Addressing a book launching ceremony in Islamabad on “subjects in Quran” by Zahid Malik, the Prime Minister said the government would continue its efforts for sectarian harmony.
Gilani said all government and related departments had been instructed to look at difference of opinion among various religions in a right perspective and discourage the nefarious designs to flare up sectarianism.
He regretted the “so-called think
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Minister for overseas Pakistanis,Dr. Farooq Sattar, parliamentary leader of FATA in national assembly, Haji Muneer Orakzai, and minister of state for communication Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, and MPA Malik Aamir Dogar, separately called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad.
Talking to the minister for overseas Pakistanis, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the government will take into confidence all the coalition partners regarding the Pakistan-Afghan transit trade negotiations and Pakistan US strategic dialo
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Prompt action by security forces averted a suicide attempt early this morning at Punjab regimental centre in Mardan.
According to Details,a total of 7 men , incuding 3 suicide bombers along with 4 covering men, tried to enter a military training area at Mardan at 5 am this morning.
Sentries spotted the suicide bombers and targeted them, subsequently all 3 su
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The foreign office strongly refuted the reported assertions made by India’s national security advisor Mr. Shivshankar Menon alleging links between Pakistan’s establishment and David Headley.
Foreign office spokesman Abdulbasit said Mr. Menon’s baseless accusations were yet another manifestation of the Indian establishment’s propagandistic stance toward Pakistan. The spokesman said this was entirely inconsistent with the understanding
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The Supreme Court has adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of 18th amendment case.
The court has admitted a request from the counsel for federation, advocate Wasim Sajjad for starting arguments from Monday. While concluding his arguments, advocate Aslam Khaki said the 18th amendment is Malafide as three main political parties hav
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai showed his determination to take control of Afghanistan's security by 2014, at a major international conference in Kabul.
Addressing representatives from 70 states he admitted Afghanistan had not yet achieved good governance and adding its allies faced a vicious common enemy.UN chief Ban Ki Moon who was co-hosting the conference said there had never before been such
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Southeast Asian ministers gathered in the Vietamese capital for an association of South East Asian nations regional forum meeting.
Tension on the Korean peninsula is expected to top the agenda during this week's meetings as Asian foreign ministers urged North Korea, the united states and four other parties attending the forum to return to the table for a nuclear disarmament ta
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Up to four people were killed and 15 injured in a car bomb blast inside the parking lot of a cafe in Baquba.
A number of civilian vehicles were wrecked in the blast.
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Kurdish rebels killed six Turkish soldiers in a clash overnight in the southeast of turkey.
Military officials told Reuters that the Kurdistan workers party militants opened fire on an army unit with rifles, triggering a firefight which lasted until morning in the Cukurca area of Hakkari province, near the border with Iraq. The armed for
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In Occupied Kashmir, Indian troops burst teargas shells and resorted to baton charge today to disperse demonstrators in Baramulla where a 25-year-old youth was martyred and several others were wounded when the troops opened fire on mourners.
The mourners were carrying the dead body of a student who was chased to death by the police personnel.
The protesters defied curfew and raised anti-India and pro-liberation slogans. The authorities had also clamped curfew in Sopore and imposed res
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The second cricket test between Australia and Pakistan will be played at Leeds tomorrow.
Australia leads the two match series by one-nil.
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Frenchman Christophe Riblon has won the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycle race.
Christophe Riblon covered the 184.5 kilometers distance in 4 hours, 52 minutes and 42 seconds.
Denis Menchov of Russia finished second with 54 seconds behind Riblon while Samuel Sanchez of Spain remained third. Luxembourg's Andy Schleck holds the
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President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the federal government to take necessary steps on priority basis for completion of ongoing projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
He directed this at a meeting with a delegation from AJK comprising of AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan, Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Khan at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Matters related to progress on various developmental projects with particular emp
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