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The Times Of India - Pakistan (135 unread)
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Asif Ali Zardari a good partner in war against terrorism: US
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 11:14pm EST
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US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is a good partner in war against terrorism, even as Pak military or the ISI, according to her, have maintained relationship with terrorist groups for decades. -
Pakistan denies Wiki claim on Osama
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 8:28pm EST
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Pakistan on Wednesday rubbished Wiki-Leaks disclosure that some of its intelligence and army officers were in touch al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and knew his whereabouts before his killing in Abbottabad last year. “These kinds of charges are not new. It is rubbish and tantamount to kite flying — far from the truth,” said Pakistan military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas.
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Pakistan decides to open market for Indian products
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 11:44am EST
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In a move that will throw big opportunities for Indian exporters, Pakistan today decided to allow import of 6,800 items from India against only about 1,950 at present.
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Osama bin Laden hid terror codes in two copies of the Bible
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 10:50am EST
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The slain al-Qaida chief kept two copies of the Bible where he wrote secret clues to future terror attacks to be conducted across the globe, according to ISI officials.
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Pakistan SC issues notice to former ISI chief, defence ministry
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 3:04am EST
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today issued notices to former ISI chief Asad Durrani and the defence ministry as it resumed hearing a petition against the funding of politicians by the spy agency after a gap of over 12 years.
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US concerned over Pakistan diverting aid money for other purposes
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:34pm EST
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US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and lawmakers has expressed concern over diversion of its aide money by Pakistan for other purposes, even as the United States has tried to build a fire wall in this regard.
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Chinese woman shot dead in Peshawar
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 6:26pm EST
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Unknown assailants shot dead a Chinese woman and her Pakistani interpreter in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police officers said. The gunmen fired at the two when they were busy shopping in Peshawar’s Jehangirpura area.
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18 Shia pilgrims shot dead in Pakistan
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 6:22pm EST
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In a sign of growing fratricidal conflict in Pakistan, at least 18 Shias pilgrims were forced to disembark from a bus and gunned down by extremists as they travelled from Rawalpindi to Gilgit in northern Pakistan on Tuesday.
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Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt new chief of Pakistan Air Force
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:40pm EST
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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani advised the President, the supreme commander of Pakistan's armed forces, to appoint Butt the new chief of the PAF as he is the senior-most serving officer, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
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Osama was in routine contact with ISI officials in Abbottabad: Report
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:02am EST
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Osama bin Laden was in routine contact with senior members of Pakistan's spy agency while hiding in his Abbottabad-safe house, secret intelligence documents have revealed.
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Pakistan court seeks report from interior ministry on Sarabjit Singh
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:38am EST
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Indian national Sarabjit Singh is currently on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990.
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Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:24am EST
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Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in the northern Pakistani district of Kohistan in an apparent sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing 18 people, police officials said.
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Film on acid attack victims nets Pak 1st Oscar
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 7:04pm EST
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first Pakistani to win an Oscar for Saving Face, a documentary about a doctor's efforts to reconstruct the faces of acid attack victims.
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12 injured in Pakistan university clash
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 10:05am EST
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At least 12 students were injured when two rival groups clashed at a university in the Pakistani port city of Karachi Monday, the Geo News reported.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa CM escapes in bomb attack, seven killed
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:58am EST
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The chief minister of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Ameer Haider Khan Hoti today escaped a apparent assassination attempt when a powerful bomb went off near the venue of a political rally addressed by him, killing seven persons and injuring 24 others.
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Pakistan completes destruction of bin Laden's home, erasing memories
Posted: February 26th, 2012, 11:35pm EST
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Pakistan has completed the destruction of the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed last year by US commandoes.
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ISI chief Shuja Pasha likely to head Pak nuclear body: Report
Posted: February 26th, 2012, 8:37am EST
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Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha is set to step down as ISI chief on March 18 as the government has decided against extending him another extension.
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US drone crashes in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region
Posted: February 26th, 2012, 2:12am EST
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The CIA-operated unmanned spy plane came down in the mountainous Machikhel area, 30 km from Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
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Pakistan won't extend ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha's term
Posted: February 26th, 2012, 1:06am EST
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Pasha, who has been the director general of the ISI for the last three-and-a-half years, will be transferred to the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) as its head.
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Pakistan begins demolition of bin Laden's compound
Posted: February 26th, 2012, 12:29am EST
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Heavy machines have begun to demolish the three-story compound in northwestern Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by US commandos .
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Pakistan demolishes Osama bin Laden hideout
Posted: February 25th, 2012, 3:40pm EST
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Pakistani security forces began demolishing the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid in May in the northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad, police and witnesses said.
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'Pakistan's fight against terror major obstacle in tackling polio'
Posted: February 25th, 2012, 8:50am EST
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Pakistan today said its fight against terror was one of the major obstacles in the way of polio eradication in the country.
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Pakistan to tap Interpol for Pervez Musharraf's arrest
Posted: February 25th, 2012, 3:57am EST
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Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been directed to write to global policing agency Interpol for issuing an arrest warrant against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.
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Pakistan gets upgraded F-16s from Turkey
Posted: February 25th, 2012, 3:27am EST
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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has received three F-16 fighter jets after the aircraft were upgraded in Turkey.The aircraft were sent to the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for "mid-life upgradation", the Daily Times reported Saturday.
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Pak prods Taliban to join Afghan talks
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 7:01pm EST
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Pakistan on Friday urged leaders of the Afghan Taliban movement to enter direct peace negotiations with Kabul, a possible sign that Islamabad is stepping up support for reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan.
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Pak exercising sovereign right to review bilateral ties: US
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 4:56pm EST
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Pakistan is exercising its sovereign right to review its ties with US, a top State Department official said on Friday, asserting that a strong bilateral relationship is in best interest of both the nations.
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Govt starts process to bring Musharraf back to Pakistan: Rehman Malik
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 12:23pm EST
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Pakistan's top investigative agency has been directed to write to Interpol for the issuance of a Red Corner Notice against Pervez Musharraf so that he can be brought back to the country to face trial, Rehman Malik said.
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Musharraf to be brought back to Pakistan to face trial
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 12:23pm EST
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Pakistan's top investigative agency has been directed to write to Interpol for the issuance of a Red Corner Notice against Pervez Musharraf so that he can be brought back to the country to face trial, Rehman Malik said.
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ISI chief meets Yousuf Raza Gilani
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 11:26am EST
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The chief of Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI, Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and discussed the security situation in the county and the neighbouring war-torn Afghanistan.
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Militants attack police station in Pakistan, kill 3
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:17pm EST
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Police say militants armed with assault rifles, grenades and smoke bombs have attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan, killing at least three policemen.
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Tribesmen protest drone attacks in Pakistan
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:16pm EST
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Thousands of tribesmen in Pakistan’s northwestern North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday protested against American drone attacks in the region and the burning of the Quran at a US base in Afghanistan.
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Pak combat jets kill 15 Taliban militants
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:33am EST
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Pakistani combat jets today pounded militant hideouts in the Orakzai tribal region of northwest Pakistan killing at least 15 Taliban fighters, officials said.
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Release my 80-year-old father, Pakistani to India
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:32am EST
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An 80-year-old man who is languishing in an Indian prison since 1971 should be released, pleaded the prisoner's son in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Gilani seeks sustainable and result-oriented talks with India
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 10:50am EST
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Seeking "sustainable and result- oriented" talks with India, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he had "great regard" for his counterpart Manmohan Singh who is a "sincere person" desirous of friendly and cooperative bilateral ties.
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Pak SC adjourns contempt hearing against Gilani till Feb 28
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 2:59am EST
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today adjourned the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani till February 28 after admitting evidence and recording the statement of the prosecutor.
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Pakistan to ask Interpol to arrest Mush
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 7:46pm EST
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Pakistan’s interior minister says the government will ask Interpol to arrest ex-president Pervez Musharraf in connection with the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistan to ask Interpol to arrest Pervez Musharraf
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 9:27am EST
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Pakistan will ask Interpol to arrest ex-President Pervez Musharraf for his failure to prevent the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistan receives US surveillance aircraft
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 8:06am EST
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The Pakistani navy took delivery Tuesday of two state-of-the-art, US-made surveillance aircraft nine months after Islamist militants destroyed two similar planes, officials said.
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Pakistan sanctions Rs 10m for Mohenjodaro's master plan
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 7:56am EST
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Pakistan has sanctioned Rs 100 million to rehabilitate and promote cultural tourism at Mohenjodaro, one of the biggest urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civilisation, the largest ancient civilisation in the world.
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Talk of peace stirs up Qaida-Taliban tensions
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 1:17am EST
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The Taliban's decision to talk to the United States is stirring up tensions with al-Qaida as the Afghan militia comes under pressure to dump its terror allies in the name of peace.
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Balochistan resolution could dent ties with US: Pakistan
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 1:12am EST
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A US resolution on Balochistan could worsen ties between Washington and Islamabad, said foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
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With eye on Iran, US pressing Pak for bases in Balochistan
Posted: February 20th, 2012, 7:17pm EST
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The US has been pushing Pakistan for permission to establish bases in Balochistan for intelligence operations against bordering Iran, according to a media report on Monday.
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Pak military's new job: Making iPad copies
Posted: February 20th, 2012, 7:15pm EST
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Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.
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Balochistan resolution: Pakistan summons US envoy, lodges strong protest
Posted: February 20th, 2012, 7:48am EST
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Pak summoned the acting US envoy and lodged a "strong protest" over the tabling of a resolution in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for the Baloch people.
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U-turn : US says doesn’t back Balochistan independence
Posted: February 19th, 2012, 6:53pm EST
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Amid Pakistani leadership’s angry criticism of a bill moved in Congress seeking the right to self-determination for people of Balochistan, the US on Sunday said it does not support independence for the province.
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Move to give MFN status to India being misconstrued: Yousuf Raza Gilani
Posted: February 19th, 2012, 11:20am EST
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Pak PM Yousuf Raza Gilani today played down his country giving Most Favoured Nation status to India saying it is similar to those given to 100 other countries.
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Balochistan resolution in US Congress drives Pakistan crazy
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 12:11pm EST
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Pakistan's top leaders reacted angrily to a resolution tabled in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for Baloch people.
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Balochistan self-determination resolution tabled in US Congress, Pak angry
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 9:48am EST
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Pakistan's top leaders reacted angrily to a resolution tabled in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for Baloch people.
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Pakistan angry over Balochistan resolution in US Congress
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 9:48am EST
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Pak leaders reacted angrily today to a resolution tabled in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for Baloch people and called it an attack on the country's sovereignty.
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ISI employed architect for Osama bin Laden compound: Report
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 6:15am EST
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An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which Osama bin Laden sheltered for years in Abbottabad, a media report said.
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ISI employed architect for bin Laden compound: Report
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 6:09am EST
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An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which Osama bin Laden sheltered for years in Abbottabad and the slain al Qaeda chief communicated regularly with LeT from his hideout, a media report said on Saturday.
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US Congressman tables bill for granting highest civil award to Osama informer
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 1:32am EST
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A US Congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, asking the Obama government to honour the Pakistani doctor who played a crucial role in tracking former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, with its highest civilian award.
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Suicide blast kills 23 Shias in Pak
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 7:04pm EST
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A suicide attacker on a bike blew himself up in a market in a Pakistani town of Parachinar, close to the Afghan border, killing 23 Shia Muslims and wounding 50.
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Suicide blast kills 23 Shias in Pak
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 7:04pm EST
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A suicide attacker on a bike blew himself up in a market in a Pakistani town of Parachinar, close to the Afghan border, killing 23 Shia Muslims and wounding 50.
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Pakistan suicide attack kills 23
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 7:46am EST
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A suicide bomber attacked a market in a largely Shiite Muslim area of Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 54 others in the tribal badlands, an official said.
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Pakistan suicide attack kills 19, injures 54
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 7:46am EST
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A suicide bomber attacked a market in a largely Shiite Muslim area of Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 54 others in the tribal badlands, an official said.
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Pakistan suicide attack kills 19, injures 54
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 7:46am EST
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A suicide bomber attacked a market in a largely Shiite Muslim area of Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 54 others in the tribal badlands, an official said.
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17 militants killed in Pakistan
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 12:43am EST
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At least 17 militants were killed Friday by security forces in two separate incidents in Pakistan.
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US missile strike kills 6 people in northwest Pakistan
Posted: February 16th, 2012, 1:17am EST
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A suspected US drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing six people.
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Pak airline seats 2 flyers in the toilet
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:19pm EST
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The plane was full but the toilet wasn’t . So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet of the Lahore-Karachi flight instead.
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Jalil Abbas Jilani named as next Pakistan foreign secretary
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:49am EST
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Top Pakistani diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani, who was expelled by India in 2003 after being accused of funnelling funds to Kashmiri separatists, has been named as the next foreign secretary, official sources said today.
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Jalil Abbas Jilani named as next Pakistan foreign secretary
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:49am EST
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Top Pakistani diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani, who was expelled by India in 2003 after being accused of funnelling funds to Kashmiri separatists, has been named as the next foreign secretary, official sources said today.
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Pervez Musharraf 'knew Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad'
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:51am EST
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Former president Pervez Musharraf knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding in the garrison town of Abbottabad and the Pakistani intelligence itself had made the safe house that sheltered him, a former ISI chief has alleged.
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Pervez Musharraf 'knew Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad'
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:51am EST
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Former president Pervez Musharraf knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding in the garrison town of Abbottabad and the Pakistani intelligence itself had made the safe house that sheltered him, a former ISI chief has alleged.
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PIA flight full, so two get seats in loo instead
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:06am EST
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The plane was full but the toilet wasn't. So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet of the Lahore-Karachi flight instead.
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PIA flight full, so two get seats in loo instead
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:06am EST
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The plane was full but the toilet wasn't. So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet of the Lahore-Karachi flight instead.
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Pak recovers stolen Indian necklace
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:10pm EST
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A diamond necklace worth 10 lakh, which was stolen from an Indian trader at an India Show here, was recovered by Pakistan police on Tuesday and two men allegedly involved in the crime were arrested.
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Pak recovers stolen Indian necklace
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:10pm EST
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A diamond necklace worth 10 lakh, which was stolen from an Indian trader at an India Show here, was recovered by Pakistan police on Tuesday and two men allegedly involved in the crime were arrested.
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Pak Air Force 'modifies' plans for India's Cold Start doctrine
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:34am EST
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The Pakistan Air Force has modified its plans to effectively counter India's purported 'Cold Start' war doctrine, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has said.
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Pak Air Force 'modifies' plans for India's Cold Start doctrine
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:34am EST
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The Pakistan Air Force has modified its plans to effectively counter India's purported 'Cold Start' war doctrine, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has said.
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SC indicts Gilani for contempt
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:20pm EST
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The political turmoil in Pakistan deepened on Monday with the supreme court indicting prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of court for refusing to ask Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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SC indicts Gilani for contempt
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:20pm EST
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The political turmoil in Pakistan deepened on Monday with the supreme court indicting prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of court for refusing to ask Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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Daughters tweet support for Zardari
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:09pm EST
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After keeping a low profile on micro-blogging site Twitter for a while, president Asif Ali Zardari's two daughters are out to defend their father at a time when the PPP-led government is facing challenges from the judiciary and the military.
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Daughters tweet support for Zardari
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:09pm EST
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After keeping a low profile on micro-blogging site Twitter for a while, president Asif Ali Zardari's two daughters are out to defend their father at a time when the PPP-led government is facing challenges from the judiciary and the military.
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Pakistan hints at delay in normalising trade with India
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:08pm EST
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Belying India's expectations, Pakistan today indicated it will not meet the February timeline for normalising bilateral trade, a development which would delay grant of MFN status by Islamabad to New Delhi.
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Pakistan hints at delay in normalising trade with India
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:08pm EST
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Belying India's expectations, Pakistan today indicated it will not meet the February timeline for normalising bilateral trade, a development which would delay grant of MFN status by Islamabad to New Delhi.
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Taliban announce death of ex-defence minister
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 5:29am EST
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The Taliban say their defence minister who was in office when the Islamist regime ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s died last year in a Pakistani jail.
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Taliban announce death of ex-defence minister
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 5:29am EST
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The Taliban say their defence minister who was in office when the Islamist regime ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s died last year in a Pakistani jail.
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Pak PM Gilani indicted for contempt, pleads not guilty
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:31am EST
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Gilani, the first Pak PM to be arraigned for contempt by the apex court, pleaded not guilty in the court room. The court adjourned the hearing till February 27.
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Pak PM Gilani indicted for contempt, pleads not guilty
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:31am EST
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Gilani, the first Pak PM to be arraigned for contempt by the apex court, pleaded not guilty in the court room. The court adjourned the hearing till February 27.
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Pak SC indicts PM Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:11am EST
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The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday said that PM Yousuf Raza Gilani will now appear as an accused in the contempt of the court case.
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Pak SC indicts PM Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:11am EST
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The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday said that PM Yousuf Raza Gilani will now appear as an accused in the contempt of the court case.
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Pak PM stands by Zardari, ready to risk job
Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:24pm EST
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Pakistan's beleaguered PM Yousaf Raza Gilani has conceded he would automatically lose his job if he is convicted of contempt, as he prepared to face the supreme court on Monday.
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Pak PM stands by Zardari, ready to risk job
Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:24pm EST
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Pakistan's beleaguered PM Yousaf Raza Gilani has conceded he would automatically lose his job if he is convicted of contempt, as he prepared to face the supreme court on Monday.
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I have good relations with Army now: Gilani
Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:00am EST
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"At the moment I have good relations" with the powerful military, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said, weeks after they had a tense standoff over the memo scandal.
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Will resign if convicted: Yousuf Raza Gilani
Posted: February 12th, 2012, 7:22am EST
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Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will resign if the SC convicts him in a contempt of court case for not acting against President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan needs $1.3 bn to repair NATO-damaged roads
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 9:57am EST
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Pakistan needs around $1.3 billion to repair the roads damaged due to heavy traffic, having been used as supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan, a minister has said.
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India, Pakistan doctors perform joint liver transplant in Lahore
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:18am EST
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A group of Indian and Pakistani doctors have jointly performed a complicated liver transplant procedure at a hospital here, the first time such a procedure was conducted in Pakistan.
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Ten injured in grenade attack at Imran Khan's rally
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:50am EST
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Imran, increasingly emerging as the central piece in Pakistan's politics, escaped unhurt as he had already left the venue when the attack occurred.
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Ten injured in grenade attack at Imran Khan's rally
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:50am EST
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Imran, increasingly emerging as the central piece in Pakistan's politics, escaped unhurt as he had already left the venue when the attack occurred.
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Pakistan Supreme Court rejects Gilani's appeal
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 6:20am EST
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court today rejected Prime Minister Gilani’s appeal against contempt of court charge and ordered him to appear in court on Monday to be indicted for the offence.
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Pakistan Supreme Court rejects Gilani's appeal
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 6:20am EST
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court today rejected Prime Minister Gilani’s appeal against contempt of court charge and ordered him to appear in court on Monday to be indicted for the offence.
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Pak SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal against indictment summons
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:51am EST
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Pak SC on Friday threw out an appeal from embattled PM Yousuf Raza Gilani against contempt charges, paving the way for him to be indicted next week.
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Pak SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal against indictment summons
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:51am EST
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Pak SC on Friday threw out an appeal from embattled PM Yousuf Raza Gilani against contempt charges, paving the way for him to be indicted next week.
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Pak using brutal force in Baluchistan: US lawmakers
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:29pm EST
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Accusing Pakistan of using brutal force in Baluchistan, eminent US lawmakers have expressed serious concern over the human rights violations in the restive province.
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Pak using brutal force in Baluchistan: US lawmakers
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:29pm EST
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Accusing Pakistan of using brutal force in Baluchistan, eminent US lawmakers have expressed serious concern over the human rights violations in the restive province.
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Reopen Zardari case, get relief: SC to Gilani
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:47pm EST
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Pakistan’s supreme court on Thursday promised to drop contempt proceedings against PM Yousaf Raza Gilani if he reopens graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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Reopen Zardari case, get relief: SC to Gilani
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:47pm EST
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Pakistan’s supreme court on Thursday promised to drop contempt proceedings against PM Yousaf Raza Gilani if he reopens graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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Pak Qaida chief with J&K past killed in drone strike
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:33pm EST
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Al-Qaida's chief in Pakistan, who once fought in Jammu and Kashmir, was among four terrorists killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday.
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Pak Qaida chief with J&K past killed in drone strike
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:33pm EST
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Al-Qaida's chief in Pakistan, who once fought in Jammu and Kashmir, was among four terrorists killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday.
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Pakistan al-Qaida chief killed by US drone: Officials
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:53am EST
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US missiles on Thursday killed al-Qaida's chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans' main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said.
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Pakistan al-Qaida chief killed by US drone: Officials
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:53am EST
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US missiles on Thursday killed al-Qaida's chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans' main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said.
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Pak SC to Gilani: Reopen graft cases against Zardari, contempt case will end
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:30am EST
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Pak SC said that PM Yousuf Raza Gilani should write to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Pak SC to Gilani: Reopen graft cases against Zardari, contempt case will end
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:30am EST
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Pak SC said that PM Yousuf Raza Gilani should write to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Contempt case: Pak SC begins hearing
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:42am EST
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today began hearing an intra-court appeal filed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who had been summoned on February 13 for framing of charges against him in a contempt case over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President.
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Contempt case: Pak SC begins hearing
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:42am EST
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today began hearing an intra-court appeal filed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who had been summoned on February 13 for framing of charges against him in a contempt case over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President.
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Pakistan: Second US drone strike in 2 days, 4 killed
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:39am EST
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A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed four insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region early Thursday, security officials said.
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Pakistan: Second US drone strike in 2 days, 4 killed
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:39am EST
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A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed four insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region early Thursday, security officials said.
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Contempt case: Gilani moves Supreme Court
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:28pm EST
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Pakistan prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appealed against the Supreme Court order to frame contempt charges against him for failing to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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Contempt case: Gilani moves Supreme Court
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:28pm EST
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Pakistan prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appealed against the Supreme Court order to frame contempt charges against him for failing to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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Nawab Bugti’s kin killed in high-security Karachi area
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:11pm EST
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In a case of sensational political murders, the daughter and granddaughter of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti were slaughtered in Karachi’s Clifton area last week.
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Nawab Bugti’s kin killed in high-security Karachi area
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:11pm EST
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In a case of sensational political murders, the daughter and granddaughter of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti were slaughtered in Karachi’s Clifton area last week.
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Pak PM Gilani files appeal in SC in contempt of court case
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:12am EST
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Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges over his failure to reopen graft cases against the president.
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Pak PM Gilani files appeal in SC in contempt of court case
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:12am EST
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Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges over his failure to reopen graft cases against the president.
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US drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan: Officials
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:55pm EST
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A US drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year.
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‘MPs entered Pak House with arms’
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:47pm EST
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Two Pakistani MPs entered the country’s parliament carrying weapons, lawmaker Ejaz Virk has claimed, prompting interior minister Rehman Malik to order a probe into the matter.
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Pakistani woman saved after 31 hours under rubble
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:33am EST
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Rescue workers on Tuesday pulled a 65-year-old woman out alive after she was trapped for 31 hours in the rubble of a collapsed factory in an eastern Pakistan city, as the death toll from the accident rose to 18.
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Pakistan gets new fighter planes from US
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:02am EST
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With an eye to India, Pakistan on Monday received the last of 18 F-16 fighter jets from the US.
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Pak can’t afford another war over Kashmir: Gilani
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:47pm EST
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Pakistan prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday described Kashmir as a cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy, but called for a need to resolve the dispute “through diplomacy and dialogue” as his country “cannot afford wars in the 21st century’’.
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Pakistan cannot afford war over Kashmir: Prime Minister Gilani
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:04am EST
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Acknowledging that Pakistan "cannot afford wars" in the 21st century, PM Gilani said the Kashmir issue would have to be resolved through dialogue & diplomacy.
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100 feared trapped in Pakistan building collapse: Official
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:12am EST
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Around 100 people, including women and children, were feared trapped Monday when a building collapsed in Pakistan's second largest city of Lahore, witnesses and an emergency official said.
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100 feared trapped in Pakistan building collapse: Official
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:12am EST
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Around 100 people, including women and children, were feared trapped Monday when a building collapsed in Pakistan's second largest city of Lahore, witnesses and an emergency official said.
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NRO & the curious case of Zardari
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 7:29pm EST
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I don't know how the Swiss do it but somehow, every single time, they get away with everything but murder.
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Look at Indian democracy, Gilani tells Pak
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 7:28pm EST
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Pakistan prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday pointed to the "stark difference" in the continuity of the democratic systems of India and Pakistan and said conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to the Senate next month.
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Chinese to be taught in Pakistani schools
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:27am EST
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Chinese will soon be taught in schools across Pakistan, said a minister.
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PPP to contest SC move against PM Yousuf Raza Gilani: Report
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:53am EST
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The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's top leadership has decided to contest the Supreme Court's move to frame contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
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Pak hospital won’t give baby to prez for adoption
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:32pm EST
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Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province handed over a one-year-old abandoned girl to a childless couple after refusing some seven other hopefuls, including president Zardari, who wanted the baby for his sister Faryal Talpur.
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Pak PM faces contempt charges
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:02pm EST
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Pakistan’s supreme court on Thursday summoned PM Yousaf Raza Gilani to appear before it on February 13 to frame contempt charges against him for defying its orders to write to Swiss authorities to reopen a graft case against president Asif Ali Zardari.
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US asks citizens to avoid gatherings in Pakistan
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:37pm EST
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The US on Thursday issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens about the risks while travelling to Pakistan in view of recent developments and tension in US-Pak ties.
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Pakistan SC to indict PM Gilani with contempt of court on Feb 13
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:24am EST
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Pakistan SC will on February 13 indict PM Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt over a refusal to pursue corruption cases against Asif Ali Zardari.
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Nato report rips open Pak ‘double game’ in Afghanistan
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:22pm EST
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Exposing the ISI’s “manipulation” of Taliban’s senior leadership and its “massive double game”, a damning Nato report says that Pakistan government remains “intimately” involved with the Afghan-based terror group.
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Nato report rips open Pak ‘double game’ in Afghanistan
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:22pm EST
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Exposing the ISI’s “manipulation” of Taliban’s senior leadership and its “massive double game”, a damning Nato report says that Pakistan government remains “intimately” involved with the Afghan-based terror group.
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Hafiz Saeed to join Pak politics?
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:05pm EST
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Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has kept the guessing game on about his reported political ambitions.
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‘Professor had sent anthrax to Gilani office’
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:58pm EST
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The incident triggered an alarm prompting police to launch an investigation.
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Militants kill 14 paramilitary troopers in southwest Pakistan
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:30am EST
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At least 14 paramilitary troopers were killed in a militant attack on a security post in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, official sources said on Wednesday.