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Pakistan: Bomb hits bus carrying Shiites, 1 killed KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb hit a bus carrying Shiite Muslims students in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Friday, killing one person in what appeared to be the latest attack in a rising wave of sectarian violence in the country, a...

Pakistan’s crackdown on terror was eyewash, claims 26/11 handler Exposing Pakistan’s lies, deported Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal has told the crime branch of Mumbai police that the arrests and raids on the terror outfit and its leaders by its Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

India, Pakistan to start discussions on import duty cut NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan will soon begin discussions on a preferential trading arrangement to lower import duties on an array of goods. The talks will be held under the ambit of Safta, the free trade agreement signed eight years...

Mansur: Pakistan must be held accountable Mourners gather near the coffin of Mohamed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin who was shot dead following a more than 30-hour siege last week. (Bruno Martin/REUTERS) As the post-mortem of the French-born 23-year-old jihadist of Algerian...

Mrs Pakistan World flees US after duping dozens Islamabad: A former Pakistani beauty queen has been accused of duping scores of Californians in an elaborate loan scam before fleeing the US. Saman Hasnain, who won the 2008 Mrs Pakistan World beauty pageant, and her husband Jawad, have been...

Pakistan’s population up by 46.9 per cent since 1998 According to the preliminary findings of Pakistan’s latest census, the country’s population has increased by 46.9 per cent between the period of 1998 and 2001.—AP Photo ISLAMABAD: According to the preliminary findings of Pakistan’s...

India - Those involved in graft will lose diplomatic immunity: Draft law A diplomat posted in India may escape punishment in a murder case, by invoking the immunity clause, but will face the statue book, if found offering bribe. A parliamentary standing committee on personnel grievances...

'India should push for early elections in Maldives' Urging India to play a more 'active role' in Maldives, Maldivian Democratic Party today asked the country to 'push' for early polls in the island nation by this year as there are alleged large-scale human rights violations. 'We would...

India successfully tests BrahMos supersonic cruise missile BHUBANESWAR: India tested the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a test range in Odisha Friday, two days after conducting a similar trial of the same missile from the same range, defence sources said. "It was a...

Will not allow anymore nuclear reactors in India: Activist The anti-nuclear lobby will launch an agitation against setting up of any more nuclear reactors in India. "The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant would be the last of the nuclear reactor to be set up in India. We will...

US Senator ask Americans to take part in holi celebrations Asking people from his constituency to take part in holi celebrations on Friday, a key American Senator said the festival of colour is now celebrated in countries across the globe. "The colours of Holi are brightest when we all...

JuD warns India and US of backlash Continuing his tirade against US and India, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has warned the two countries to stop their alleged efforts to ''separate Balochistan from Pakistan'' threatening a backlash...

China Posts Massive Trade Deficit BEIJING—China swung to a massive trade deficit in February, due partly to seasonal distortions but also to faltering demand for the country's exports. The weak export performance comes on top of a raft of disappointing economic data on Friday that...

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Enraged protesters demand Qadri release Islamabad/Karachi—People in large number staged rallies across Pakistan and blocked roads on Friday demanding the release of Mumtaz Qadri, sentenced to death for killing Salmaan Taseer. Protesters gathered at Islamabad’s main Aabpara intersection...

Climate change: India ready to play hard ball The next round of climate talks in December is likely to be a tough one — pitting developing countries against the developed world. Pushing for a level playing field, India has asked the United Nations to address the developing nations’ concerns...

Is India becoming an export powerhouse? IT IS common to posit that India’s economy is more self-contained than China’s. Lately the facts have got in the way. In dollar terms China still sells five times more than India, but relative to output, exports of goods and services from India have...

India, US urged to prepare for ‘worst case Pakistan scenarios’ WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The United States and India should begin classified exchanges on multiple Pakistan contingencies, including the collapse of the Pakistan state and the spectre of the Pakistani military losing control of its...

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UK debate on Kashmir a damp squib LONDON: A move in British parliament to embarrass India over rights violations in Kashmir virtually fell through with less than 30 of the 640 House of Commons members attending a debate on it. The house's business committee also disallowed a demand for a vote...