ISLAMABAD: A mega oil city at Gwadar port, which is the most strategic project with an investment of $40 billion, has hit snags as the process of acqu

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KARACHI: The moon of Shawal 1, 1429 has been sighted in the country on Tuesday, so Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow on Wednesday October 1, Ruet-i-Hilal committee (Central Moon Sighting Committee) announced here on Tuesday night. Addressing a press conference, Chairman of the committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman said that the committee received the authentic evidence of moon sighting from many parts of the country. Special arrangements were made to facilitate the committee members to gather information about moon sighting from all across the country. The representatives of relevant departments including Meteorological department and media persons were also present on the occasion. Muneeb-ur-Rehman said that after receiving reports from zonal Ruet-i-Hilal committees of Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, and Peshawar, it was unanimously decided that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Wednesday October 1. He said that the committee also received reports of moon sighting from centers of Meteorological units, adding that there was also evidence of the sighting from coastal areas and Northern Areas. Later, the committee members prayed for the prosperity and progress of the country.

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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have stressed to fight negative elements supporting terrorism and sec

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PESHAWAR; The head of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsood has passed away here. He was suffering from high blood pressure and kidney disease, according to Geo News.

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KHAR: Pakistani tribesmen backed by army helicopter gunship battled suspected militants in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing several of the militants, a tribal elder said. Pakistani security forces launched an offensive in the strategically important Bajaur, one of the main sanctuaries for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, in August. Up to1,000 militants have been killed this month, the military said. In some places, Pashtun tribesmen have banded together with encouragement from the authorities to oppose the militants, whom the tribes blame for bringing violence to their region. The latest clash broke out in Mulla Saib Dara village, 20 km (13 miles) east of the region’’s main town of Khar, when a militia force of about 6,000 tribesmen tried to set ablaze militants” houses and hideouts. “Fighting is going on and to help us, the army sent some gunships which fired at the militants, killing several of them, “tribal elder Malik Younus told Reuters. He said his men would battle the militants until they were cleared from the region. “We can”t tolerate lawlessness in our land. Everyone has to obey our tribal rules and they can”t make our land a hub of terrorism,” Younus said. Most members of the Taliban are ethnic Pashtun, whether from Pakistan or Afghanistan, and the conservative, deeply religious tribes that straddle the border have often accepted the militants as defenders of Islam. But the government has been trying to turn communities against the militants and on Tuesday, government helicopters dropped leaflets in different parts of Bajaur calling for the support, residents said.

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LAHORETHREE mainstream political leaders of the country would not celebrate Eid in Pakistan as they are in abroad. President of Pakist

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PESHAWAR: The junior coalition partner in the Awami National Party-led provincial government; Pakistan People’’s Party has complained against its senio

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KHAR: Pakistani troops backed by gunship helicopters killed 13 Taliban militants in fresh clashes in the restive tribal district of Bajaur on the Afghan border, officials said Tuesday.Four Islamist insurgents were killed Tuesday and two were wounded in the shelling of a suspected vehicle in the town of Mamoond, a security official said on condition of anonymity.Troops killed another five extremists after a group of militants launched an attack on a military checkpost in the same town, sparking a gunbattle that lasted nearly one hour, the official said. A further four militants were killed overnight when jets pounded suspected hideouts in the area, security officials said. The house of a known Taliban commander, Maulana Muhammad Muneer, was damaged, they said. The army says more than 1,000 extremists have been killed in its six-week operation in Bajaur, including Al-Qaeda’’s operational commander in the region, Egyptian Abu Saeed Al-Masri.

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the last date for filing income tax returns up to October 31 to facilitate the taxpayers.b

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ISLAMABAD: One month after the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers a breakthrough is likely with clear indications that hectic efforts are underway at

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