ISLAMABAD (Agencies) – Troops killed 33 militants but faced mortar fire and street battles as they entered militants’ stronghold of Sararogha during an offensive against Taliban and foreign extremists on Saturday, the military said.
No information provided by the Army can be verified because communication lines are down and journalists…

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LAHORE – PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has accused the National Assembly Standing Committee of bulldozing the democratic traditions by approving the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in its Friday meeting.
He was talking to media persons at the residence of former test cricketer Wasim Akram after condoling the death of…

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ISLAMABAD – Announcing his party’s decision to vote against National Reconciliation Ordinance in the Parliament, President Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) Ch. Shujaat Hussain Saturday saw some clandestine understanding between Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on NRO. Talking to media persons after appearing before the Election Commission of…

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KARACHI – Iranian Ambassador Mashallah Shakiri has said that his country has provided the evidences of Sistan incident to Pakistan and is waiting for the answers from Islamabad.
He was talking to media men during Meet the Press programme at Karachi Press Club on Saturday.
The Iranian envoy claimed that…

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ISLAMABAD – Yet again, sugar lobby has exhibited audacious show of its strength by hitting the entire country hard with acute shortage of the commodity just a few days prior to the arrival of sugarcane crushing season.
The dealers say that mill owners have cut down sugar supply to markets…

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WASHINGTON – A military hospital here is coping with a dramatic increase in amputees and other seriously injured American troops being flown back from battlefronts in Afghanistan, according to a media report.
More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in the war-torn…

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LANDI KOTAL – At least seven FC personnel died when a roadside bomb planted by unknown miscreants hit their vehicle here in tehsil Bara on Saturday.
According to Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman, the deceased were going to fetch potable water but when they reached Torghar area of Tirah Valley, a…

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QUETTA (NNI) – Secretary Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Quetta Hamid Mehmood, who was seriously injured in a firing incident here Saturday, has been shifted to Shifa International Hospital Islamabad by a chartered plane.
He was admitted to Bolan Medical College Hospital but due to his critical condition…

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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s election rival Abdullah Abdullah will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week’s disputed run-off vote, his campaign said after speculation mounted he will pull out.
Abdullah cancelled a planned trip to India on Saturday, just before a deadline he…

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TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday Iran still distrusts Western powers when it comes to holding talks, but that he also hopes the nuclear dialogue between the two sides will continue.
His comments came after the White House warned that US President Barack Obama will not…

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