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India to hold wargames with US in Arabian Sea - HTML clipboard

NEW DELHI, Aug 21 APP: Indian Navy will hold joint exercises in Arabian Sea with the US vessels from October 15. An Indian Naval official said India and US warships will undertake air-to-air, under-sea and warship-to-warship exercises for ten days. The US navy will field its most powerful warships led by the latest nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan and nuclear submarine USS Springfield, media reports quoting him said.

Pak-India judicial committee meets Pak prisoners in Jaipur jail - HTML clipboard

NEW DELHI, Aug 21 APP: Members of Pak-India Judicial Committee on Prisoners met Pakistani prisoners in Jaipur Central jail on Thursday. Pakistan chapter of the committee comprising justice Fazal Karim, Justice Mian Muhammad Ajmal, Justice Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry and Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid along with three Indian judges met six Pakistan prisoners to know their status and condition.

Shaw’s brace sends Pakistan to depth of disaster in Olympic Hockey By Ehsan Qureshi - HTML clipboard

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (APP): New Zealand notched-up their maiden win over Pakistan in the history of Olympics when they registered an impressive 4-2 triumph in classification match and sent them to depth of disaster in the history of the game at Olympic Green Hockey Stadium on Thursday. New Zealand hero in the match was penalty corner striker Hayden Shaw, who banged in two goals on the penalty corners as his team clinched the seventh spot in the competition in Beijing Olympics 2008.

Former-President may never live in his Islamabad house; a report - HTML clipboard

LONDON, Aug 21 (APP)- Ex-President Pervez Musharraf may never be able to live in the house he has constructed in the outskirts of Islamabad owing to security reasons, reports “The Times”. The British daily said number 1-A Park Road in Chak Shahzad looks, at first glance, like many other houses built by Pakistan’s tycoons on the outskirts of Islamabad: it has a swimming pool, a five-acre garden and a four-bedroom villa in a Moroccan and Mediterranean style.

UK’s Islamic texts available online - HTML clipboard

LONDON, Aug 21 (APP)- A team from the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) and Academic Services is helping to drive the British Government agenda to make more of the UK’s Islamic texts available online. Their report, User Requirements for Digitised Resources in Islamic Studies, outlines the results of an investigation into how Islamic Studies scholars use the web and other electronic resources for research.

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Bull of Yasir group clinches Traditional Bull Race title in Swabi

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PESHAWAR, Aug 21 (APP): The Bull of Yasir group after completing 100 rounds in eight minute duration was declared winner of the Traditional Bulls Race held in front of vociferous crowd in the field of Marguz village District Swabi on Thursday. The Bull race was organized by Directorate of Sports NWFP with the aim to revive traditional sports in order to involve the villages youth in centuries old sports which was vanishing with the each passing day.

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BEIJING, Aug 20 (APP): The President of International Cricket Council (ICC) David Morgan is here in Beijing to explore the cricket opportunities and meet the officials of various countries in a bid to include cricket in the 2020 Olympic Games.

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POF rocked with two suicide blasts, 45 killed, 80 injured

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HTML clipboard WAH CANTT, Aug 21 (APP): At least 45 persons were killed and 80 others injured in two bomb blasts here at two different gates of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) on Thursday. According to Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board press release issued here, that the bomb blasts occurred outside two exit gates of POF Wah Cantt about 1440 hrs when a large number of workers of POF were coming out at the time of shift change.
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PM strongly condemns Wah blasts

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Wah Cantt and termed it a barbaric act by misled people, who are targetting innocent civilians to achieve their evil objectives. In a statement, he said such activities cannot weaken Pakistan’s efforts to curb terrorism. The Prime Minister condoled with the families of those killed in the tragic blasts and expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of valuable lives. The Prime Minister directed all concerned departments and agencies to arrest the culprits at the earliest.

President strongly condemns Wah blasts

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HTML clipboard ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): President Muhammadmian Soomro on Thursday strongly condemned the twin bomb blasts in Wah that claimed several innocent lives. The President in a message expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of lives and said perpetrators of such barbaric act of terrorism would be brought to justice.

Sherry strongly condemns Wah blasts

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HTML clipboard ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has strongly condemned Thursday’s twin blasts at Wah that caused loss of innocent lives. In a statement issued here she said the barbaric act of terrorism reflected inhumane nature of the perpetrators.
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COAS visits Swat

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RAWALPINDI, Aug 21 (APP): The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Thursday visited Swat and was given a detailed operational briefing by the General Officer Commanding. He met with field commanders and also exchanged views with officers and men. He appreciated high morale of the troops. Lieutenant General Muhammad Masood Aslam, Corps Commander accompanied the COAS during the visit.

Confront terror threats before they emerge: PM

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HTML clipboard ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said Pakistan is a fore-runner state in the war against terrorism, adding it was a dire need of the time to confront the worst threats before they emerge. “The war on terror cannot be won on defensive. We have to take the battle to the doorsteps of the extremists,” the Prime Minister said while addressing at the graduating ceremony of Crisis Response Team course.
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Punjab PPP nominates Zardari for presidentship: Taseer

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LAHORE, Aug 21 (APP): Punjab PPP and MPAs have nominated the party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as candidate for the next President of Pakistan. Punjab Governor Salman Taseer disclosed this in a press briefing after the parliamentary party meeting at Governor House here Thursday.
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Swiss probe against Asif Zardari closed: PPP spokesperson

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HTML clipboard NEW YORK, Aug 21 (APP): Farah Ispahani, a Member of National Assembly and a spokesperson of Pakistan People’s Party, has denied an American weekly magazine’s claim that her party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari remains under criminal investigation in Switzerland, saying that the case has been closed.
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Haqqani says Musharraf exit is opportunity for durable Pakistan-US ties

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HTML clipboard WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (APP): A democratically-led Pakistan and the United States are bound to be better allies and the departure of Pervez Musharraf from presidency offers an opportunity to build a much more durable and stable relationship between the two nations, Islamabad’s envoy to Washington underscored Thursday. Writing an article in The Wall Street Journal, Ambassador Husain Haqqani reaffirmed the elected government’s resolve to focus on the pressing economic, food and energy challenges facing Pakistan and said it has the ability to secure popular support to restore peace in the tribal areas and defeat violent extremists.
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Nawaz says he would like governing coalition to stay in tact

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HTML clipboard NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (APP): Amid tensions with the Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said that he would not like see the disintegration of the governing coalition which was formed to strengthen democracy, the rule of law and to restore the constitution and judges. “I would very much like to see this coalition stay in tact. I would be the last person who wants to see it disintegrating,” Sharif said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
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