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19 perish in Pakistan suicide bombing

World
2009-11-20

A SUICIDE bomber killed 19 people yesterday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border...

Pakistan drubs Kiwis

Sports | Cricket
2009-11-14

WORLD Twenty20 champion Pakistan bounced back from losing the one-day internationals series by thrashing New Zealand by 49 runs in a Twenty20 at Dubai Sports City Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan rode a brilliant...

Car bomb kills 24 at Pakistan market

World
2009-11-11

A CAR bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan...

Bomber kills anti-Taliban mayor

World
2009-11-9

A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up yesterday in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing an anti-Taliban mayor who had formed a militia to fight the militants and 11 other people, officials said. A purported...

10 killed in blast in Pakistan's Peshawar: official

World
2009-11-8

AT least ten people were killed today in a blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said. Information Minister of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters...

Bomb blast claims at least 35 in Pakistan

World
2009-11-3

A SUICIDE bomber killed 35 people outside a bank near Pakistan's capital yesterday, as the UN said spreading violence has forced it to start pulling out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work...

Blast in Pakistan's Rawalpindi kills 24

World
2009-11-2

A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at least 24 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi today, officials said, as the government announced a reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the group's leader. ...

Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 105

World
2009-10-29

SUSPECTED militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children yesterday, killing 105 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies. ...

91 die in Pakistan car bomb attack

World
2009-10-29

A CAR bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 91 people - mostly women and children - as visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged US support for Islamabad's...

Pakistan greats can help us, says Mir

Sports | Cricket
2009-10-29

PAKISTAN women's team captain could do with a little bit of support from her male counterparts. Sana Mir says that some of the former Pakistan players should find time for them. "There is no interaction with...