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55 killed in suicide attack at Wagah border in Pakistan
World | Nov 03, 2014, 09:30 AM ISTLahore: At least 55 people were killed and 150 injured in a deadly suicide attack on the Pakistani side of Wagah border. It's the only road that crosses between Amritsar and Lahore and it happened
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Beating retreat cancelled for 3 days
World | Nov 03, 2014, 09:51 AM ISTLahore: After Pakistan Rangers requested BSF to cancel the beating retreat ceremony at Wagah border for the next three days, the BSF chief DK Pathak agreed for the same. The journalists were told to move out
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Imran Khan to hold rally in Lahore Sep 28
World | Sep 24, 2014, 06:25 PM ISTIslamabad: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been allowed to organise a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore this Sunday, Geo News reported Wednesday.The district administration has also written to Lahore's Capital City Police
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Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi attacked in Lahore, 1 killed
World | Mar 29, 2014, 08:05 AM ISTLahore: Two unidentified gunmen today opened fire on senior Pakistani analyst and writer Raza Rumi, a highly vocal critic of the Taliban and religious extremists groups, leaving his driver dead and guard injured here.Lahore police
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Nawaz Sharif remembers Vajpayee, Dev Anand's Lahore visit
World | Jan 17, 2014, 10:39 PM ISTLahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today recalled former Indian Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee's historic trip to Lahore when he was awared an honorary doctorate by a leading university here.A beaming Sharif, who is an
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India, Pakistan border guarding forces to meet tomorrow in Lahore
India | Dec 23, 2013, 07:52 PM ISTAmritsar: Drug trafficking, infiltration, smuggling of arms and fake Indian currency are among the main issues India will take up with Pakistan in Lahore at a high-level meeting between the border guarding forces of the
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PIA flight returns to Lahore after navigational hitches
World | Nov 06, 2013, 06:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore, with around 80 passengers and crew onboard, returned to base after its pilots failed to land at the IGI airport here due to navigational problems.The PIA
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Legendary singer Reshma passes away
Bollywood | Nov 03, 2013, 10:52 AM ISTLahore: A renowned folk singer Reshma, who was suffering from throat cancer for a long time, passed away in Lahore on Sunday morning, hospital sources said.According to the hospital sources, Reshma was in coma for
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Pakistan to hand over Sarabjit's belongings
World | Oct 28, 2013, 05:44 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan will hand over to India next month the personal belongings of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who died after a brutal attack inside a jail five months ago.In August, Indian officials had formally requested
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Police jeep escorting Delhi-Lahore bus overturns
India | Sep 30, 2013, 08:38 PM ISTAmritsar: A Punjab Police jeep escorting the Delhi-Lahore bus on its way to Pakistan overturned here today when a private car hit the vehicle, police said.Police personnel travelling in the jeep escaped unhurt except the
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Pakistani celebrate Shaheed Bhagat Singh birthday in Lahore
World | Sep 30, 2013, 05:33 PM ISTLahore: Nearly 300 Pakistanis on Saturday gathered at Shadman Chowk here to celebrate Shaheed Bhagat Singh's 107th birthday. Bhagat Singh was hanged on March 23, 1931 by the British rulers in Lahore jail. Several residents
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Exclusive pic of Wasim Akram's wedding with Australian Shaniera Thompson in Lahore
Cricket | Oct 15, 2013, 06:32 AM ISTLahore: Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram today announced he had married his Australian girlfriend, Shaniera Thompson, after clerics contended it was "sinful" for the couple to live together without being wed."I married Shaniera in
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IB issues alert as Hafiz Saeed threatens to target Delhi
India | Aug 09, 2013, 04:54 PM ISTLahore/New Delhi, Aug 9: Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (formerly Lashkar-e-Toiba) today led Eid ul Fitr prayers at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, ringed by security
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US withdraws staff from Lahore consulate
World | Aug 09, 2013, 05:05 PM ISTLahore/Washington, Aug 9: The US today evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore, citing a specific terror threat against the facility even as it issued a fresh travel advisory to Americans warning against
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Two dead, 28 injured in Lahore blast
World | Jul 07, 2013, 07:02 AM ISTLahore, July 7: A powerful explosion took place at the food street in old Anarkali area of Lahore on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring 28 others.According to Pakistani news channels, the explosion
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After Chamel and Sarabjit Singh, another Indian prisoner dies in Lahore jail
World | Jun 28, 2013, 07:03 AM ISTLahore, Jun 28: Zakir Mumtaz, an Indian prisoner died of a suspected heart attack in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore on Thursday, official sources said.Zakir Mumtaz, believed to be a resident of a village near Amritsar, was
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Sarabjit's lawyer Awais Sheikh, son abducted, later freed
World | May 16, 2013, 03:56 PM ISTLahore, May 16: Slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh returned home today and said he and his son have been freed by abductors. Awais Sheikh and his son, who were kidnapped on
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Sarabjit's family gets Pakistan visas, to leave for Lahore Sunday
India | Apr 27, 2013, 08:28 PM ISTAmritsar/New Delhi, Apr 27: Four family members of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh will cross over to Pakistan Sunday, to visit him in a Lahore hospital where he has been admitted after a brutal
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Pak cricket fans boo Misbah-ul-Haq in Lahore
Cricket | Mar 26, 2013, 04:30 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 26: Disappointed Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said Tuesday his team faces an alarming situation after losing both its test and one-day series to South Africa.Misbah was booed by a handful of cricket fans as
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Lahore mob torches Christian homes
World | Mar 09, 2013, 06:23 PM ISTLahore, Mar 9: A police officer in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore says hundreds of people attacked a Christian neighborhood and set fire to homes after hearing that a Christian man had committed blasphemy