Eight militants killed, school blown up in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 31: Eight militants, three soldiers and two civilians were killed and several others injured in armed clashes in different areas of Swat on Saturday....
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Israr Zehri richest among senators: Assets notified
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Details of assets declared by Senators to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seem to ridicule the public perception as statements by some legislators perceived to be rolling...
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UN warns of massive exodus
RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has projected that the situation in Swat valley and the tribal areas would aggravate during the year, causing a fresh displacement of up to 625,000 people....
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Interest rate to stay unchanged: SBP chief sees economy picking up
KARACHI, Jan 31: The State Bank announced on Saturday that the discount rate for the remainder of the financial year would stay unchanged at 15 per cent....
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Move for seeking US envoy on Kashmir scuttled
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Foreign Office and a federal minister have scuttled a move for adoption of a resolution in the National Assembly asking US President Barack Obama to appoint an...
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Hamas must be brought to talks: Blair
LONDON, Jan.31: In what appears to be a 180-degree aboutturn in the West’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict, former British prime minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy for the...
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Iraqis vote in key test of nation’s progress
BAGHDAD, Jan 31: Millions of Iraqis voted in provincial elections on Saturday in a crucial test for a nation struggling to emerge from years of strife and to strengthen its fledgling democracy....
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Congress to take up aid package soon
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: A bipartisan bill that seeks to triple US economic assistance to Pakistan will soon be reintroduced in the new Congress, Ambassador Husain Haqqani said on Saturday....
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Petrol prices unchanged
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government has decided ‘not to increase’ prices of petroleum and oil lubricants in February, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) notified on Saturday....
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Shoe-hurler also casts ballot
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former US president George W. Bush in Baghdad has voted in secret from his prison cell in the country’s provincial election, a court official said....
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Obama, Hu vow to work for better relations
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao have agreed to forge “more positive” ties between their giant nations in their first telephone call since the US leader came to power, a White House spokesman said on Friday....
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Protests held across Russia
MOSCOW, Jan 31: Russian security forces on Saturday arrested dozens of activists as the authorities forcefully broke up protests against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s handling of the economic crisis....
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Republicans choose first African-American chief
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: US Republicans have elected their party’s first African-American leader, hoping to draw younger and more diverse voters after bitter losses in November, when Democrat Barack Obama became the first black to win the White House....
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PML factions’ wrangling brings uplift projects to a halt
RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Uplift projects in Rawalpindi have come to a virtual halt due to the ongoing confrontation between PML-N and PML-Q, as the former has withheld development funds and the...
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‘Suspects arrested in Punjab were missing for months’
KARACHI, Jan 31: The assertion by Rawalpindi police to have arrested nine men making preparations for suicide bombings came under a cloud on Saturday after a number of people claiming to...
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Four ministers walk out of assembly: Maltreatment of Baloch woman in custody
QUETTA, Jan 31: Four ministers and a legislator walked out of the Balochistan Assembly session on Saturday in protest against the alleged maltreatment of a woman in custody....
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Probe report awaited, says Mukherjee
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday denied reported suggestions that Pakistan had briefed New Delhi on its findings in the Mumbai terror investigations and said India was still waiting for the report....
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‘Rs34bn to be distributed under income support scheme’
QUETTA, Jan 31: Benazir Income Support Programme chairperson Farzana Raja has said that the programme has been launched with the aim of poverty alleviation....
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