Joe Biden, the US vice-president, condemned a plan by Israel to build 1,600 homes on occupied Palestinian land in an East Jerusalem settlement.
The Israeli interior ministry’s approval of the plan cast a cloud over a visit to the country by Biden just hours after he pledged strong support for…
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Britain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war could be prolonged – and more British lives lost – as a result of incompetence and lack of political will in Kabul.
A speech to be delivered in…
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The UK government protested to the US over the torture of terror suspects, the former head of MI5, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller revealed last night.
She also said the Americans concealed from Britain the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 2001 attacks.
“The Americans were very…
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Seven people including two women were killed on Wednesday when gunmen stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Mansehra.
The gunmen attacked offices of World Vision near Oghi town, in Mansehra district of North West Frontier Province, police and the aid worker said.
“Some armed people stormed…
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The by-elections in NA-123 and three other constituencies are taking place today in Lahore, Bahawalnagar, Jhang and Jafarabad. Over 200, 000 eligible voters will be casting their vote in over 250 polling stations established for NA-123 Lahore.
In PP-82 Bahawalnagar and PP-284 Jhang, 126 and 130 polling stations have been…
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The Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Wednesday Pakistan has formally asked Afghan government to train their National Army, adding, India is meddling into affairs of Pakistan through Afghanistan, a private TV reported.
He vowed to take up this issue with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his official visit to…
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ISLAMABAD – Sonia Naz, a police rape victim, who remained in limelight courtesy of the civil society activists, is now running from the pillar to post for justice but no one even ready to listen her ordeal.
After highlighting Sonia’s rape case in media for a considerable period of time…
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ISLAMABAD (APP) – National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence Production Tuesday recommended injecting a grant of US $250 million to the country’s mother defence industry – Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) – to overhaul her aging production units.
The call came soon after the committee members, headed by Sheikh Aftab Ahmed,…
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ISLAMABAD – Sonia Naz, a police rape victim, who remained in limelight courtesy of the civil society activists, is now running from the pillar to post for justice but no one even ready to listen her ordeal.
After highlighting Sonia’s rape case in media for a considerable period of time…
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ISLAMABAD (APP) – National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence Production Tuesday recommended injecting a grant of US $250 million to the country’s mother defence industry – Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) – to overhaul her aging production units.
The call came soon after the committee members, headed by Sheikh Aftab Ahmed,…
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RAWALPINDI – A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday rejected the acquittal plea of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attack, and maintained the decision of a trial court on his application for release in the case.
The bench comprising Justice Asad Munir…
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ISLAMABAD (Online) – Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Khalid Mirza has said a group of capitalists having vested interest inside and outside the parliament is out to serve its nefarious designs and establish its monopoly over the consumers through curtailment in the powers of the commission.
Talking to…
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RAWALPINDI – A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday rejected the acquittal plea of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attack, and maintained the decision of a trial court on his application for release in the case.
The bench comprising Justice Asad Munir…
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QUETTA – Unidentified assailants shot dead two people including a settler in Pasni town of Makran on Tuesday night.
According to police sources, unknown armed attackers on a motorbike opened indiscriminate firing at a barbershop located at main Pasni Bazaar and escaped from the scene after committing crime. As a…
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ISLAMABAD (Online) – Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Khalid Mirza has said a group of capitalists having vested interest inside and outside the parliament is out to serve its nefarious designs and establish its monopoly over the consumers through curtailment in the powers of the commission.
Talking to…
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QUETTA – Unidentified assailants shot dead two people including a settler in Pasni town of Makran on Tuesday night.
According to police sources, unknown armed attackers on a motorbike opened indiscriminate firing at a barbershop located at main Pasni Bazaar and escaped from the scene after committing crime. As a…
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ISLAMABAD – The funds allocated for expansion and rehabilitation of Kashmir Highway may lapse as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is taking extra long time in pre-qualifying contractors for the project.
The Authority had fixed December 31, 2009 as the last date for submission of documents for pre-qualification and 42…
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