Govt seeks opposition’s help in framing new anti-terror policy
ISLAMABAD, June 5: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday told the National Assembly that the government had adopted a new strategy to counter terrorism after realising that the policies of the previous regime were not working....
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64 Swat ‘militants’ freed in Timergara
TIMERGARA, June 5: Following a peace accord singed by the government with the Tehrik-i-Taliban in Swat, 64 suspected militants were released from Timergara’s district jail on Thursday....
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Danish embassy blast will not affect talks with militants: FO
ISLAMABAD, June 5: Pakistan said on Thursday that the Danish embassy blast would not affect the reconciliation process with tribal militants....
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Pakistan fighting terrorists ‘bravely’, says US
ISLAMABAD, June 5: Pakistan’s army is “fighting bravely” against terrorism, the top-ranking US military officer said after a visit to the country to discuss joint efforts against the Taliban and Al Qaeda....
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Two children die in Quetta blast
QUETTA, June 5: A nine-year-old girl and her younger brother were killed when a powerful bomb blew up in the Sariab area a portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country....
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Budget date changed to June 11
ISLAMABAD, June 5: The government has again put off the announcement of the federal budget — this time by one day to June 11 — apparently because it is waiting for...
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Sharifs summoned on 18th in by-poll case
LAHORE, June 5: A full bench of Lahore High Court on Thursday asked petitioners to come up with arguments on the maintainability of petitions against a decision of the Election Commission...
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‘Sept 11 mastermind’ seeks death penalty: Guantanamo arraignment for five accused
GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, June 5: The accused Al Qaeda mastermind of the Sept 11 attacks stood in a US military court on Thursday and said he would welcome the death penalty....
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Ministry seeks Rs10bn to launch housing projects for the poor
ISLAMABAD, June 5: The Ministry of Housing and Works has sought an additional allocation of Rs10 billion in the budget for launching different housing projects for low-income government employees and general public across the country....
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Pakistanis charged in Spain with plotting attacks
MADRID, June 5: A judge in Spain on Thursday filed terrorism charges against nine Pakistanis and two Indians suspected of planning suicide attacks in Barcelona and elsewhere in Europe, judicial sources said....
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Call to fight climate change
WELLINGTON, June 5: The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change....
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Top US Air Force officials fired over nuclear issue
WASHINGTON, June 5: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates fired the US Air Force’s top two leaders after a series of embarrassing missteps that raised questions about US nuclear security, American officials said on Thursday....
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Turkish court upholds ban on headscarves in universities
ANKARA, June 5: Turkey’s top court ruled on Thursday that headscarves could not be allowed at universities because that would violate secularism....
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Strike in India over price hike
KOLKATA, June 5: Fuel price hikes prompted a strike in three Indian states on Thursday, and Malaysia’s resurgent opposition vowed street protests as pump prices there rose by up to 60 per cent....
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Lawyers from Quetta to join ‘long march’ on June 12
QUETTA, June 5: Activists of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Government Teachers Association, All Pakistan Clerks Association, labour organisations, paramedical staff and members of civil society will join the lawyers’ long march in Islamabad on June 12....
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World Bank calls for laws to check cartels
ISLAMABAD, June 5: The World Bank has asked the government to frame strict laws and come down heavily on cartels and sharks in the business sector to arrest the downward economic trend....
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Security for diplomats beefed up
ISLAMABAD, June 5: Security is being beefed up for diplomats in the city after European Union envoys told the government that the terrorist attack on the Danish embassy was “an attack on the whole diplomatic community”....
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Three Thai Muslims killed in football fields
YALA (Thailand), June 5: Three Muslim men have been killed in separate attacks on football fields in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, where a separatist insurgency is raging, police said on Thursday....
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