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Govt faces pressure to scrap peace talks 08 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

Activists of the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress try to cross a police barricade during a protest against Pakistan near the Pakistan Embassy in...

Parliament rocked for second day over killing of soldiers 08 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

New Delhi: Parliament was rocked for a second day yesterday over the killing of five Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, with the...

Pakistan summons Indian envoy 08 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

Islamabad: Pakistan yesterday summoned a senior Indian diplomat and asked him to ensure security of its diplomatic mission after media reports of a...

Supreme Court refuses stay order declaring cricket probe panel illegal 08 Aug 2013 - 01:02 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday refused to stay a Bombay High Court order which held as illegal a panel set up by...

Bomb kills 11 people in Karachi 08 Aug 2013 - 01:01 am

Relatives sit around the body of a boy who was killed in the bomb blast in Karachi yesterday. KARACHI: A bomb killed 11...

India firms to build power infrastructure in Pakistan 08 Aug 2013 - 01:00 am

LAHORE: The focus and efforts of the new government to tackle the energy crisis, especially by tapping alternative energy sources, have sent a...

New system to stop large tax evasions 08 Aug 2013 - 01:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Giant defaulting companies and individuals in Pakistan have been found depositing one per cent less General Sales Tax (GST) into the national...

Pakistan rain, flood death toll rises to 84 08 Aug 2013 - 01:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Monsoon rains and floods have killed 84 people across Pakistan in the last week and affected more than 80,000 others, officials said...

Two soldiers hurt in confrontation with India over disputed Kashmir 08 Aug 2013 - 12:59 am

ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire with Indian troops along the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir in the...

Pakistani 10th grader releases 11th album 08 Aug 2013 - 12:58 am

PESHAWAR: Jawad Hussain, a Pakistani student of grade 10, has released his 11th Pashto album titled Khukalee Kharsagee Pa Dalarro (The beauty is...

Football: Cavani steps up training ahead of Montpellier 07 Aug 2013 - 02:49 pm

Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani takes part in a French L1 football training session today in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. CLAIREFONTAINE-EN-YVELINES, France: Record...

KIPCO says Q2 net profit up 11pc 07 Aug 2013 - 02:45 pm

KUWAIT: Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), the country's largest investment company by assets, reported a 11 percent rise in second-quarter net profit on Wednesday...

Singaporean woman jailed 21 months for maid abuse 07 Aug 2013 - 02:13 pm

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman was jailed for 21 months Wednesday for repeatedly abusing an Indonesian maid with attacks described by a judge as...

Orascom Telecom renews Zimbabwean mobile licence 07 Aug 2013 - 01:38 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Telecom said on Wednesday its majority-owned Zimbabwe subsidiary had renewed its mobile operating licence for 20 years, but did not...

Acer swings to loss in April-June quarter 07 Aug 2013 - 01:31 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's leading personal computer maker Acer on Wednesday reported a net loss of $11.39 million in the April-June quarter mainly due to...

Hong Kong seizes ivory, rhino horns and leopard skins 07 Aug 2013 - 01:17 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs seized an illegal shipment of ivory tusks, rhino horns and leopard skins worth more than $5 million, officials...

Sri Lanka plans aircraft repair hub with Lufthansa 07 Aug 2013 - 01:16 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's national airline announced Wednesday plans to set up a regional aircraft repair hub with the help of German carrier Lufthansa....

Egypt militants kill pro-army politician in Sinai 07 Aug 2013 - 12:54 pm

CAIRO, Qahirah: Gunmen in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula gunned down a politician known for his support of the military on Wednesday, security official...