NA backs govt efforts to defuse tension: Unanimous resolution condemns India’s ‘war hype’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Rivals put political differences aside for a while in the National Assembly on Wednesday and unanimously passed a resolution declaring that the Pakistani nation was united and “stands...
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‘Surgical strike’ speculation quashed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The government ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of allowing India to conduct a ‘surgical strike’ inside Pakistan....
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Pakistan offers to buy India’s share of IPI gas: Team leaves for Tehran on 29th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Pakistan has proposed to Iran to buy the Indian share of gas from a proposed $7.5 billion pipeline because India appears to have lost interest in the project after signing a civilian nuclear deal with the US....
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Pakistan will ignore Kasab’s consular plea
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Pakistan will not act upon the plea of Ajmal Amir Kasab, detained in India for last month’s terror attacks on Mumbai, for providing consular access, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik said on Wednesday....
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12 die as building collapses in Sukkur
SUKKUR, Dec 24: At least 12 people, including women and children, were feared dead after a recently-constructed six-storey residential building on the Hussaini Road collapsed on Wednesday night....
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Woman killed as vehicle packed with explosives blows up
LAHORE, Dec 24: A woman was killed and four other people were injured when a bomb placed in an official vehicle exploded in the premises of the Bahawalpur House (GOR-II) near a residential area reserved for government officials on Wednesday....
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Nation pays tribute to Quaid today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation pays tribute to the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on his 132nd birth anniversary on Thursday....
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11 militants killed in Swat
MINGORA, Dec 24: Security forces claimed killing 11 militants in clashes in the restive Swat region on Wednesday....
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Pak-India conflict unlikely, says US
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Senior US officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, believe that the risk of India and Pakistan going to war over the Mumbai terror attacks has abated....
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Kashmiris clash with troops on last day of poll: Turnout below 16pc: Mirwaiz
SRINAGAR, Dec 24: Hundreds of Kashmiri protesters chanting pro-independence slogans clashed with Indian soldiers in the main city of Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, the last day of voting in elections....
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Chinese injured in Malakand attack
PESHAWAR, Dec 24: Four gunmen opened fire on a Chinese engineer in the crowded Dargai bazaar on Wednesday, causing serious injuries. The engineer worked for the Malakand Three Power Project which has almost been completed....
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India looking for a ‘scapegoat’, says Gilani
LAHORE, Dec 24: India is looking for a ‘scapegoat’ to calm down the anger of its people, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said here on Wednesday....
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Hamas pounds Israel with rocket and mortar fire
GAZA CITY, Dec 24: Hamas militants pounded Israel with rocket and mortar fire on Wednesday and vowed more attacks as the Jewish state warned it would hit back, further dimming the chances of a renewed ceasefire....
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No compromise on sovereignty, says Zardari
JAMSHORO, Dec 24: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that Pakistan would never compromise on its sovereignty....
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Govt not a party to NA speaker’s ruling: Naek: Additional marks controversy
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek reiterated on Wednesday that the government was a ‘disinterested party’ in the controversy over grant of additional marks to a daughter of Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar....
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UK joins US pressure chorus
LONDON, Dec 24: Right on the heels of a stern alert delivered personally by Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullan, an equally stern advice has gone...
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Indian ‘spy’ arrested
LAHORE, Dec 24: Law-enforcement agencies claimed on Wednesday night to have arrested a man believed to be an Indian spy and found fake identity cards and other material in his possession....
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Rs10 coin to be issued on Friday
KARACHI, Dec 24: The State Bank has introduced a ‘Dukhtar-i-Mashriq Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) commemorative coin’ of Rs10 on the eve of her first death anniversary....
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