensable: Italian FM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The foreign minister of Italy Franco Frattini has described Pakistan as a “crucial bilateral partner” and has said the two countries aim to work together for the stabilisation...
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In-camera session resumes today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The joint in-camera session of parliament will resume at 2 p.m. on Monday....
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Asif’s remarks: clarification confounds row
NEW YORK, Oct 19: After two weeks of controversy over President Asif Zardari’s remarks in an interview with Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens wherein he termed Kashmiri freedom fighters “terrorists”, the...
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32 illegal Afghan immigrants arrested
KOHAT, Oct 19: Security forces arrested 32 Afghans from a Quetta-bound bus near Darra Adam Khel on Sunday for illegally entering Pakistan....
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