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UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | yesterday
BILAL SIDDIQUE, LAHORE Urban water quality in Pakistan has deteriorated dangerously over the past decade and the country’s most heavily populated province, the Punjab, is at risk, since in Lahore, leaking sewage pipes are allowing dirty water to seep into drinking water pipes, causing an increase in water-borne diseases. Since the mid-1990s, there has also been a concern about bone deformities caused...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Taliban Claims Responsibility for Pakistan BombingsBy VOA NewsPolice in Pakistan say two suicide bombers have killed at least 60 people outside the nation's main weapons complex. At least 70 others were wounded in the blasts.Authorities say the attackers blew themselves up simultaneously outside the facility Thursday, as hundreds of workers headed home at the end of their shift. The heavily guarded...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Calcutta: Yet another suicide bombing in Pakistan, on Thursday afternoon, has thrown an even bigger question mark over the hosting of next month's Champions Trophy there.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan in recent years: -- Aug. 21, 2008: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates into mammoth weapons factory in town of Wat, killing at least 59 people and wounding 70.
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
16 policemen and 4 civilians killed in suicide bomb attack on police outside Lahore High Court...
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | yesterday
LAHORE :The lawyers supported by members of civil society on Thursday were holding demonstrations and protest rallies across the country demanding early restoration of deposed judges. It’s the first time slogan of ‘Go Musharraf Go’ was not heard but lawyers were urging early restoration of judges including the former Supreme Court chief judges Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Lawyers [...]
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Dhimmi Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Imagine, a case that would be a no-brainer -- kidnappers go to jail, girls return home -- in Pakistan, "Land of the Pure," has to drag on for months and go to the "supreme court." More on this story. "Pakistan;...
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE :Former prime minister and major coalition partner Nawaz Sharif has threatened to pull his party out of ruling coalition if it does not decide by Friday to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deadlock over the judges opened up cracks in the coalition led by Pakistan People’s [...]
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Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Our Sports Reporter LAHORE, Aug 20: NWFP Whites take on Northern Areas in the opening match of the National Under-20 Junior Hockey Championship which gets underway here at the National Hockey Stadium from Thursday.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has threatened to pull his party out of Pakistan's ruling coalition if it does not decide by Friday to reinstate judges purged by Musharraf.
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India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
The gap in prices and stature of works between leading Indian contemporary artists and modern masters is narrowing.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has threatened to pull his party out of Pakistan's ruling coalition it it does not decide by Friday to reinstate judges purged by ...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The M-2 is like no other road in Pakistan. The highway cuts straight through the Punjab, linking Islamabad and Lahore. All but empty of traffic, it is a world apart. The landscape, however, is something different. Ancient farmland filled by water buffaloes and orange groves, it appears fixed and unchanging. This morning, I sat dozing in the taxi, thinking about Pakistan's landscape – physical and...
