Govt agrees to enforce Sharia in Malakand: 10-day truce by Swat Taliban
MINGORA / TIMERGARA, Feb 15: The Taliban of Swat announced a 10-day ceasefire on Sunday after the government and the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) reached an understanding about promulgating Sharia, termed ‘Nizam-i-Adl Regulation’, in Malakand region....
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FSC to be last court of appeal
PESHAWAR: Under the proposed Nizam-i-Adl (Sharia) Regulation the appellate and revisional jurisdiction of superior courts will be replaced with that of the Federal Shariat Court and executive magistracy will be revived in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata)....
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President approves Sharia laws
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: President Asif Ali Zardari has given a go-ahead to the NWFP government to enforce Sharia laws in the Malakand region, including Swat....
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Holbrooke in India on last leg of S. Asia visit
NEW DELHI, Feb 15: US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for talks with Indian officials, which will pretty much include ways to shepherd all...
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Samjhota, Mumbai attacks linked, says Qureshi
MULTAN, Feb 15: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here on Sunday that the Samjhota Express incident and Mumbai attacks were interconnected and the investigation process could only proceed if India responds to questions asked by Pakistan....
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Losses may force Al Qaeda to vacate Fata: US report
WASHINGTON, Feb 15: Losses sustained since 2008 could force Al Qaeda to vacate Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, says a US intelligence report prepared for Congress....
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Chief justices of high courts to join SC soon
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Supreme Court is expected to get five more judges soon, Dawn has learnt from reliable sources....
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Militants release Chinese engineer
SWAT/ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: Militants have set free a Chinese engineer they had kidnapped six months ago from Lower Dir....
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Widespread closure of industrial units feared
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The growth in large-scale industrial sector suffered a four per cent decline in the first half of the current fiscal, raising fears of widespread closure of industrial units....
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Rs623m released for victims of militancy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The federal government has released Rs623 million to be paid as compensation to victims of militancy in the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, an official announcement said on Sunday....
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Pentagon offers jobs to skilled immigrants
NEW YORK, Feb 15: The American military will recruit skilled immigrants living in the United States with temporary status, offering them a chance to become US citizens in as little as six months, a newspaper report said on Sunday....
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Two Mumbai bodies still unidentified
MUMBAI, Feb 15: Nearly three months on from the Mumbai attacks, two of the 165 people who were killed still remain unidentified – nameless and forgotten victims of the 60-hour siege....
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Afghanistan to take part in strategic US review
KABUL, Feb 15: The Afghan government would take part in a US strategic review of the war in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday in a sign of increased cooperation at a time of strained relations....
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Afghan incursion was wrong: ex-general
MOSCOW, Feb 15: Russia on Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic war against Mujahideen and convinced the trauma harbours lessons for western forces today....
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Bid to save endangered seeds
CHICAGO, Feb 15: Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction.In...
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UN concerned over outbreak of deadly polio virus
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over incidence of polio in Pakistan and urged President Asif Ali Zardari to take up eradication of the disease as a national priority....
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Pakistani held in US for killing wife
NEW YORK, Feb 15: A Pakistani-American businessman was arrested in Orchard park town in Buffalo (New York) after he killed his wife and then walked to the police station to report her death....
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Two security personnel killed
QUETTA, Feb 15: Two security personnel were killed when a checkpost near the Lehri area of Nasirabad district came under attack on Sunday....
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