Terrorists to be driven out of country: Rehman
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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said those who got their loans written off must return the money, and that the terrorists will finally be flushed out of the country.
Talking to media here, the Interior Minister said positive hope should be pinned with the new US strategy for Afghanistan.
He said the joint action plan of Pakistan and Afghanistan will be signed within the next two weeks.
Rehman Malik...
Sugar crisis: CCP to hold next hearing on Dec 15
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ISLAMABAD: The government has forwarded the reference in connection with private schools and hospitals to the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
Chairman of the Commission, Khalid Mirza told the media here on Thursday that investigation process has been initiated immediately after the receipt of the above reference.
He said the Competition Commission will hold its next hearing to probe into the alleged formation of cartel...
Commander among 10 militants killed in tribal areas
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PESHAWAR: Ten terrorists were killed during security forces’ fresh offensive in Orakzai Agency today (Thursday).
According to sources, the security forces apprehended 41 extremists during search operation. In Orakzai Agency, security forces targeted militants’ positions with gunship helicopters and jet planes, destroying one militants’ training facility and five vehicles.
In addition, 10 militants were also killed...
Pakistan, US face trust deficit: Clinton
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that there is a lack of trust between Pakistan and United States.
She lauded two major military offensives by Pakistan against militants. The Secretary of State warned that Taliban of Pakistan and Afghan were syndicate of al-Qaeda.
The world must remember that Pakistan is a sovereign country, she commented.
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Kasuri for US role to improve Pak-India ties
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LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said Thursday United States will have to play its role to improve relations between Pakistan and India.
He made these comments while speaking to newsmen at a meeting of Muslim League-Q (Like Minded group).
He said Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals are fully secure. The former minister also dismissed the impression that the present government would not complete its tenure....
Gen Kayani visit Karachi to attend Army War Games
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KARACHI: The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, visited Karachi today and attended a session of Army War Games organized to determine the operational preparedness of the formations.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman also attended the session.
Earlier, on arrival at Karachi, General Kayani was received by the Corps Commander Lieutenant General Shahid Iqbal.
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Mumtaz accuses rulers of playing Sindh card
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KARACHI: Sindh National Front chief Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto Thursday said that rulers were running the government on the portrait of martyred Pakistan Peoples Partly leader Benazir Bhutto.
Speaking to media persons at his residence here, he said that rulers, terrified by their failures, were mow trying to play Sindh Card in the name of Sindhi cap.
He alleged that the rulers were concealing the names of Benazir Bhutto’s...
WADA approves ”athlete’’s biological passport”
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STOCKHOLM: The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday approved its ”athlete’’s passport” scheme, which allows sporting authorities to detect doping by studying an athlete’’s biological profile.
“It is a great step forward. It is not the end of all our problems, but it is another tool,” said WADA president John Fahey.
Contrary to traditional anti-doping techniques which...
Blackburn beat Chelsea, Manchester rout Arsenal in Carling Cup
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LONDON: Blackburn Rovers dumped 10-man Chelsea out of the League Cup 4-3 on penalties on Wednesday after a quarter-final thriller ended 3-3 following extra time
at Ewood Park.
In a roller-coaster match that saw the Premier League leaders twice fall behind only to grab a dramatic 122nd-minute equaliser, it was left to teenager Gael Kakuta to fluff the
decisive penalty kick.
Big-spending Manchester City beat a young Arsenal...
Afghan President willing to talk to Taliban
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KABUL: Afghanistan’’s president says he is willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country.
President Hamid Karzai said in an interview Thursday with a foreign news agency that he would do “whatever it takes” to bring peace, including meeting with Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
But Karzai says he wants guarantees that the U.S. and its international partners are backing any peace...
Iraq bomb kills seven, including anti-terror cop
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TIKRIT: Seven people were killed, including a senior anti-terror police officer, by a bomb in executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’’s hometown of Tikrit on Thursday, police said.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Fahel, the head of Salaheddin province’’s anti-terror squad, and at least two of his bodyguards were among the dead in the blast, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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Rocket fired at police van in Karachi, driver killed, SHO hurt
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KARACHI: A rocket has been fired at police armored vehicle by gang war in Layari, killing its driver and injuring an SHO, sources told Geo News Thursday.
The sources said that exchange of fire between drug dealers and police continued throughout the day, in which a passerby was also killed.
The firing is still continuing from both the sides, sources say.
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3 militant commanders among 13 arrested in Khyber Agency
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KHYBER AGENCY: Security forces on Thursday arrested 13 extremists, including three key militants commanders, and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from their custody during fresh offensive in Khyber Agency.
According to the Frontier Corps media cell, the security forces conducted operation in Akakhel area of Bara tehsil, arresting 13 militants and recovering huge number of weapons.
According to the media cell,...
Part of Afghan policy may have negative impact on Pak
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Thursday said that some points of the United States new Afghan policy might have negative impact on Pakistan.
The FO spokesman Abdul Basit said this at a weekly briefing here.
He said the war cannot be won only through use of force, and that Pakistan does not want the situation in Afghanistan to aggravate.
The spokesman said the predator attacks are creating problems in...
Concerns Raised on proposed Pak-Afghan transit trade pact
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Trade Thursday expressed serious reservations about the proposed agreement of Pak-Afghan Transit Trade.
The committee was told that the fifth round of Pak-Afghan talks about new transit trade pact would commence in Islamabad on December 19.
The federal secretary on trade told the committee that Afghanistan wanted to start formal trade with India via Pakistani...
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