ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday lauded security forces for successful intelligence-based operations to eliminate six terrorists in North Waziristan. He reiterated determination to completely eradicate Fitna al-Khawarij from the country.

The newly appointed federal ministers and the ministers of state have taken oath. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath in Islamabad on Thursday.

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President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Senate Chairman Yusuf Raza Gilani in attendance. A total of 12 federal ministers, 9 ministers of state, and 3 advisers were inducted into the cabinet.

An attacker blew himself up Friday in a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan award on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Islamabad early

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Islamabad. On arrival at Nur Khan airbase, he was warmly welcomed by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also accompanied the President.

At least six people, including leader of political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Sami (JUI-S), Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed in a suicide blast on Friday at the Darul Uloom Haqqania madarsa in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Nowshera district of Pakistan.

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Islamabad on Thursday to a guard of honour at the Prime Minister's House, and was later conferred the Nishan-e-Pakistan award by President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

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PM Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari, and First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari welcomed the crown prince.