Tariq Saeed

Peshawar—A suicide bomb explosion in Police station Mingora Sunday morning killed up to 17 cop causing injuries to dozens others. The doctors in Saidu Sharif hospital feared the death toll might go higher as the condition of many wounded men in uniform was critical. According to details, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden car into the Special

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Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari returned Sunday morning to Karachi after a four day visit to the UK during which he held meetings with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The President also received MQM chief Altaf Hussain, British entrepreneurs of Pakistani origin, the leader of Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party Nick Clegg. He held talks with the British Foreign Secretary David Milliband and others show-casing multifaceted issues of

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M A Kaiserimam

London—Prime minister Gordon Brown announces new strategy on surprise visit to Afghanistan and promises more local troops to speed Nato withdrawal Gordon Brown unveiled a fresh strategy for the war in Afghanistan yesterday, including a controversial “reconciliation” process for Taliban elements and speedier training of an Afghan army to

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Rawalpindi—The security forces during search and clearance operations in Swat and Malakand apprehended 42 suspects and 2 terrorists while a terrorist voluntarily surrendered to security forces at Chakdarra Fort. According to press release issued by ISPR, the security forces conducted search operation at Ahingro Derai and apprehended

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Hameed Shaheen

Islamabad—The Organization of Islamic Conference’s foreign ministers (OIC FMs)contact group on Kashmir will meet around last week of September in New York on the occasion of the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Pakistan Observer learnt here Sunday. The Kashmir contact group of the OIC member-states comprises Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Niger, and Iran whose two-day annual meeting to review Kashmir issue is held

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Tanvir Siddiqi

Islamabad—Pakistan has categorically rejected the accusation that it has reconfigured anti-ship missile bought by it from the United States. Foreign Office spokesman in a statement issued here on Sunday said that Pakistan had not made any modification in the missiles under reference. Pakistan’s denial came in response to a press report that the Obama administration had made a diplomatic protest to Pakistan over the alleged alterations to the anti-ship missiles Islamabad had bought in the 1980s. The newspaper

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Staff Reporter

Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani left here Sunday to attend the 40th anniversary of Libyan revolution where his focus in meetings with Libyan and world leaders would be to apprise them of Pakistan’s efforts in war against terror and the rehabilitation of IDPs. Prior to his departure, he told reporters at PAF Base Chaklala that during his visit from August 31 to September 2, he is expected to meet a number of world

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Tanvir Siddiqi

Islamabad—Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has outrightly rejected as baseless accusations of former Governor Punjab Ghulam Mustafa Khar that the Aiwan-e-Sadr was patronising vilification campaign against him and fellow politicians. Talking to the media here on Sunday, he termed as figment of imagination Khar’s allegation that the conspiracies are being hatched to disrepute him. He strongly

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Jeddah—Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) to materialize its wish of long march to Islamabad for trial of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the constitution.  Addressing the Pakistani community in Jeddah, the interior minister made it clear that the government would not

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• Brown hints at UK troops increase
• Apology no Baloch solution: PML-Q
• Nato tankers destroyed in rocket attack
• 35 Taliban dead in Khost operation
• President requires details of tribesmen punished under FCR
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