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Suspected militants kill police officer near Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Officials in Indian-administered Kashmir say suspected militants shot dead a police officer and wounded two of his colleagues on Monday outside the main city of Srinagar.Unknown gunmen opened...

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Former Bagram prisoners allowed to meet family in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Six Pakistanis, earlier released from Bagram jail by US authorities and currently imprisoned in Peshawar, were allowed to meet their family members on Monday on the directives of the Lahore...

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Outgoing Pakistani envoy sees 'light at end of tunnel' with India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's outgoing envoy to New Delhi said Monday he saw “light at the end of the tunnel” in diplomatic relations and predicted the improvement would survive next year’s Indian...

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ECP to issue Punjab, Sindh LG polls schedule on Dec 7

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will issue the schedule for holding local government elections in Punjab and Sindh on December 7, DawnNews reported on Monday.Speaking informally...

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Attack on ExpressNews office injures three in Karachi

KARACHI: At least three people, including a private guard, were injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants on building of Express media group in Karachi on Monday night, private TV channels...

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Govt believes in transparent appointment of judges: Zafarul Haq

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate Raja Zafarul Haq on Monday said the government believed in a transparent procedure for judges’ appointment, “so that nobody could point fingers at the selection...

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Flour prices be made ‘affordable’, orders SC

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Supreme Court ordered the federal and provincial governments on Monday to take immediate measures to ensure the availability of flour and other foodstuff at affordable prices.A...

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IJT students set bus on fire, paralyse Lahore

LAHORE, Dec 2: A face-off between the Punjab University administration and the Islami Jamiat Tulaba turned ugly on Monday as the latter’s activists resorted to violent protest, causing massive traffic...

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Ulema of different sects devise code for harmony

LAHORE, Dec 2: Ulema of different schools of thought have unanimously agreed on a nine-point code of conduct (COC) to maintain sectarian harmony. They signed the code after a detailed deliberation at a...

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Khurram Dastagir gets portfolio of commerce

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has changed the portfolio of Minister of State Khurram Dastagir Khan from privatisation to commerce. According to a notification, he has been appointed...

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Two missing internees died in custody

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: In a startling disclosure, the acting Defence Secretary, retired Maj Gen Raja Arif Nazir, informed the country’s highest court on Monday about the death of two of the 35 detainees the...

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Balochistan doctors to continue token boycott

QUETTA, Dec 2: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Balochistan chapter, has announced continuing token boycott of out-patient departments in government hospitals till Dr Akbar Marri and Dr Din...

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Sindh CM expresses satisfaction over pace of Karachi operation

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has expressed satisfaction over pace of the targeted operation ongoing against terrorists and criminals in Karachi.Presiding over a law and order...

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Chaudhry to be new foreign secretary

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The government reversed on Wednesday its earlier decision about appointment of next foreign secretary and picked Aizaz Chaudhry as successor to outgoing secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani,...

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Senators assail govt over price hike

ISLAMABAD: Opposition senators on Wednesday held the government’s poor economic policy responsible for the current wave of unprecedented price hike in the country, alleging that rulers were busy in...

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SC scraps LPG extraction plant licence

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that the 2003 LPG extraction plant licence issued to Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) was non-transparent, tainted from its very inception and...

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Pakistan can’t win war against India, says Singh

NEW DELHI, Dec 4: If there is a war over Kashmir, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is reported to have said could be the case given that the region is a perennial flashpoint, then Pakistan is not going...

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Objection against Musharraf trial court rejected

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected on Wednesday a petition against the formation of a special court for the treason trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf. The...

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US sees no long-term impact of current KP situation

WASHINGTON: The State Department Wednesday said the US favors using Pakistani overland routes for retrograde movement of equipment out of Afghanistan and voiced the hope that the current situation in...

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Militants kill policeman in checkpost attack near Bannu

PESHAWAR: Militants killed one policeman and wounded another in an attack on a checkpost in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday.The attack took place on the outskirts of Bannu town, in...

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