PESHAWAR: A three-day polio eradication campaign, in 73 high-risk districts to immunize children under the age of 5 years, commenced on Tuesday January 18, 2010 while a total of 44,00,000 children will be administered drops of anti-polio vaccine during the drive in NWFP only including the provincial capital Peshawar, Geo news reported. According to...
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PESHAWAR: The hustle and bustle of Meena Bazaar located in provincial capital Peshawar has yet to get back on track even after collapse of 2.5 months of deadly blast, Geo news reported. The traders and shop owners are bent upon repair work on their own sans help of government or non-governmental organizations, witnesses said....
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NEW DELHI: The Al-Qaeda network poses a serious threat to the entire South Asia region and could try to provoke a new war between Pakistan and India, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Groups under Al-Qaeda''s "syndicate" in Afghanistan and Pakistan are trying "to destabilise not just Afghanistan, not just Pakistan, but potentially...
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6 killed in blast in Pakistan’s Karachi: police:There was a blast in a house in (Karachi’s) Baldia Town in which six people were killed.
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Mele Kaliki Maka:There’s nothing that seems to evoke more emotion this time of the year than the quest to be “at home for the holidays.” As you read this, millions of Americans are trying to make their way home, or to a place which passes for home. Airports are packed
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ISLAMABAD: The federal and all four provincial governments refused to defend the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) before the Supreme Court (SC), Geo News reported Monday. The full court comprising 17 judges headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry started hearing ten NRO-related petitions.
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PESHAWAR: Several people injured when a blast happened near session court at Jail Road in busy area of Peshawar on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, a blast occurred in a rickshaw in front of session court after which several vehicles caught fire. Rescue operation is underway at the scene as fire tenders are trying to...
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PESHAWAR: Governor NWFP Owais Ahmad Ghani said creating chaos in NWFP and FATA to engage army is enemies’ conspiracy.
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Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin. The public humiliation? That will stay with her, too, long after the gold loses its shine.
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