NA told of PIA?s extravagance and losses
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar told the National Assembly on Friday that the PIA received Rs 2 billion government assistance in the last tw
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PM, JUI chief call on President Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Saturday called on President Asif Ali Zardari here and discussed current political situation in the country.
The matters regarding law and order situation and the status of measures taken for rehabilitation and safe return of displaced people to their homes also came under discussion. The meeting also took stock of coalition matters in the federal government.
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Sardar Jamali?s murder
Karachi
The investigation into the killing of Balochistan?s Excise Minister Sardar Rustam Jamali has started with the police exploring differen
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Armed clash at TTP meeting in S Waziristan
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: An armed clash is reported to have occurred between two groups of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during its meeting in Sourth Waziristan, sources said.
An important Taliban commander is reported killed in the above clash.
TTP?s Shura meeting was underway to appoint successor of Baitullah Mehsud after his reported killing in S Waziristan when the clash erupted between two groups of Hakimullah Mehsud and Wali-ur-Rehman, sources said.
Reports said an important commander of TTP was killed in the incident while the state TV has reported that TTP commander Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in the clash.
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Two arrested in taxi driver?s murder case
Islamabad: Bhara Kahu police, tracing a blind murder of a taxi driver, have arrested two suspects involved in the killing, a spokesman of the police s
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Obama?s new exit strategy in Afghanistan
While the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen hinted on Taliban?s effort to gain access to nuclear weapons for killing large bulk of
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Flintoff ?very keen? to play in fifth Ashes Test
LEEDS: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff remains ?keen? to play in the fifth and final match of the Ashes series after being ruled out of the fourth
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Deceased peasant?s case
Karachi
The case related to the murder of a 70-year-old peasant is likely to be withdrawn as the deputy district public prosecutor (DPP) told t
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Baitullah Mehsud is alive, claims Maulana Meraj
ISLAMABAD: Former MNA from FATA Maulana Merajuddin has claimed that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud is alive and safe.
At a press conference along with members of a tribal jirga here on Saturday, he said according to his sources in Waziristan Baitullah Mehsud is alive.
He said he had no knowledge about the Tehreek?s Shura meeting to appoint Mehsud?s successor.
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Bomb outside NW Pakistan school wounds 6 (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police say a bomb outside a school in Pakistan’s northwest has wounded six people.
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