Pakistan

Dr Khan’s wife refutes Pak govt’s claim he has been freed

Islamabad, July 4 : Pakistan’s nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan

Roadside bomb kills girl in south-western Pakistan

Islamabad - A roadside bombing on Friday killed a young girl and wounded more than a dozen others in the south-western city of Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's minerals-rich Balochistan province, police said.

Explosives strapped to a motorcycle went off outside a bank when the commercial neighbourhood was bustling with life, said Khalid Masood, a senior officer supervising the investigations.

"The child, who appeared to be a vagrant, was among the 14 people injured in the attack, but she succumbed to injuries in the hospital," Masood said.

Four of the blast victims were policemen on duty at the bank and a road intersection.

Bhutto clan unite to ‘their legacy’ back from Zardaris

Islamabad, July 4: Members of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s family have reportedly come together, and are also learnt to be enjoying the support of some of the senior PPP leaders, demanding the Bhutto

Pak refutes secret pact to allow unilateral US strikes on its territory

Islamabad, July 4: Pakistan Foreign Office has strongly reacted to top US military man Mike Mullen’s recent statement regarding the US having a right to strike targets inside Pakistani territory.

5 suspected LI militants arrested in Lahore

Lahore, July 4: Pakistan law enforcement agencies claimed to have arrested five suspected militants, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), while plotting suicide attacks in Lahore.

Britain to double its assistance to Pakistan

Islamabad  - Britain announced Thursday it will double its financial aid to militancy-hit Pakistan, making it to 480 million pounds by 2011.

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