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15 die in Rawalpindi twin blasts |
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RAWALPINDI— Fifteen people have been killed and more than 30 injured in
Rawalpindi suicide attacks on Saturday. "One was at a check post
near GHQ through explosive laden car and the other was on a bus of
sensitive institution carrying security officials near Faizabad,"
Director General ISPR Major... |
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India cautious on
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KAMPALA—India on Friday reacted cautiously to the suspension of Pakistan
by the Commonwealth, hoping that the country will “return to stability
and democracy as soon as possible”.... |
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SC validates PCO, emergency rule
EC asked to
notify President’s election
Staff
Report/Agencies
ISLAMABAD—Supreme Court (SC)
has validated imposition of emergency rule
and Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)
by rejecting all the constitutional
petitions filed against them. A 7-member
bench of SC headed by Chief Justice of
Pakistan (CJP) Abdul Hameed Dogar heard the
constitutional petitions filed by Iqbal
Tikka Khan and Barrister Zafar Ullah
challenging the promulgation of emergency
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Islamabad hits back as CW defends suspension
By Our Diplomatic Correspondent
KAMPALA—The Commonwealth defended its
decision to suspend Pakistan on Friday as
leaders from 53-nation grouping opened a
summit in Uganda and shifted the focus to
climate change and other issues. Islamabad
reacted angrily to Thursday’s suspension,
describing the decision as “unreasonable and
unjustified” and threatened to pull out from
the loose federation of mostly former
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14 killed as blasts rock Indian cities
Foreign Desk Report
LUCKNOW—Nearly simultaneous explosions from
homemade bombs planted outside courts in
three northern Indian cities killed at least
13 people in what a senior government
official said were terrorist strikes.
Officials said 59 people were wounded in the
blasts at Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow,
all in Uttar Pradesh. Many of the dead were
lawyers. At least nine people were killed in
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Lebanese
singer Nancy Ajram sings during a Lebanese
Independence Day concert in Doha. |
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Actress
Naomi Watts poses to promote the movie ‘The
International’, in Milan, Italy. |
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Singer
Kylie Minogue from Australia poses during a news
conference to promote her latest album ‘X’ in
Berlin.
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