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Top Stories: At least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside in Pakistan. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:21:45 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : Pakistani nuclear assets cannot fall in terrorists' hands, as they are protected by a strong command and control system, an expert on South Asian nuclear affairs has said. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:03 -0500Karachi, Dec 7 (IANS) An emphatic victory against New Zealand in the second cricket Test has boosted the confidence of new Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf but the senior batsman wants a massive improvement in his team's fielding. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:20:03 -0500Karachi, Dec 7 (IANS) Pakistan's prolific Akmal brothers - Kamran and Umar - will stay in New Zealand with the national team instead of returning home to be with their mother, who suffered a heart attack in Lahore Sunday. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:20:01 -0500Karachi, Dec 7 (IANS) Controversy seems to have struck Pakistan cricket again following sensational reports that pacers Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamer got engaged in a scuffle after the second Test against New Zealand ended in Wellington Sunday. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) At least eight people were injured in a blast in the south western Pakistani city of Quetta Monday, a media report said. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:20:02 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif do not need any clearance certificate from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), as the SBP list regarding bank loan written-off contains the name of Pervaiz Elahi and not of PML-N leadership, senior PML-N leader Pervaiz Rasheed has said. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:10:04 -0500Peshawar, Dec.7 : The United States will train North West Frontier Police in counter-terrorism at what is being touted as Pakistan's biggest police training centre. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:10:02 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : The Pakistan People's Party may not have made any efforts to defend the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), but it has hastily prepared a new law to save the NRO beneficiaries of the party. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:40:12 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : An inquiry panel into Pakistan's Gojra riots has proposed amendments to the country's existing blasphemy laws in order to avoid such incidents in future. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:40:07 -0500Peshawar, Dec 7 (IANS) Five people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Sessions Court in this Pakistani city, police said. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:04 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : Pakistani embassy in Washington has issued visas to 9,236 US nationals, including 234 members of US armed forces, during the last four months. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:30:32 -0500Peshawar, Dec 7 (IANS) Three people were killed Monday in a suicide attack near the sessions court in this Pakistani city, an official said. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:02 -0500Lahore, Dec. 7 : Former Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir has expressed surprise over the delay in the announcement of the captain for the forthcoming Australian tour. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:45 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf did not consult with the corps commanders before allowing US forces to use Pakistani airports, a retired Pakistan Army general has alleged. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:23 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : The Home Minister of Pakistan's Sindh province, Dr. Zufliqar Mirza, has said that the ruling Pakistan People's Party cannot be thrown out of the assembly, and only the dead bodies of his party's members could be driven out of the power. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:20 -0500Washington, Dec. 7 : The United States has said peace and stability cannot be achieved in Afghanistan unless terror safe havens in Pakistan are not dismantled. The Obama administration is pressurizing Islamabad to move against Taliban and Al-Qaeda sanctuaries on its soil. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:18 -0500New Delhi, Dec.7 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will meet Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram here today to discuss the fallout of the attempted assassination on moderate Hurriyat leader Fazal Haque Qureshi last week. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:06 -0500Lahore, Dec. 7 : India's support has helped Pakistan to secure a "good deal" in the International Cricket Council's post-2012 Future Tours Program, Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Wasim Bari has said. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:44 -0500Lahore, Dec. 7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially withdrawn all legal cases against the ICC and the 2011 World Cup's organising committee. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:32 -0500ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's top court began hearing challenges on Monday to an amnesty order that could deepen political tensions in a nuclear-armed country already facing pressure to fight T... West Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:20:20 -0500ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's top court began hearing challenges on Monday to an amnesty order that could deepen political tensions in a nuclear-armed country already facing pressure to fight Talib... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:01:44 -0500CBS News Interactive: Bin Laden And Al Qaeda Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official ... CBS 4 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:42:00 -0500PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber struck outside a court in Pakistan's Peshawar Monday, killing seven people and wounding dozens more in the latest attack in a city beset by Taliban viol... West Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:59:16 -0500A bomb exploded near a court building in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today killing at least five people, officials said, - the latest in a series of similar attacks in recent months. Militants have... SABC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:54:20 -0500(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)A Pakistani man removes a gas cylinder from a burning rickshaw after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A suicide bomber struck outside a court ... Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:45:35 -0500Hospital officials say the death toll in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan has risen to at least 10. Monday's attack occurred outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar.... CBC News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:35:37 -0500Hospital officials say the death toll in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan has risen to at least 10. Monday's attack occurred outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar.... CBC News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:35:26 -0500Officials said the suicide bomber pulled up outside a court building in a rickshaw, and blew himself up when he was confronted by security guards. Local TV showed smoke billowing from the scene while... Sky News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:31:32 -0500(RTTNews) - A massive explosion in a vehicle near a crowded court complex in the Pakistani city of Peshawar Monday, killed more than five people and injured 20 others, six of them seriously, police s... Quote.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:56:08 -050012/07/2009 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police commandos acting on a tip killed one militant and arrested five others Sunday in a raid against a bombing cell accused in recent attacks around the northw... St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:34:04 -0500Islamabad - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a court building in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar on Monday, killing five people and injuring many more, officials said. Islam... Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:23:31 -0500REUTERS - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearing challenges to an amnesty decree in a case that will determine whether politicians including close allies of President Asi Ali Zardari face re... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:18:47 -0500KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday that all the Ulema and political parties were unanimous on the decision that there was no room for killing children in any religion. Pak Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:24 -0500ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has promulgated two ordinances namely the National Defence University Ordinance, 2009 and the Institute of Space Technology Ordinance, 2009. Pak Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:22 -0500At least five persons were killed and 32 others injured in an explosion near a local court in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Monday, local TV channel reported. The blast occurred at the main entranc... People's Daily Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:35:15 -0500Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Five people were killed and 45 injured when a suicide bomber detonated outside a district courthouse in Peshawar on Monday, a hospital official said. CNN Asia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:34:18 -0500Islamabad, Dec. 7 : Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf did not consult with the corps commanders before allowing US forces to use Pakistani airports, a retired Pakistan Army general has allege... New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:09:43 -0500Peshawar, Dec 7 : Five people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Sessions Court in this Pakistani city, police said. New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:09:43 -0500Dawn News quoted Senior Superintendent of Police Karim Khan as saying that 10 people were also injured in the attack and taken to the Lady Reading Hospital. The suicide bomber alighted from a rickshaw... New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:09:39 -0500Two people died and 49 others were injured in an explosion outside a court building in Pakistan’s north-west city of Peshawar today.Police official Saleem Khan said authorities were still investigat... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:50 -0500PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a court building in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday killing at least five people, officials said, the latest in a series of similar attacks... The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:57:53 -0500The attack occurred outside a local district court building. Officials said the suicide bomber arrived at the court by rickshaw, and blew himself up when he was stopped while trying to access the bui... Sky News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:50:27 -0500Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday's bombing of a mosque in Rawalpindi and vowed to carry out more attacks, according to an e-mail message from the gr... CNN Asia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:11:41 -0500(MENAFN) A report issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed that the country's current account deficit has narrowed by 84 percent to $1.071 billion during July-October, the first four months o... MENAFN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:46:38 -0500ISLAMABAD: The much-trumpeted accountability process started by former Pakistani military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf with a stated aim to rid the country of corrupt politicians and business... The Peninsula Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:13:27 -0500MINGORA: Five militants, including local commander Gul Maula, were killed in a clash with security forces in the Dangram area in the suburbs of Mingora city while six suspects were arrested elsewhere ... Pak Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:11:01 -0500ISLAMABAD: A major reshuffle in the federal cabinet is on the cards within a fortnight – with new faces likely to replace ministers who could lose their portfolios and some ministers likely to have ... Pak Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:59 -0500ISLAMABAD: While the government may have leaked its intentions of not defending the infamous National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), it clearly has no plans to abandon the NRO beneficiaries. Pak Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:10:58 -0500Pakistani pair Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad set a world record for second wicket partnership on Sunday in a first class match at Sheikhupura Stadium.Mohmand (302 not out) and Sajjad (289) put o... NDTV Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:02:03 -0500U.S. Defense Chief Robert Gates said Sunday the United States will not pursue Taliban militants in Pakistani territory, and it's "up to the Pakistani military to deal with this problem." In ... People's Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:29:31 -0500The Supreme Court of Pakistan will start hearing the clubbed petitions against beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on Monday. The Pakistani government said on Saturday that it... People's Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:29:25 -0500At least one militant was killed and 13 others were arrested during security forces operation during last 24 hours in Pakistan's trial area of South Waziristan, according to a military press release S... People's Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:29:14 -0500 |
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