ISLAMABAD -- At least four people were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday in a road accident in the Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local rescue officials said.

According to the rescuers, a tractor trolley turned turtle at Chashma Road in Wanda Mir Alam area of Lakki Marwat. (Pakistan-Road Accident)

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ISLAMABAD -- Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th president of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President's House on Sunday, according to a statement from the President's Office.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath of office to the newly-elected president at the ceremony attended by the outgoing President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, chiefs of the armed forces, politicians and foreign dignitaries. (Pakistan-President)

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ISLAMABAD -- Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning in a blast near a market in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, rescue service reported.

The blast took place early in the morning on Nasir Bagh road near Board Bazaar, a local market in Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, resulting in casualties, Bilal Ahmad Faizi, public relations officer of the state-run Rescue 1122 of KP told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Blast-KP)

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NEW DELHI -- India's election commissioner Arun Goel, the second-highest official in the country's election commission, tendered his resignation on Saturday.

Goel's resignation came as a surprise weeks ahead of the country's general elections. (India-Election-Resignation) Enditem

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