Nuclear Pakistan guarantees peace in the region: Musharraf
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf today said that the countrys nuclear status guaranteed peace in the region. ANI
MMA president announces quitting National Assembly membership
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who is also Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief, today announced his resignation from the membership of National Assembly. ANI
24 Pak security men killed, 29 injured in Miranshah suicide attack(Final lead: Pak suicide attack)
At least 24 Pakistani security men were killed and 29 others were injured today after a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a military convoy in the remote tribal region, adjoining the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. ANI
Musharrafs anti-extremist diatribe paves way for `possible Islamic revolution: Asia Times
Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs firm resolve and announcement to neutralise and defeat extremist elements in his country, could end up in the opening of a new front opposed to his nine-year-old regime, claims the online report of Asia Times. ANI
Lal Masjid weapons brought from Afghanistan in fruit, vegetable crates: Pak officials
Sources in the Pakistan security set-up have said that the weapons found inside the Lal Masjid orginated from Afghanistan via the tough terrain of Koh-i-Sulaiman, and were delivered in fruit and vegetable crates. ANI
UN chief opens Eighth World Hindi Conference with Hindi speech
United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon drew wide applause when he inaugurated the eighth World Hindi Conference here on Friday with a sprinkling of Hindi. ANI
Now, seven simple hand gestures to switch your TV on
Australian scientists have reportedly come up with a box that lets television viewers change channels, switch on the DVD player or switch off an irritating presenter with the wave of a hand. ANI
Winston Churchills painting sold for a record million pounds
A painting drawn by Sir Winston Churchill of his Chartwell estate near Westerham in Kent fetched one million pounds at Sothebys in London yesterday, a world record auction price for a work by Britains wartime prime minister.The 76 inch x 63.5 inch landscape was painted in the war years of the early 1940s, about 20 years after Churchill moved into the much-modified Elizabethan manor house. The picture was bought by a private collector. ANI
Taliban in Bajaur ask people to observe Friday as holiday
Local Taliban in the Bajaur Agency (district) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan have asked people of the area to observe Friday as a weekly holiday. ANI
Armys showing of victory sign after Operation Silence anti-Islamic: MMA
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the showing of victory signs by the Pakistan Army commando after Operation Silence was an insult to Islam and humanity. ANI
Race row-hit Tintin comic book enjoys rollicking sales
Sales of the comic book -- Tintin In The Congo have rocketed by 3,800 per cent after Britains Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) claimed that it depicted hideous racial prejudice.The CRE condemned the book for describing black people as monkeys and talking like imbeciles, and called for it to be taken off the shelves. ANI
The bizarre world of `Mrs Bin Laden revealed
Till a few days ago, Jane Felix-Browne, a 51-year-old British woman was a virtual unknown. ANI
EU Parliament asks Musharraf to give up uniform
The European Parliament has passed a 19-point resolution warning President Pervez Musharraf not to get himself re-elected through from the present National Assembly of Pakistan, and has also asked him to give up the post of Army Chief. ANI
Rallies across Pakistan to protest army action on Lal Masjid
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Pakistan on Friday to denounce the army operation on the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, and vowed to resist any action against religious seminaries in the future.Shouting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf and members of the Federal Cabinet, the protesters participated in Friday prayers throughout the country. ANI
Australian Police charges Dr Haneef for supporting terrorists
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef for providing support to terrorists responsible for the failed London and Glasgow bomb plots. ANI
Covidien Ltd. to Report Third-Quarter Results on August 9, 2007
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