Pakistan - Murder Unidentified armed men shot dead a prominent religious leader in the Pakistani northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said.
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(RTTNews) - Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has said that President Musharraf must stand down in the next two days or face impeachment proceedings.
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In Pakistan the ruling coalition says that President Pervez Musharraf has very little time left to avoid impeachment.
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Jason Burke reports on the critical changes transforming Pakistan
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KARACHI: The Karachi Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested six dacoits and recovered looted items and weapons from various parts of Karachi. Police official told that four dacoits were arrested after some resistance from the limit of Site Police Station while robbed cash and other valuables were recovered.According to reports, police, after receiving some reports about dacoits in dying factory, raided the area and arrested four dacoits identified as: Mir Afzal, Khair Wali, Wakil Khan, Inayat Khan. While looted items and four pistols were recovered from their custody.Two more dacoits were arrested in Ibrahim Hydri during robbery attempt.
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The Prime Minister of Pakistan has congratulated Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for being elected new prime minister of Nepal.
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Jason Burke reports on the changes transforming Pakistan as the general’s power ebbs away
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BEIJING: Michael Phelps won an unprecedented eighth gold medal at the Beijing Games Sunday as the United States won the men’’s 4×100m medley relay in world record time. With the victory, Phelps overtook compatriot Mark Spitz, whose seven swimming golds at Munich in 1972 were the most at a single Games. At 23, and competing in his third Olympics, Phelps took his total of Olympic titles to 14, including six from Athens, where he also claimed two bronze. The US squad of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps and Jason Lezak won a tight race in 3:29.34, Lezak holding off Australian individual world record-holder Eamon Sullivan on the closing freestyle leg. The United States were lying third when Phelps hit the water for the penultimate butterfly leg. He had given the United States a narrow lead by the time he handed over to Lezak. “I don”t know what to feel right now, there are so many emotions going through my head and so much excitement, I guess I just want to see my mom,” Phelps said. The Americans improved on the previous world record of 3:30.68, while Australia finished second in 3:30.04 and Japan took the bronze in 3:31.18. Indeed when the much anticipated moment came, there was no scream of triumph, no fist-pounding gesture of victory from Phelps, who was hugged by his teammates and shook hands with his rivals before calmly raising his arms toward the crowd and drawing a roar from the Water Cube fans.
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Pakistan - Musharraf It is becoming clear with every passing day that the nine years rule of Pakistani President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has entered its last phase.
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LAHORE: Economic experts have warned the government not to be complacent about its ability to achieve revenue targets despite declining production, as
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