Carnage outside D.G. Khan mosque: 30 dead
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 5: Thirty people were killed and several others injured in a bomb attack on a procession of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Husain in the Muslim Town area on Thursday....
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Militants kill three women in Swat
MINGORA: Three women were killed in Swat on Thursday as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government....
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India keeps heat on Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: In a flurry of statements ahead of Mr Richard Holbrooke’s visit to South Asia next week, Indian officials have kept the heat on Pakistan as an epicentre...
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New Delhi’s allegations against ISI rejected
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Pakistan on Thursday rejected Indian allegations that the country’s premier intelligence agency — the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — was linked to the Mumbai attacks and said such statements were not helpful for a probe into the killings....
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Gilani calls for end to human rights violations in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday called for an end to human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and revival of a result-oriented composite dialogue process....
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UN won’t try to determine who killed Benazir
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5: The mandate of the UN commission that will probe the 2007 slaying of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto will not exceed six months and will not extend to...
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Six-member FBI team in Quetta for kidnapping probe
QUETTA, Feb 5: A six-member team of US investigators arrived here on Thursday to probe the kidnapping of a top UN official, local police and security officials said....
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Musharraf has no regrets about any of his post-coup actions
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Retired general Pervez Musharraf was in a relaxed and calm mood.The latter half of the nine years he was in power was full of trouble...
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Big loan scam detected in NBP’s Gilgit branch
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: A fraud amounting to hundreds of millions of rupees in fake loans has been detected in the Gilgit branch of the National Bank of Pakistan, causing a setback...
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Murali achieves bowling double
COLOMBO, Feb 5: Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s leading bowler in Test cricket, on Thursday set a second record when he became the highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals....
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Senate elections set for March 4
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Elections to the 50 Senate seats falling vacant in March promise to be the most hotly contested in the country’s history, with the Pakistan People’s Party and its coalition partners eyeing the chairmanship of the parliament’s upper house....
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Proposal to amend ATA dropped
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The government has decided not to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for prosecuting people accused in terror attacks taking place abroad and to proceed against them under other existing laws....
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UK faces charges of complicity in torture of terror suspects
LONDON, Feb 5: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been asked to respond to questions raised during a hearing this week by the joint committee on human rights on allegations of British complicity in torture in Pakistan....
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12 die in Iraq suicide attack
BAQUBA, Feb 5: A suicide attack on a restaurant killed 12 people on Thursday in the Iraqi province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, local officials said....
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Tarin in Tokyo with plea for aid
TOKYO, Feb 5: The financial adviser to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called on Japan on Thursday to continue giving aid to Pakistan despite the global financial crisis, a press report said....
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WHO warns against health budget cuts
GENEVA, Feb 5: The World Bank and World Health Organisation on Thursday warned donors and developing countries that cuts in health spending in the financial crisis could cost lives and roll back progress on healthcare....
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Robots on way to fight in place of humans
LONG BEACH (California), Feb 5: Robots will be armies of the future in a case of fact catching up to fiction, a researcher told an elite gathering on Wednesday....
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‘Emigration policy’ stresses overseas jobs for women
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The draft of Pakistan’s first ‘emigration policy’ mentions the possibility of substantially increasing the number of women going abroad for suitable jobs....
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