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News for Saturday, 21 Jul 2012

Traffic jams a routine on Murree Road

Due to the slackness of traffic police, hours-long traffic jams have become a routine from Rawalpindi General Hospital to Mureer Hassan Chowk on Murree Road which is irritating motorists and...

Capital worship places to be enveloped in security blanket

Stringent security measures will be taken inside and outside all mosques, religious places and Imambargahs in the capital during the holy month of Ramadan. The federal police have collected all necessary...

96pc adults registered with NADRA

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday directed the NADRA chairman to apprise the cabinet about the benefits of the new smart NIC prior to its formal launch in the...

Afghan bomb kills 5 police

A roadside bomb killed five Afghan policemen, including a district police chief, when it ripped through their vehicle in a volatile part of southern Afghanistan, provincial authorities said Friday. “Four...

Tribesmen rise up against Afghan Taliban

About 200 tribesmen gathered in an eastern Afghan town this week to mark what they said was an uprising against Taliban insurgents – the latest in a series of such...

US House passes huge defense spending bill

US lawmakers passed a sweeping $606 billion defense bill Thursday that exceeds a budget cap and faces a veto threat from the White House for failing to sufficiently rein in...

SC accepts petition against Army Act

The Supreme Court on Friday accepted petitions against Army Act Rule 13 for hearing. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard...

Three killed in Balochistan violence

Three people were killed in two separate incidents of firing in Jhal Magsi and Bolan districts of Balochistan on Friday. Levies officials say the two were killed in Goth Wazdani...

Ramadan moon sighted, first fast today

Muslims across Pakistan, except in some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will observe the first fast today (Saturday) as the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Friday that the moon of the...

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