Gilani terms US raids disastrous: FC chief’s remarks disapproved of
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: US attacks in tribal areas are harming the government’s efforts to isolate extremists and mobilise people against militancy, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani....
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Suspected US strike kills seven
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Suspected US spy drones fired missiles on Sunday into an alleged militant compound in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing at least seven people, security officials said....
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Tribesmen stand up to Taliban; lose 12, kill 7
MINGORA, Oct 26: Twelve jirga members were executed and seven militants, including commander Mulla Shamsher, were killed in fighting between a tribal force and militants loyal to radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah in Swat valley on Sunday....
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11 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Oct 26: At least 11 militants were killed and six others injured by security forces during Operation Sherdil in different parts of Bajaur Agency on Sunday....
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Roadmap to resolve Balochistan tangle unveiled
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The government on Sunday announced a roadmap for the resolution of Balochistan issue. The plan envisages convening of a jirga of Baloch intellectuals, newspaper owners and elders in...
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Decision on power subsidy suspended
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The government has put off implementation of its decision to reduce subsidy on electricity by Rs120 billion and pass on the burden to the consumers....
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Removal of KSE ‘floor’ put off
KARACHI, Oct 26: The ‘floor’ at the Karachi Stock Exchange, which was due to be removed on Monday, would stay put until funds are in place, the managing director of the KSE told a hurriedly called press briefing on Sunday evening....
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US attack kills eight in Syria
DAMASCUS, Oct 26: American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported....
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Baitullah’s brother killed
BANNU, Oct 26: A younger brother of Baitullah Mehsud, the chief of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, was killed by armed men in Bannu on Sunday morning....
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Checkpost destroyed in suicide attack
GHALANAI, Oct 26: Nine security personnel were injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a checkpost in Mohmand Agency on Sunday night....
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Frontier Corps clarification
PESHAWAR: A spokesman for the Frontier Corps on Sunday clarified a statement attributed to the Inspector-General of the Frontier Corps (IGFC), Maj-Gen Tariq Khan, in which it had been said that...
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Student killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 26: A young student was killed and 20 people were injured on Sunday when Indian police opened fire to disperse thousands of Muslims demonstrating in occupied Kashmir, police and witnesses said....
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Iran claims arming ‘freedom armies’
TEHRAN, Oct 26: Iran is arming “freedom armies” in the Middle East, according to a top commander of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards quoted by a military website on Sunday....
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Politics takes back seat as Palestinians host soccer game
AL-RAM (West Bank), Oct 26: Cheering and applause filled the new stadium near Jerusalem on Sunday as thousands of Palestinians supported their national football team in its first ever home match....
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Apologetic IMF chief allowed to keep job
WASHINGTON, Oct 26: International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn kept his job on Saturday after an investigation into his affair with an IMF economist, but was scolded by fund directors for “a serious error of judgment.”...
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Foreign aid worker willed burial in Kabul
KABUL, Oct 26: A British-South African aid worker gunned down in Afghanistan last week was buried in a cemetery here in a heavily guarded funeral attended by about 50 friends, family and colleagues....
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Qazi fears federation’s disintegration: JI congregation concludes
LAHORE, Oct 26: In his first direct assault on the armed forces, Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed has alleged that the army is on way to disintegrate the country to accomplish “the US agenda” in the region....
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Marriott bombing victims remembered
ISLAMABD, Oct 26: Visitors showered petals and laid bouquets around the pictures of those killed in the September 20 suicide bomb blast at the 5-star Marriott Hotel as they observed their Chehlum with solemnity and grief....
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