Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Charsadda
* Dead include women, children, more than 100 injured
* Police say 60 kilogrammes of explosives used in attack
CHARSADDA: A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street, killing 32 people in the third attack to hit the NWFP in as many days.
The bomber blew up his... 
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PM urges nation to stand firm against terrorists
ISLAMABAD: Urging the nation to stand united against terrorists, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday the recent attacks across the country were desperate acts by the terrorists. Speaking in the National Assembly in response to criticism of the government over the deteriorating law and...
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US support critical for democracy in Pakistan, says Zardari
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Democratic stability in Pakistan depends on the government’s development agenda for the success of which US support is critical, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday.
In a meeting with US delegation, headed by Jane Harman, chairwoman of the Homeland...
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Development funds being used to improve security: Rehman Malik
* Govt launches comprehensive plan for electronic monitoring of major cities
* Names of missing citizens to be published in all leading newspapers
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The government is using development funds for the capacity building of law-enforcement agencies in a bid...
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Pakistan-China in $1.4 billion fighter jet deal
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: China has agreed to sell Pakistan at least 36 advanced fighter jets in a landmark deal worth as much as $1.4bn, Pakistani and western officials said on Tuesday.
China will supply two squadrons of J-10 fighter planes in a preliminary agreement, which...
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‘Nobody in Pak govt aware of Qaeda leaders’ whereabouts’
WASHINGTON: The US finds it hard to believe that nobody knows where the Al Qaeda leadership is, but there is no evidence to suggest that anybody at the top levels of the Pakistani government knows, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“[During a visit to Pakistan] I said … we find it...
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Gilani announces GB package ahead of polls
* PM declares Skardu ‘big city’ g Announces doubling BISP fund for Gilgit-Baltistan, Hill Allowance for employees of grade 1-15
SKARDU: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday announced a “revolutionary” development package for Gilgit-Baltistan.
Addressing a public gathering,...
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Presidency suggests writing ‘Zardari’ in father’s name column for all orphans
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Social Welfare and Special Education on Tuesday considered putting President Asif Zardari’s name in the ‘father’s name’ column in orphans’ legal documents. The body also called for taking measures to bring about a qualitative change in the lives of physically...
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No plan to seize Pak nukes: US
* State Department spokesman says Pakistan quite capable of safeguarding strategic assets
* US security assistance for Pakistan focused on strengthening counterinsurgency capacity
WASHINGTON: The US has no intention to seize Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, the State Department said on Monday.
Reaffirming...
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US to forge wide-ranging ties with Pakistan: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON: The US is committed to forging a wide-ranging relationship with Pakistan, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Tuesday. Calling US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Pakistan ‘extraordinary’, Holbrooke said, “Hillary is enormously popular, personally in Pakistan,...
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Islamabad | Gas-ping
A large number of CNG vehicles stand in a queue to get gas from a government-operated CNG station in the federal capital on Tuesday. CNG station owners observed a token one-day strike against the government’s decision to conduct gas load shedding two days a week. online
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