At least eleven people were killed and several others wounded in a suspected suicide attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on today.
A suicide bomber drove his car into a police station in the town of Lakki Marwat.
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The defence of Pakistan Day will be celebrated today with simplicity, national spirit and fervor pledging to render all sacrifices to safeguard the country from all threats.
Owing to the flood catastrophe, the Defence Day, this year, will be celebrated with simplicity. The armed forces have cancelled all the functions to mark the day and the amounts to be spent on such functions will be donated to the flood relief fund
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The council of common interests will meet in Islamabad today.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will chair the meeting, which will devise a national strategy in consultation with the provinces for relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected people.
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In Sindh, breaches at various points in M.N.V. drain has diverted the pressure of floodwaters towards Tehsil Johi and the seventy percent population of the city has shifted to Kachho.
Forty percent residents of Daddu have also moved to Hyderabad and other cities in view of ensuing threat. The floodwaters have so far inundated over six hundred villages in Daddu, Mehrr, Khairpur nathan shah and Johi. More than fourteen breaches oc
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Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited a tent village set up along the national highway in Rahim Yar Khan.
Addressing flood affected people he said the rehabilitation of flood victims would be carried out on war footing in the province.
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India has test fired a surface-to-surface version of the brahmos supersonic cruise missile which it has developed jointly with Russia.
Brahmos has a range of 290 kilometres and can carry a 300-kilogramme conventional warhead.
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The second round of peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians will be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh next week.
The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also attend the meeting. Correspondents say the negotiations will face a major test when an Israeli settlement moratorium expires on the 26th of September. The Palestinians have insisted that if
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A double suicide bombing at defence ministry complex in Baghdad killed eight people.
The same building was hit by a massive suicide attack three weeks ago killing dozens. A suicide bomber blew up a minibus at the rear gate of the Rusafa military command headquarters in east Baghdad. A second suicide attacker, wearing an explosives-
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In Congo, at least twenty four people have been killed when a fishing boat capsized in Kasaar River after hitting a rock.
According to an official spokesman, the boat was carrying about thirty passengers.
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In Occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of sate terrorism martyred two innocent Kashmiri youth during violent military operations in Mendhar area of Poonch and Shakote area of Gurez.
Earlier, several troops were injured in two separate attacks in these areas. The troops in retaliation used gunship helicopters. The operations continued till last reports came in.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet Leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement
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At Cardiff, England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the first twenty20 international and so take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
At Cardiff, England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the first twenty20 international and so take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
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Rafael Nadal cruised past Gilles Simon with an emphatic 6-4 6-4 6-2 win to book his US Open fourth-round spot.
The top seed, yet to reach a final at Flushing Meadows, edged the first set before serving out to win in two hours. The Spaniard, 24, will next play 23rd seed compatriot Feliciano Lopez who progressed after Sergiy Stakhovsky was forced to retire wi
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President Asif Ali Zardari has suggested to the federal and the provincial governments to generate extra funds for assisting the flood victims in the rehabilitation phase.
Presiding over a special meeting of the Sindh Cabinet in Karachi along with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani the president said this measure would send a strong and positive message to the international community, that we are already helping
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