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Chenab floodwater heading to Qadirabad

Chenab floodwater heading to Qadirabad

Friday, July 23, 2010 13:50

LAHORE: Floodwater from River Chenab is heading to Qadirabad while reports of high-level flood in River Chenab at Head Khanki and Head Marala positions are reaching here. The high-level flood is feared to hit Qadirabad sometimes at 12 pm today, Flood Warning Center said. FWC has issued warning of high-level flood heading ...

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HEC refuses time extension for degrees verification

HEC refuses time extension for degrees verification

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 16:50

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has refused to give two months extension to Karachi and Sindh universities for verification of degrees of parliamentarians. HEC sources told that Karachi and Sindh universities sent incomplete report to HEC regarding verification of degrees of 214 parliamentarians, which was sent back ...

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Bomb Blasts in Lahore at Ghari Shahu

Bomb Blasts in Lahore at Ghari Shahu

Saturday, July 17, 2010 18:04

LAHORE: Two simultaneous blasts occurred in Lahore on Saturday. According to initial reports, three persons sustained injuries in a blast occurred in a net café in Ghari Shahu. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Another explosion happened near juice corner in Begum Kot area. Prior to blasts, journalists ...

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Data Darbar blasts compensation cheques yet to be cashed

Data Darbar blasts compensation cheques yet to be cashed

Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:27

The compensation cheques, given by Punjab government to the affectees of suicide bombings, which occurred at Data Darbar, could not be cashed out so far in Lahore. Sources told Geo news, there was no money in bank account of Punjab government at the time of cheques’ distribution, but being ...

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Blast smashes mosque shrines in Khyber Agency

Blast smashes mosque shrines in Khyber Agency

Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:56

A powerful explosion has occurred in tehsil Landi Kotal of Khyber Agency on early Thursday, shattering apart a mosque and some shrines, police sources said. Meanwhile, no casualty or injury was reported during explosion, witnesses told media. According to sources, some unidentified miscreants blew up with explosives a mosque, Masjid-e-Ishkhel, ...

Obama warns Africans over Shebab Al-Qaeda

Obama warns Africans over Shebab Al-Qaeda

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:14

Barack Obama has warned after the Uganda bombings that groups like Shebab and Al-Qaeda saw Africa as a place where life was cheap and innocents could be killed for little political cost. In an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to be broadcast early Wednesday, the US ...

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Police swoop on banned outfits

Police swoop on banned outfits

Monday, July 12, 2010 11:27

LAHORE: Police swooped on supected hideouts of outlawed militant groups in four districts across southern Punjab and rounded up more than three dozen people it claimed were front-ranking cadre of these organisations, officials said on Sunday. The arrests were made following raids in Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur and ...

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Mohmand toll mounts to 100

Mohmand toll mounts to 100

Saturday, July 10, 2010 11:07

The death toll in the suicide attack in Yakkaghand area of Mohmand Agency rose to at least hundred with over 100 injured; the most of them are in critical condition. According to political Tehsildar Meraj Khan, further bodies were recovered from under the debris today, which pushed the death ...

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Oil tanker overturns near Bilawal Chowrangi

Oil tanker overturns near Bilawal Chowrangi

Friday, July 9, 2010 11:27

A kerosene oil tanker has overturned owing to over-speeding near Bilawal Chowrangi in Clifton locality late on Thursday night, resulting in spilling 40,000-liter oil on road. The cleanliness work is underway whereas the police and law enforcement agencies have placed strict security cordon around accident site in order to ...

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 15 militants killed in Orakzai offensive

15 militants killed in Orakzai offensive

Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:30

Fifteen militants were killed and 10 wounded when security forces pounded militants hideouts in different areas of Orakzai Agency. Security sources said jets targeted militants positions in Dabori, Khadizai, Mamozai and Mulla Badai areas in upper Orakzai. Four dens were destroyed and 15 militants were killed ...