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Almost 10,000 people infected with dengue fever in Pakistan
A team of World Health Organization (WHO) is arriving on Sunday in Pakistan to help cope with dengue fever that has affected almost 10,000 people in the country, the Pakistani news agency INN reported, referring to official sources. In recent weeks, dengue fever has rapidly spread across Pakistan but the country’s north-eastern Punjab province has…
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Corps Commanders’ Conference underway at GHQ
Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called the corps commanders conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi in the wake of the strained Pak-US ties and aggressive statements from the US civilian and military leadership against Pakistan, a private TV reported Sunday. According to the report, the military brass will discuss…
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All options open if attacked: Hina
ISLAMABAD: Foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday warned the United States against sending ground troops to her country to fight Haqqani network. Khar said in an interview Saturday that there are red lines and rules of engagement with America, which should not be broken. “It opens all kinds of doors and all kinds of…
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Karachi: Rangers Operation in Lyari, Peoples Amn Committee’s Zafar Baloch arrested
KARACHI: Senior leader of Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) Zafar Baloch has been arrested by the Rangers during search operation in Lyar.
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President Zardari summons National Assembly session on October 3rd
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the National Assembly (NA) session on October 3 here. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has advised the President to summon the session to discuss national security situation, a statement from the PM house said. The session, being held following a series of allegations by senior US officials…
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Drone strike kills 5 in N Waziristan
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A US drone strike killed five people when it fired missiles on to a house in Mir Ali, North Waziristan on Friday evening. According to reports, a drone fired missiles at the house of a tribal leader, Jamal Wazir in Mir Ali Khushali area of North Waziristan. The strike killed five people, while…