?Benazir a martyr of democracy?
Karachi
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, paid rich tributes to Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and called her a ?martyr of
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Dropped catches don?t help Pakistan
MELBOUNRE: Luck and circumstance conspired against Pakistan on day one of the Boxing Day cricket Test.
Then their own mistakes ? including one
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Blast reported near Kasba Morr in Karachi, several injured
KARACHI: A blast has occurred near Kasba turning in Karachi, the Police reported Sunday.
According to the Chippa sources, several injured, including a girl and rangers personnel, have been rushed to a nearby hospital.
Fire has broken out at the site of the blast. Police said it was a low intensity blast.
Hospital sources said two policemen are among the wounded.
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Bomber kills 5 at Shiite gathering in Pakistan (USA Today)
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a large gathering of Shiite Muslims in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 80, said police.
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Ponting wants Pak to wage a ?bouncer war?
MELBOURNE: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting urged Pakistan to bring on a bouncer war as he declared himself an almost certain starter for his 13th Boxing Day Test.
According to the Courier Mail, Ponting will wear an arm guard to protect his sore left elbow ? but insists he has no fear about being targeted by a short-pitched bumper assault.
?I?m more than happy for them to bowl there all day ? let?s leave it at that. I?ve got hit on my arm once in my career. If I?ve got a problem against the short ball, no doubt I?ll find out a bit more over the next few weeks because the Pakistanis have got some good fast bowlers,? Ponting was quoted as saying.
Ponting has spent several sessions in a hyperbaric chamber after being thumped on the elbow by Calypso firebrand Kemar Roach in Perth.
The 35-year-old Australian skipper has been off his best in 2009, averaging only 39 and with only one century from 12 Tests this year. Ponting has tumbled to 14th position in Test cricket?s batting rankings, his lowest placing since October 2002.
But he insists he is primed for a big score against Pakistan.
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People are talking about ?
? the fact that the Sindh government has waived a rule in which it was compulsory for students to wear a uniform and how this is going to cause a lot
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Hauritz heroics put Pakistan in trouble (CNN)
Nathan Hauritz starred with bat and ball as Australia took complete control of the first Test against Pakistan in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Pakistan blast leaves five dead (BBC News)
A suspected suicide bomb attack on a Shia Muslim gathering in Pakistan-administered Kashmir leaves five dead, officials say.
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Pakistan News
10 killed, scores injured in Muzaffarabad blast
MUZAFFARABAD: At least 10 people were killed and scores of people injured on Sunday after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the CMH in Muzaffarabad.
Housing Minister of Azad Kashmir Murtaza Gilani confirmed that 12 people died in the blast.
Besides, a noted religious scholar Mufti Kifayat Hussain said that at least five people were killed and 54 others injured in the blast.
Meanwhile, the Army took control of the area after the blast.
Muzaffarabad Deputy Commissioner said that 81 people were killed in the attack. Out of 81 injured in the blast, 10 are in critical state.
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?Arrested US men had maps of Pak N-sites?
ISLAMABAD: Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Sargodha had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facili
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