Pakistan tops Iraq, Afghanistan in suicide bombing deaths
LAHORE: Pakistan has finally topped the list of countries suffering from the menace of deadly suicide bombings which have caused the highest number of
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Boy crushed by speeding van
Islam6abad A four year-old-boy Saqlain Sajjad was crushed to death by a recklessly driven Hiace near Pind Galla at Lehtrar Road, police said.
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PR employee fixed with artificial limbs
KarachiMohammed Sarfraz, a 24-year-old employees of the Pakistan railways (PR), lost both his legs and one arm in a train incident in Landhi a
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Lakki blast leaves student, school employee injured
LAKKI MARWAT: A bomb blast injured a girl student and an employee of a private school, eyewitnesses and police said. A roadside bomb went off
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Dutch NGO says new US strategy disastrous
ISLAMABAD: Condemnation of the manner the United States is fighting the war against terror, especially in Pakistan’’s tribal areas, has come from none
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Finally, some respite
KarachiSheikh Fakharuddin was eight years old when his father and elder brother were killed during the famous Aligarh riots in 1986 in the cit
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Common man feels brunt of price hike
RawalpindiAs the Eid shopping is gaining momentum people feel the brunt of price hike in different markets of the city.According to a
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Contador wins Tour of Spain 14th stage, retains lead
FUENTES DE INVIERNO, Spain: Spain’’s 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who rides for Astana, won the 14th stage of the Tour of Spain here Sunday to retain the overall race lead.He completed the 158.4 kilometre mountain ride from Oviedo to the Fuentes de Invierno ski resort in 4hr 16min 1sec, followed by American team-mate Levi Leipheimer, who was 2sec behind.Spanish rider Ezequiel Mosquera of team Karpin-Galicia came in third place at 4sec from the leader.With two kilometres remaining, Contador - who also won this year’’s Giro d”Italia - attacked out of a group of three riders to cross the finish line in front.He is now on track to make history by becoming the first rider to win all three major Tours since Frenchman Bernard Hinault three decades ago. His two most serious challengers, Spaniards Carlos Sastre, of CSC Saxo Bank, and Alejandro Valverde, of Caisse d”Epargne, trailed him in the 14th stage.Sastre, the reigning Tour de France champion, finished sixth, 20sec behind the leader while Valverde finished in 11th at 1min.The Tour of Spain continues on Monday with a 202-kilometre ride from Cudillero to Ponferrada. It ends on September 21 in Madrid.
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PM, Rabbani discuss formation of caucus on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that election of a man from the country’’s major political party as president has strengthen
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1,000 steel units spew poison
LAHORETHE Environment Protection Department (EPD) is struggling to stop more than 1,000 steel industries from causing serious environmental ha
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