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November 20th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The alleged mastermind of the suicide attacks on the World Food Programme office and on a police helpline office here has been arrested, police said Friday.
Briefing reporters, Islamabad ...
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November 9th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Nov 9 (IANS) At least three people were killed and five injured Monday when a suicide bomber struck at a police checkpoint in this northwestern city of Pakistan, a day ...
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November 9th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) At least three people were killed Monday in a bombing in this northwestern city of Pakistan, a day after a powerful blast left 13 people, including the ...
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November 8th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) The detonating security situation in Pakistan has seen its world tourism ranking dropping from 111 last year to 113 in 2009, a new report says.
According to a ...
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November 8th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 10 people, including the city mayor, were killed and over 30 injured in a suicide bombing at a crowded livestock market close to this Pakistan ...
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November 8th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Nov 8 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and over 30 injured in a suicide bombing at a bustling livestock market in this Pakistan city, less than a fortnight ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Nov 3 (IANS) Police checkposts have come up in and outside schools located in posh localities of Pakistan's commercial capital following a string of terror attacks across the country, including ...
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November 2nd, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Rawalpindi, Nov 2 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed Monday morning when a massive explosion went off close to a hotel and a bank in this garrison city. The blast ...
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November 2nd, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Rawalpindi, Nov 2 (IANS) Ten people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a powerful explosion went off close to a hotel and a bank in this garrison city. The blast occurred ...
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October 28th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 45 people were killed and over 100 injured when a massive blast ripped through a busy market in this Pakistani city Wednesday afternoon, shortly after ...
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October 28th, 2009 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 60 injured Wednesday afternoon when a massive blast tore through a bustling market in this Pakistani city.
The explosion took ...
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October 28th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least two people were killed and over 10 injured Wednesday when a powerful blast ripped through a crowded market in this Pakistani city.
The blast took place ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) What did we do to deserve this, lamented Fauzi Khan whose 19 family members were killed in a landmine explosion in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency.
All the 19 people who ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) Educational institutions across Pakistan's Punjab province were closed Tuesday due to "unsatisfactory security arrangements" for students as the army continued its assault against the Taliban in South ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) The Pakistani economy has suffered a loss of $40 billion due to the war on terrorism, a minister has said.
Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, provincial minister for finance and ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The government Tuesday advised Indian pilgrims to avoid visiting Pakistan in view of deteriorating security situation there following a string of militant attacks on military, police and ...
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October 27th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) A Pakistani Army Brigadier and two others escaped a terror attack unhurt Tuesday when the jeep he was travelling in was fired upon in this Pakistani capital.
According to ...
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October 26th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Schools in the Pakistani capital and those located in Sindh and Punjab provincves reopened Monday. They had been shut following a spate of terror attacks in the ...
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October 25th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Oct 25 (IANS) Two Pakistani policemen, having a smoke on a police station rooftop, casually stubbed the cigarette in a bottle containing highly inflammable chemicals for making explosives - causing ...
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October 25th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Target the suicide bombers before they are able to detonate the explosives strapped to their body, say Pakistani police after carrying out a research on suicide attackers' ...
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October 23rd, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Seven people were killed and 13 injured Friday when a suicide bomber struck at an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district while eight people were injured ...
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October 23rd, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Seven people were killed and seven injured Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district as the army ...
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October 22nd, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) A senior Pakistani Army officer, who was the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan, was gunned down along with another soldier Thursday, as the military ...
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October 22nd, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Terror struck Islamabad again Thursday with a suicide bomber and police exchanging fire at a court here while two army personnel, including a brigadier, were shot dead in ...
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October 20th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) One woman was killed and 13 injured in two synchronised blasts, including a suicide bombing, that rocked a university in the Pakistan capital Tuesday afternoon when thousands ...
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October 18th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Oct. 18 (ANI): A shortage in UN funding may force thousands of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal cut down on their meals.
BBC quoted a senior official from the ...
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October 16th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Pillion riding on two-wheelers has been banned in Pakistan's capital Islamabad to thwart a possible terror strike, a media report said Friday.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik issued orders ...
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October 15th, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Oct 15 (IANS) Heavily armed terrorists stormed into the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building in a congested area of this Pakistani city Thursday morning. Two of them were killed in ...
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October 15th, 2009 - 8:49 am ICT by IANS
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Santiago, Oct 15 (DPA) The 53 million people suffering hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean would be helped by stronger government policies backing agriculture, including for small individual farmers, the regional ...
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October 12th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 40 injured Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, a lawmaker said.
The ...
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