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The death toll since Wednesday has risen to 113. More than 400,000 people have been affected. Full Story

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Seventeen killed in Shangla landslide
Thirty-five people were also wounded in the landslide in Shangla’s Bisham area, DawnNews reported.
PIA plane engine catches fire at Karachi airport
The Lahore-bound flight, PK 302, was taxiing on the runway when a bird smashed into its engine, sources said.
Leaked Afghan war files pose ‘dangerous’ risks: Gates
Robert Gates vowed that the Pentagon will prosecute those behind the leak and had asked the FBI to help in the probe.
Thirty one air crash victims’ bodies arrive in Karachi
The remains of 31 of the 71 identified victims have so far been brought to the city: Airblue spokesman
ISI behaviour towards Afghanistan changing: US
Joe Biden downplayed leaked documents which suggested that the ISI armed, trained and financed the Taliban.
Almost all rivers in ‘high’ to ‘exceptionally high’ floods
The Federal Flood Commission asked Wapda to keep an eye on the rising water level in dams and barrages.

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Chasing shadows
The real tragedy is that all this cloak-and-dagger stuff, this invisible war, has very real effects: Cyril Almeida.
Crash coverage
Without waiting for input, mistakes will occur but then again, some things ought to be common sense.
US must quit Afghanistan
The US seems to be in pursuit of its interests at the cost of death and destruction in the region.
The waning romance of an idea
The Lata-Rafi pairing was not some deliberate shoring up of secularism: Jawed Naqvi.