BHAKKAR - A suicide bomber killed 26 people and over 70 others were injured, many of them critically, on Monday in the latest attack to underscore the threat posed by Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. The attacker blew himself up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, an MNA from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, in the town of Bhakkar, police and hospital officials said. It was a suicide
Read full storyISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said the government is committed to fight terrorism till the restoration of peace in the region. The President was talking to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti and ANP chief Asfandyar Wali, who jointly called on him here at Aiwan-e-Sadr. The meeting focused on country’s law and order situation especially in the tribal areas and the strategy required to fight terrorism and extremism. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani in strongest terms condemned the rocket fires at the native home
Read full storySRINAGAR (Agencies) - Despite imposition of curfew in entire Occupied Kashmir and use of brute force by the Indian security forces to stop movement on the roads and streets, tens of thousands of valiant Kashmiris thronged the Lal Chowk and chanted slogans in favour of freedom and against India. Lal Chowk echoed with slogans of freedom with demonstrators shouted, “We will snatch freedom.” Cellphones were jammed and TV channels were barred from covering the Lal Chowk rally. In Nauhatta, protesters defied curfew and were subjected to torture by the Indian occupation forces. Lal Chowk
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INFORMATION has to be shared with members of the both Houses of Parliament on all vital aspects of the War on Terror when they meet on Wednesday in the first ever in-camera session in the country's parliamentary history. This is required…
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