One killed in Kohat police mobile attack

KOHAT: A passerby was killed and eight police officials injured critically in a remote control bomb attack on police mobile at Bannu Road on Saturday morning. The injured have rushed to hospital.

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Pakistan’s Zardari to fight Taliban ’til the end’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)

President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan was battling for its “sovereignty” a day after scores of people were killed amid an escalating offensive against the Taliban.

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Lahore factory fire tamed, worker wounded

LAHORE: The two-hour-long rescue efforts from firefighting workers brought under control the fire which broke out in a plastic manufacturing factory located in Shafiqabad locality of Lahore on Saturday but in a meantime, it had engulfed the material worth of millions of rupees while a worker also sustained burnt injuries, Geo news reported.According to rescue sources, the fire erupted due to a gas cylinder blast which turned inferno in no time, engulfing entire factor besides three close by located houses.As many as 17 fire tenders of rescue 1122 brought fire under control after two hours of continuous rescue efforts, sources added.The injured, later identified as Muhammad Saleem, was shifted to hospital for medical treatment, sources maintained.

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Moderate voice silenced

LAHORE: Renowned religious scholar and a strong supporter of sectarian unity Dr Sarfraz Hussain Naeemi was martyred, along with five others, when a 17

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35 suspects arrested in capital

Islamabad: The Islamabad Police took into custody 35 suspected persons, two proclaimed offenders and 15 beggars during their ongoing drive against ant

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Threat to commercial flights being taken seriously

ISLAMABAD: The Defence Ministry has asked the Interior Ministry to secure approach areas for take offs and landings of commercial flights at the count

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CDA to improve water supply system with Korean assistance

IslamabadThe Capital Development Authority (CDA) in an attempt to bolster the potential to supply enough water to the ever increasing populati

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Always hungry?

Everyone has days when they eat too much. But if you always seem to be hungry, there may be a medical explanation.The US National Library of M

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Plastic factory catches fire in Lahore, rescue underway

LAHORE: A plastic manufacturing company located in the Shafiqabad area here, caught fire late on Friday meanwhile, rescue efforts are underway, Geo news reported.The fire is turning inferno due to chemicals, combustive in natures meanwhile, as many as 10 fire tenders have been dispatched to the fire scene but no loss of life was reported thus far, sources said.The deadly flames also caused major destruction to thee close by homes, sources added.

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One cop dismissed, another suspended

Rawalpindi: Regional Police Officer (Rawalpindi) Nasir Khan Durrani has dismissed a sub-inspector from service on faulty investigation and suspended a

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