U.N. chief condemns Pakistan blast (UPI)
NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the Peshawar hotel bombing in Pakistan that killed 11 people, including a U.N. refugee agency worker.
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Bomb Kills at Least 11 at Pakistan Hotel (Washington Post)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 9 — A massive truck bomb exploded outside a luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan’s provincial capital Tuesday night, killing 11 people and injuring at least 50. The attack marked the latest salvo by insurgents who have vowed to avenge an army offensive in the nearby Sw…
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Arrangements at IDP camps falsify official claims
Karachi A few yards prior to Toll Plaza off the Superhighway sits Madad Ali Palari, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) attached to the Special B
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Wasim wants fresh faces in selection committee
LONDON: Wasim Akram is sick and tired of seeing retired old men at the helm of Pakistan cricket. The legendary fast bowler is convinced that its time
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Pakistan survive, SAfrica squeeze past Kiwis in cricket Twenty20 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan avoided following Australia out of the World Twenty20 on Tuesday while South Africa hammered home their position as favourites by successfully defending the format’s lowest ever total.
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Truck bomber attacks hotel in northwest Pakistan, killing 11 (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A massive truck bomb Tuesday struck the only luxury hotel in Peshawar, a volatile city in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring 70, with several foreign nationals among the victims.
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No fear England find favour with KP
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen believes England are finally playing without an inhibiting fear of failure and can, after a wretched start, go on to win the W
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Pakistan can make semifinals
LONDON: Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson expects Younis Khan’’s men to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 semifinals after a morale-boosting victory
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SECP seeks comments on margin financing report
ISLAMABAD: The Consultative Group on Capital Markets after detailed deliberations has submitted its report on margin financing to the Securities and E
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SSGC compensates for pipeline burst
KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has distributed Rs1.25 million among 125 families which were affected on December 17, 2008 after a Pak Arab R
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