IMF offers $6bn package
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: The United States has repeated its offer to help rescue Pakistan from the current financial crisis as diplomatic sources in Washington say the International Monetary Fund has agreed...
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Cross-LoC trade begins amid high hopes
CHAKOTHI, Oct 21: Trading across the Line of Control in Kashmir began for the first time in six decades on Tuesday, raising hopes of a drop in tension in the disputed Himalayan region....
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Body to draft resolution on anti-terror war
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The joint session of the two houses of parliament on Tuesday formed a 16-member bipartisan parliamentary committee to draft a resolution on the war on terror, reflecting the...
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Security forces capture Taliban stronghold
KHAR, Oct 21: Security forces on Tuesday captured Lowi Sam area, a stronghold of the Taliban, and killed 13 militants in fresh fighting in Bajaur region....
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$5bn needed to avert default
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan needs five billion dollars from multilateral lenders and friendly countries to avert a balance of payments crisis, the prime minister’s adviser on finance told Dawn on Tuesday....
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Previous govt failed to stamp out terrorism, admits Sherpao
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: Former interior minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao acknowledged on Tuesday that the previous government had failed in curbing terrorism....
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991 ‘militants’ indicted in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 21: Saudi authorities have indicted 991 suspected militants for participating in terrorist attacks carried out over the last five years, the interior minister said on Tuesday....
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Riyadh says talks held on Karzai’s request: ‘Future efforts depend on Afghans’
RIYADH, Oct 21: Saudi Arabia confirmed on Tuesday it had hosted a meeting between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents but said any future mediation would depend on the Afghans showing a desire for peace....
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Honour killings
QUETTA, Oct 21: Thirty-eight women died at the hands of their relatives, who killed them on the pretext of protecting their honour during the past three months in Balochistan....
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Ambitious target set for wheat output
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The federal committee on agriculture (FCA) on Tuesday set some ambitious targets for the Rabi season, including the fixation of 25 million tons target for the next wheat crop against last year’s production of 23.3...
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Bomb explosion kills 14 in Manipur
GUWAHATI, Oct 21: At least 14 people were killed and nearly 40 injured when a powerful bomb exploded on Tuesday in India’s troubled northeast, police said....
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Raj Thackeray’s arrest sparks protests in Mumbai
MUMBAI, Oct 21: Police in western India arrested the head of a local right-wing party on Tuesday after attacks on migrant workers, sparking violent protests and the shutting of some businesses in the financial hub of Mumbai....
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Pakistani convicted of plotting attack
COPENHAGEN, Oct 21: Two men who were secretly filmed mixing the type of explosive used in the 2005 London transit bombing were convicted on Tuesday of preparing a terrorist attack....
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BD shows interest in defence equipment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The visiting army chief of Bangladesh, Gen Moeen U. Ahmed, has expressed interest in purchasing military equipment from Pakistan and sought the country’s assistance in upgrading a fleet of T-59 tanks through a joint venture....
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Paramilitary man killed in clashes with militants
MINGORA, Oct 21: A paramilitary man was killed and several others wounded in fierce encounters between militants and security forces in the Kabal tehsil on Tuesday....
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Taliban order mobile shutdown in Ghazni
GHAZNI: Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they had told mobile phone operators to shut down their networks during the day in the Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, saying signals help track insurgent fighters....
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Five killed in London motorway crash
LONDON: Three young children and two adults died when their car burst into flames in an accident involving three lorries and another car on a motorway in Cheshire, police said on Tuesday....
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3 in 4 Americans angry about way things are going
WASHINGTON: Three in four Americans say things are going badly in the country and they are angry about it, according to a poll released on Tuesday by CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation....
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