Bomber hits anti-militant tribal jirga; 16 dead
KHAR, Nov 6: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a jirga in the Bajaur tribal region on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 31 others....
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Suicide blast in Swat kills two
MINGORA, Nov 6: At least two security personnel were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a building housing Frontier Corps men near the Swat police lines on Thursday night....
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Mahmoud Haroon passes away
KARACHI, Nov 6: Mahmoud A. Haroon, a veteran politician and chairman of the Dawn Media Group, died in Karachi on Thursday after protracted illness. He was 88....
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Steel Mills privatisation plan scrapped: minister
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo said on Thursday that the capacity of Pakistan Steel Mills would be raised to 3.3...
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Oil companies urge PM to intervene on debt issue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has urged the prime minister to intervene and order payment of circular debt of Rs156 billion....
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Distribution of winter tents from today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: The much-awaited distribution of winterised tents in quake-hit areas of Balochistan will begin on Friday with the number of available tents still too small to save most of the survivors bearing the brunt of the biting cold....
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Pakistan air strikes killed top militants, says Petraeus
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Nov 6: US missile strikes in the tribal areas in recent months have killed three of the top 20 extremist leaders there, causing a blow to insurgents threatening Pakistan’s very existence, a top US general said on Thursday....
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Obama’s first pick raises eyebrows
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: US President-elect Barack Obama is attempting to set up a transition team that may narrow the political and ethnic divide in the United States and also send a reconciliatory message to the rest of the world....
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Mehsud’s four men swapped for 10 security personnel
KOHAT, Nov 6: The administration of Orakzai Agency freed on Thursday a deputy and three commanders of Baitullah Mehsud in exchange of 10 security personnel under a deal with the Taliban....
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S. Korea arrests Pakistanis over Taliban links
SEOUL, Nov 6: South Korean police said on Thursday they had arrested five Pakistanis over illegal cash transfers worth millions of dollars, including payments from Afghanistan’s Taliban for material for heroin production....
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Troops scuttle Kashmir protest
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: Thousands of troops were deployed in occupied Kashmir on Thursday to prevent a protest rally against New Delhi’s rule in the Muslim-majority region....
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Muslims, Christians vow to jointly combat terror
VATICAN CITY, Nov 6: Catholic and Muslim religious leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to work together to combat violence and terrorism, especially when carried out in God’s name....
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UK minister warns against move to destabilise govt
LONDON, Nov 6: Lord Malloch-Brown, British Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, has warned against any move to destabilise the ‘new democratic government’ of Pakistan and said “were it to...
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‘Cyber terrorists’ to get death penalty
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Causing death through “cyber terrorism” will be punishable by death in Pakistan, according to a decree issued by President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday....
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PM defends cabinet expansion
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has defended the induction of a fresh batch of ministers into the federal cabinet, saying that they will not be a burden on...
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‘Delegation’s expenses were borne by Asif’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied reports that expenses on the delegation which accompanied President Asif Ali Zardari to Saudi Arabia were borne by the government....
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Mahmoud Haroon’s legacy
THE second son of Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon, Mahmoud was born in Karachi in 1920. Being the scion of the celebrated Haroon family, Mahmoud had politics in his blood and joined the Muslim League at a very early age....
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Gwadar, Pasni prone to tsunami, says expert
QUETTA, Nov 6: The provincial capital and several other parts of Balochistan may face severe earthquakes because they lie on faultlines, while Gwadar and Pasni are prone to tsunami, says an expert....
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