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Death toll from attack on Pakistani politician's home rises to 17

The death toll from a suicide attack on a Pakistani opposition politician's home rose to 17, the police said Tuesday, a day after the bomber struck in the town of Bhakkar, in the central province of Punjab. "He was around 30...

Kabul held Mecca talks with Taliban: Saudi paper (AFP)

RIYADH (AFP) - The Afghan government held talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia last month, a leading Saudi paper reported, despite denials from both Kabul and the Taliban that such talks had taken place. The Saudi-owned...

Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone

Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants,...

Govt should evolve national policy to combat terrorism: Sharif!

Lahore, Oct 07: Pakistan's Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that the federal government should evolve a national policy to combat terrorism after taking all political parties into confidence. Addressing a large...

Pakistani president to administer oath of new cabinet ministers

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the new ministers at a ceremony on Wednesday, state media reported Tuesday. Reports said the oath-taking ceremony is to be held in...

Zardari dilutes remarks on Kashmiri jehadis

Islamabad: Facing flak for dubbing militants in Kashmir as terrorists, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari appeared to soften his stand but did not completely backtrack from his controversial comment. Zardari spoke through...

Trees fast depleting in Rawalpindi

Green belts and trees are fast depleting in Rawalpindi, which once had a ‘green look’, though not like Islamabad, and it is solely happening due rapid urbanisation and haphazard development, thanks to its proximity with the...

Cloud-cuckoo-land vs the viable

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Anjum Niaz The writer is a freelance journalist with over twenty years of experience in national and international reporting. When senior NWFP minister Bashir Bilor hastily announced that the moon had...

Why this blame game?

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 In her letter in your newspaper on Sept 25, Dr Fareeha Khanum writes: "it is time the Pakistani nation took a joint stand on the issue of terrorism". I would like to remind the writer that the nation...

Bomb safety kit top Eid gift in Pakistan

With safety being top priority this Eid in view of recent bomb blasts in Pakistan, most Pakistanis played safe and stayed indoors, but -- like always it was difficult to dampen their sense of humour. Over cups of green tea and...

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