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Kid among 5 killed in suicide attack
Statesman Report
PESHAWAR: A suicide
bomber who stumbled and blew up his vest of explosives prematurely
on the outskirts of Peshawar killed five people and injured 12
others on Thursday.
"Five people were
killed and 12 wounded. All are civilians," police official Fazle
Maula told media persons.
The bomber intended
to target a convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corps in Bara Qadeem,
about 10 kilometres (six miles) outside central Peshawar, police
said. "The suicide bomber wanted to hit an FC convoy... It was a
small bazaar outside Peshawar. He was wearing a suicide jacket, he
fell down and it exploded prematurely. He could not reach the
target," said Fazl.
"Five people were
killed, including a suicide bomber. We are investigating," confirmed
police official Tauseef Haider. |
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Centre okays 2,00,000 tons
sugar for Frontier
Supply to
start in current month
PESHAWAR: On the
request of provincial government, central government on Thursday
approved 2,00,000 tons sugar for the province, which has been
facing acute shortage of the basic commodity due to low
production of sugarcane crop in the current season. The ANP
government had demanded 3,00,000 tons sugar for meeting the
immediate demand of the province, which is likely to produce
estimated 1,00,000 tons sugar in the current year against its
total demand of 6,62,364 tons per year. Keeping in view the
yawning gap between demand and supply which was leading to a
severe crisis of the commodity in the province, provincial
authorities made a formal request to the federal government at
the beginning of the current year. |
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51 acres acquired for SBB
University in Dir
DIR: Vice
Chancellor, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Dr. Jehandad Shah
has said that 51 acres land for the establishment of the
university has been acquired and efforts for acquisition of more
land was in progress.
This was stated
by the Vice Chancellor during a briefing to Federal Minister for
SAFRAN, Najmuddin Khan during his visit to Shaheed
Benazir Bhutto
University at Sharingal, Dir Upper on Thursday.
Talking to the
Vice Chancellor and Professors of the University, said that
education is pre-requisite for the development of the country.
He said that for the promotion of education the government is
utilising all available resources and had diverted sufficient
funds for the establishment of more universities, colleges and
schools in the country. |
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Bomb kills five Afghan civilians, including 4 kids
Gates says
Iran support for Taliban ‘pretty limited’
KABUL: A homemade
bomb killed four children and a civilian adult in northeastern
Afghanistan on Thursday, NATO forces said. Meanwhile, a NATO
service member died in a bomb strike in the south. The alliance
did not provide the nationality of the person who died or
further details.
There were also
few details on the morning explosion in northeastern Kapisa
province, north of the capital of Kabul. A NATO spokesman said
it was unclear where the bomb had been planted, though he did
confirm that no Afghan or international military forces were in
the area of the blast.
International and
Afghan troops evacuated at least three other children who were
wounded in the explosion to military hospitals. |
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Hockey World Cup Pakistan
finish at last position
NEW DELHI:
Pakistan on Thursday sacked its manager, coach and selectors,
while the entire squad offered to retire, after the four-time
champions finished last at the men's field hockey World Cup.
Scott Tupper scored a golden goal two minutes before the end of
extra-time to hand Canada a 3-2 win over Pakistan in the
play-off for the last two positions in the 12-nation tournament. Pakistan,
who won the World Cup in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994, had finished
11th in the 1986 edition in London. They were sixth in the last
tournament in Germany in 2006. Pakistan return home with five
defeats and just one win in the six matches they played at the
Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. |
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Inflation
slows in Feb for first time in 4 months
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s inflation slowed in February for the first time in
four months, giving the central bank room to cut interest rates
and support economic growth.
Consumer prices
rose 13.04 percent from a year earlier after climbing 13.68
percent in January, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on its
Web site Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News
survey was for a 13.3 percent gain.
The State Bank of
Pakistan may reduce interest rates after the impact of high
energy costs wears off and inflation slows, central bank
Governor Salim Raza said in a Feb. 5 interview.
Raza kept the key
discount rate unchanged at 12.5 percent in the last monetary
policy statement on Jan. 30 after cutting it three times in 2009
by a cumulative 250 basis points. The next policy statement is
due on March 27. |
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