Pakistan aim to conquer SL for T20 crown
LONDON: It will be a battle featuring two of the most potent bowling attacks in the ICC World Twenyt20 when Pakistan and Sri Lanka will clash in the s
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Industry demands judicial inquiry into power blackout
KARACHI: The industrial sector has strongly demanded a judicial inquiry into the massive power breakdown and unscheduled and uncalled for load-sheddin
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Pakistan has vast potential for carbon credit
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has vast potential for carbon credit in sugar and cement industries and the ministry of environment is making all possible efforts
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Spinners reject merger advice
LAHORE: Textile millers say they do not see the need for large-scale mergers in the spinning sector as average capacity of a mill has increased from 1
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Pakistan fires up big guns to destroy Taliban leader (Times Online)
IN a bleak mountainous setting, 18 men in balaclavas who are loyal to Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, fire automatic weapons into the hillside in a display of force.
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Centre appoints NEPRA member
PESHAWAR: The NWFP government has lodged a protest with the federal government for ignoring the names suggested by the province for appointment as mem
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Major loss of revenue feared
ISLAMABAD: Tax authorities have transferred core team of the Pakistan Customs Computerised System (PaCCS) without any replacement, raising fears that
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Each IDP has a human face
IslamabadPakistan has been extending full support to Afghan refugees since the past three decades despite not signing the convention on the st
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Report of explosives laden vehicle entering Sargodha
SARGODHA: There is a report of an explosives laden vehicle entering the limits of Sargodha.According to DPO, police pickets have been set up across the city after a white vehicle packed with explosives was spotted in the city.DPO Dr. Usman Anwar has appealed to the people to contact the police if they have any information about the suspected white vehicle.
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Swat forces gain control of key mountain peak
MINGORA: Security forces have succeeded in establishing control on a very important mountain peak in terms of defence 1747 in Shaprial, Swat following a fierce fight with militants.A number of hideouts of the militants have been destroyed in the valley and the militants have been forced retreat to Bihaa valley, officials said.The militants were targeting the forces from an important mountain peak at the height of 1747. The mountain stands between Peochar and Bihaa valley.It was indispensable for the security forces to gain control of this strategically important position. Therefore, the forces decided to launch massive offensive to secure this position.The security forces approached the mountain from three sides and succeeded in clearing of the militants after fierce fighting.It was later discovered that militants had built many of their hideouts in dozens of feet long tunnels in the mountain. The militants were forced to leave all these tunnels. Written material explaining the methods of preparing various improvised explosives was found from these training facilities.
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