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Explosion in North Waziristan injures two soldiers

MIRAMSHAH: Two security officials were critically wounded on Sunday after a remote controlled explosion took place in North Waziristan, DawnNews reported. According to security sources, a remote...

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Zardari ends tenure, treated to honour guard

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, one of the most powerful civilian presidents the country has ever had, stepped down on Sunday, leaving his official residence after a record five years in...

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Four dead, 11 injured in Balochistan violence

QUETTA: Four people were killed on Sunday, including two policemen, in two seperate incidents of violence in Balochistan, officials said.In one incident, at least two people were killed and another ten...

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Mamnoon Hussain takes oath today

ISLAMABAD: President-elect Mamnoon Hussain will take oath of office on Monday as the 12th head of state. The oath will be administered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at a ceremony to be...

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NP to initiate dialogue for resolving Balochistan issue

QUETTA: The National Party (NP) has decided to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders for resolving the Balochistan issue and take political parties into confidence for creating an atmosphere...

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Judicial system facing new challenges, says CJ

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the judiciary is facing new challenges due to technological advancements and the resulting changes in people’s behaviour. Presiding over a...

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SSGC board to reconsider LNG project on 19th

ISLAMABAD: Amid a raging controversy, a meeting of the board of directors of Sui Southern Gas Company has been reconvened on Sept 19, to reconsider the decision it took last month with majority,...

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KP reluctant to enact law on free education

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government is reluctant, at least for the time being, to enact a law for providing free and compulsory secondary education to children in Khyber...

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PTI govt to reach its logical end soon: Fazl

CHARSADDA: The government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would reach its logical end soon, said Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Sunday.He, however, ruled out...

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Rangers arrest four extortionists

KARACHI: Rangers arrested four members of an extortion gang on Monday, while conducting an operation in Safoora Goth and Lashari Goth, DawnNews reported. The rangers confiscated uniforms of the police...

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Nawaz urges leaders to shun politicking on terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday urged all political forces in Pakistan to shun politicking on issues of national importance such as terrorism and the energy crisis, and to join hands...

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Militant attack in Kohat kills two policemen, injures several

KOHAT: At least two policemen were killed and several persons injured during an attack at the District Police Officer's (DPO) office in Kohat on Monday, DawnNews reported.Security sources told Dawn.com...

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Petition filed against Aitzaz Ahsan

KARACHI: Aitzaz Ahsan, leader of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), has been declared ineligible for the post of senator in a petition filed against him in Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, DawnNews reported....

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Shahzeb Khan's killers pardoned by family

KARACHI: The family of Shahzeb Khan on Monday decided to pardon the culprits responsible for their son's death, DawnNews reported. The victim’s father, DSP Aurangzeb Khan and his mother Ambreen...

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Recitation of Quranic verse: SC moved to disqualify Aitzaz

ISLAMABAD: A petitioner has requested the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan to disqualify Senator Aitzaz Ahsan for incorrectly reciting a Surah (verse) from the Holy Quran. Television footage aired on...

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Mamnoon sworn in as 12th President of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: President-elect Mamnoon Hussain took oath of office on Monday as the 12th head of state. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at a ceremony held at the...

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TTP welcomes APC’s peace talks decision

PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has welcomed the All Parties Conference’s (APC) decision of holding peace talks with the terrorists.TTP spokesman Shahidaullah Shahid said that a...

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APC backs govt push for peace talks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top political leaders, who had huddled together in Islamabad on Monday for an All Parties Conference (APC) on how to tackle growing terrorism, agreed on initiating peace talks...

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Thirteen killed after road collision in Chiniot

CHINIOT: Thirteen people were killed while three others received injuries when a passenger van collided with a truck at Tahirabad, Lahore-Chiniot Road on Monday night.According to District Police...

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Kashmiri man from across LoC held; cache of arms seized

ISLAMABAD: In a major development that has gone almost unnoticed, police arrested a relative of senior Kashmiri leader Aasiya Andarabi from Indian-held part of the Valley on terrorism-related charges...

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