KARACHI: Two persons were killed and sixteen others sustained wounds in twin bomb blasts near an Imambargah in Orangi Town number 5, media reported Wednesday. The second blast, caused by a planted device, occurred at the same spot 40 minutes after th...
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council called on Israel and Hamas to uphold a ceasefire agreement on Wednesday and commended the efforts of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and others for brokering the truce. The 15-member council said in ...
BANNU: Media reported a bomb blast outside the house of a deputy superintendent police (DSP) on Thursday morning. Police said the blast was of low intensity and only damaged the main gate of DSP Gul Naseeb’s residence in Kala Khel area. No casualties...
CAIRO:Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr announced that a truce had been agreed between Israel and Hamas over the Gaza conflict and said a ceasefire would come into effect at 1900 GMT. Egypt has been leading international efforts to reach a...
RAWALPINDI: At least 20 people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide blast at a Moharram procession near an Imambargah here on Wednesday night, media reported. The attack, in the Dhok Sayidan area of Rawalpindi, comes hours after two back-to...
PESHAWAR: Police on Wednesday seized a large quantity of explosive material in Hazar Khuwani Chowk and arrested the driver, media reported. Police said that the seized material included dynamite, detonators and 600 kg of explosive material. Peshawar ...
KARACHI: One person has been killed and several others wounded in twin bomb blasts near an Imambargah in Orangi Town number 5, media reported Wednesday. The second blast, which appears to have been caused by a planted device, occurred at the same spo...
NEW YORK: Today the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) urged all people of conscience to call the offices of Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to demand they stop ignoring Palestinians wh...
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Tuesday that the United States needed to press efforts on the diplomatic and development fronts to put an end to the Al-Qaeda terror network. Despite blows dealt to Al-Qaeda, including the killing of ...
NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that despite many attempts made by the government to get in touch with Pakistan over the execution of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, India did not get any positive response. "W...
JUBA: South Sudanese troops attacked a rebel base in the latest violence in troubled Jonglei state, killing at least 19 rebels for the loss of one soldier, officials said Wednesday. Troops launched an attack on a base of rebel commander David Yau Yau...
RAMALLAH: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate halt to rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip, after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday. "I reiterate my call for an immediate cessation of indiscriminate rocket attac...
RAMALLAH: A large number of Palestinians staged protest outside the office of President Mahmoud Abbas as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here to review Gaza situation, media reported. A man was arrested during clashes with police as law...
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said that the Indian government tried to reach to the family members of Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged this morning in Pune's Yerwada jail. He also said th...
TEL AVIV: At least 10 people were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in central Tel Aviv, Israel's emergency services said, with police saying the source of the blast was not immediately clear. "There are about 10 people wounded of whom th...
KARACHI: One person killed and seven others sustained wounds as a result of bomb blast near an Imambargah in Orangi Town number 5, media reported Wednesday. However, the rescue resources have put the death toll at two. The DIG West, Javed Odho said t...
HYDERABAD: IG Sindh Fayyaz Leghari said an army operation should not be conducted in Karachi, adding that the capacity of the already present paramilitary forces in the city should be increased. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, IG Sindh Le...
MUMBAI: India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says his country will seriously consider a demand if it was contacted for handing over of Ajmal Kasab’s body, the sole surviving gunman of Mumbai terror attacks, who was executed on Wednesday ...
ISLAMABAD: The government has banned motorcycle riding in the Red Zone area of the capital for 24 hours, media reported. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the ban would be applicable from 12:00 AM Wednesday to 12:00 AM Thursday in Islamabad’s ...
BANNU: An SHO was among the four policemen killed when unknown gunmen opened fire on a van here on Wednesday. According to sources, a passenger van was traveling from Bannu to Jani Khel and when it arrived at its destination unknown gunmen opened fir...
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Afghanistan wants lethal weapons from India; Karzai visit from Monday
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