The car bombing of the theater in the northwestern city of Peshawar raised fears that Taliban militants could retaliate against an army offensive by targeting urban centers. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan — A powerful car bomb blast at a movie house in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed six people and injured 75 others Friday, raising fears here that gains made …
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Only one newspaper has carried the story. It was about the four-hour in-camera briefing of the Parliament by Pakistan Army Chief on May 15. No one knows whether the account is accurate but it does loo …..
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PESHAWAR: Influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Dir, Swat and Buner has led to escalating house rents and has created a shortage of resid
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ISLAMABAD: International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed for $14.7 million to provide the urgently needed relief assistance to families
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CHENNAI: Strike bowler Ishant Sharma is looking to sharpen his yorkers and widen his repertoire to help India defend their title in the Twenty20 World
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KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Karachi, has foiled plans for major terrorist activities in the city by capturing six militants belongi
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JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa on Friday cleared the way for players contracted to the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL) to return to official
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LEEDS, England: Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan insisted the drainage system at the county’’s Headingley home would work fully come August’’s As
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SYDNEY: Australian Test opener Phillip Hughes said on Friday he will head into this year’’s Ashes series full of confidence after his “Bradmanesque” st
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KARACHI: Pakistan is ready to propose a neutral venue for the World Cup 2011 matches of which it was stripped in a bid to find a solution to an increa
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