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UK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks
Pakistan 's Federally Administered Tribal Areas that reveal US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population.In an answer to a parliamentary question, the foreign minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported" surveys which showed the proportion of respondents in the tribal areas who believed drone strikes were ...
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Former Pakistani premier claims third term in power according to unofficial resu…
Former Pakistani premier claims third term in power according to unofficial results from Saturday's elections ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Navaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N claimed an early victory in Saturday's parliamentary elections, according to unofficial results.Sharif, toppled 14 years ago in military takeover, was ahead with 130 seats while his main ...
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Musharraf remains under house arrest
Pervez Musharraf will remain on house arrest for at least another two weeks, a Pakistani court ruled Saturday. Musharraf, who returned from self-imposed exile in March in a failed bid to return to power, has been charged with jailing judges who opposed his institution of martial law during his 9-year rule. Pakistan's special Anti-Terrorism Court has barred the retired general from ever ...
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Explosives Shatter Lives in Kashmir
- Aadil Khan and his two siblings had been playing as usual behind their house in the village of Diver, 110 kilometres north of Kashmir's capital, Srinagar, when they came across what they thought was a "plaything" laying on the ground. But no sooner had they picked the object up than it literally shattered their innocent lives into ...
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Pakistan may opt for Chinese navigation system
Pakistan may become the fourth country to opt for China's Beidou navigation system, a rival to the Global Positioning System developed by the United States, even as Chinese officials also look to make a case for it in ...
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China hails Pakistans smooth general election
China has congratulated Pakistan on its smooth general election, pledging continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing on Monday. Hong's comments came after the initial results showed, as of 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, Muhammad Nawaz ...
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Pakistan Army Chief Kayani meets Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the ...
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Can positive and negative inducements be effective in containing radicalism in Pakistan
C Christine Fair, in a very well articulated article, titled, 'Can this alliance be saved? Salvaging the US-Pakistan relation', published on Time magazine's website on 30 April, 2013, wrote that Pakistan needs to change its jihadist policy and she blames past and present American administrations' policies of overlooking Pakistani misadventures around its neighborhood, ...
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Pakistan anti-terrorism court extends Musharrafs remand by 14 days
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. ...
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2008 Mumbai case Trial of Pakistani suspects adjourned
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi , charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till May 25 as the judge was on leave. The reason for Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman going on leave could not immediately be ascertained. Court officials said the case would be taken up again on May 25. ...
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Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system
Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said ...
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Sarabjit Singh death Pakistan judge calls for leads online
Lahore: A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court is investigating the death of Sarabjit following a brutal assault by prisoners within Kot Lakhpat ...
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Jamaat-ud-Dawah leader found murdered in Pakistan
A Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) leader has been found murdered near eastern Pakistani city of Sheikhupura, the group said on Saturday.The body of Khalid Bashir, who was associated with JuD's information wing, was found in Sheikhupura, 40 km from Lahore, on Friday. He was in his forties.JuD spokesman Yahya Mujahid claimed unidentified men kidnapped Bashir while he was on his way to the groups office ...
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Imran Khans Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf set to form coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to form a coalition government in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province with the support of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Qaumi Watan Party. After a spell of infighting within Khan's party, the coalition partners have agreed on Pervez Khattak as the candidate for the post of Chief Minister. The candidature of Khattak, the secretary ...
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Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over border post firing
Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Charge d'Affaires and lodged protest over unprovoked firing on a border check post, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that two soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan troops late Wednesday. "The Afghan Charge d'Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office today for conveying protest of the Government of Pakistan on an ...
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Pakistan decides to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds
WAM ISLAMABAD, May 17th, 2013 (WAM): Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between the two nations warm. The decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, according to a statement from his office. Khoso ...
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Explosions at Pakistani mosques kill 15
Bombs at two mosques in the Malakand area of Pakistan exploded after Friday prayers, killing 15 and injuring 100, a government official confirmed. "The explosive was a timed device planted apparently among the pillows and sheets of worshippers inside the mosque," Amjad Ali, the deputy commissioner of Malakand, said of one of the blasts. The explosions shook the Bar Kalley and Jamia ...
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Asia’s bloody border wars The Koreas and Pakistan-India
East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI -- North Korean declarations of "a state of war" on the Korean peninsula tend to make people forget bloodier border confrontations elsewhere in Asia. None is more volatile than the standoff along nearly 3,000 kilometers of heavily guarded fencing that separates Pakistan from India. Koreans point to terrible episodes such as the sinking of the Cheonan and ...
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Misbah bowlers set up 96-run win
Pakistan began their tour of England on a good note, registering a 96-run win over Scotland in the first ODI between the two sides. In Edinburgh on Friday, Pakistan successfully defended a total of 231 for 7, as Scotland went down to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan. Chasing 232, Scotland had a nervy start, losing their first wicket for no score when Neil Carter was bowled by ...
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Pakistan mosque bombs kill 13 officials
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Twin bomb attacks on Friday killed at least 13 people outside mosques in northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star Imran Khan is forming a coalition government, officials said.The blasts targeted the two mosques in the Baazdara area of northwestern Malakand region, senior local administration official Amjad Ali Khan told AFP."The two blasts killed at ...
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Law and order Karachi edition How colonial rule lurks in democratic Pakistan
Imran Khan speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Karachi on May 7, 2013. The May 11, 2013 election of the national and four provincial assemblies marked the first time a civilian government completed a full term and handed power to another, in a country that has been ruled by the military for half its existence. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty ...
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Pakistan bombings target mosques during Friday prayers killing at least 13
Two bombings outside mosques in Pakistan's northwest killed at least 13 people and injured 45 others, as the country's new government grapples with the continued presence of militant violence. The ...
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Karachi reaching for sky with high-rise developments
There is more to Karachi than factional violence and political strife, as is seen in the recent major realty developments taking place in the city.
All residents of Karachi are aware that the city contributes some 20% to the total GDP of the entire country, it is the financial center of Pakistan and is also Pakistan’s most famous city. Since the political crises of the 1980s and the resultant economic backlash the city and the country has struggled with much capital leaving the city. Since the global downturn the city has seen another wave of economic stagnation, but as the world recovers and the local and national government build international integrity, the future fortunes of the city look promising. Read more
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