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ISLAMABAD: An operative of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested from Sukkur, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, law enforcement agencies’ personnel arrested the man from the Babar Bypass area …

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NWFP’s top police officer admits that a security lapse led to Sunday’s suicide attack in Mingora which killed at least 16 police cadets. While the admission itself and immediate orders for an inquiry are creditable ‘” not many Pakistani …

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LAHORE – Various parts of the country including the City received rain on Monday with experts predicting the wet spell to continue during the next 3-4 days. In Lahore, 73 mm rain was recorded at Airport Observatory while 05 mm rain at Jail Road …

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Islamabad, Aug 31 : Supplies of fuel and other logistics to Afghanistan-based NATO forces from Pakistan resumed Monday, hours after 25 tankers were gutted in a blaze in Pakistan’s Chaman town in southwestern Balochistan province. Two-way traffic had …

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The security forces have recovered 29 bodies of militants from the Panjoot area in northwest Pakistan, the Online news agency reported on Monday. The bodies were found during search operations in the area. Two of the bodies could not be identified …

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PESHAWAR (Reuters) – Fourteen-year-old Asmit Ali has no hands — they were blown off while he was playing with a piece of unexploded ordnance 10 days ago. The Pakistani schoolboy, his face dotted with scars from the explosion, sits on a plastic chair …

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(AP) Suspected Islamic insurgents fired at government forces and lobbed a hand grenade into a crowded shopping area in the Indian part of Kashmir on Monday, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding seven people. Two soldiers patrolling the …

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KARACHI: In order to deal with the increasing number of heinous crimes and terrorist activities, the Sindh police have decided to develop its forensic division and open its office in Hyderabad and Larkana, besides Karachi. In this regard, Sindh …

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Jalalabad, Aug 31 : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has demanded the Central Government to declare Punjab as Special Agricultural Zone (SAZ) on the lines of Special Economic Zones (SEZ). Punjab having 1.3 per cent geographical area …

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A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show drowned while performing a challenge for the programme, a spokeswoman for the show’s sponsor said on Sunday. Saad Khan, 32, was swimming across a lake while wearing a 15lb (7kg) backpack when he called …