2012-06-29

Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

Authorities are searching cargo containers in New Jersey for possible stowaways after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking coming from a cargo ship that had arrived from the Middle East.

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U.S. pays high price for Pakistan route cut-off: admiral

U.S. pays high price for Pakistan route cut-off: admiral

Moving supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan via Central Asia costs three times as much as routes through Pakistan, which Islamabad shut seven months ago in anger, a senior U.S. officer said Wednesday.

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Police: 10 Shiites killed in attack in Pakistan

Police: 10 Shiites killed in attack in Pakistan

Suspected Sunni Muslim militants attacked a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in southwest Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire Thursday, killing at least 10 people, officials said.

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India 'spy' returns from Pakistan

India 'spy' returns from Pakistan

An Indian man has returned to his country after spending more than 30 years in jail in Pakistan for spying.

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Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

The lawyer for an Indian national held prisoner in Pakistan for 27 years on spying charges says his client has been freed.

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Govt all set to crack down on protesting doctors

Govt all set to crack down on protesting doctors

LAHORE: The Punjab government has finalised a plan to arrest active young doctors who are in the forefront of the strikes and protests against their demands, our sources learnt on Wednesday.According to sources, law-enforcement agencies have been tasked with preparing a list of young doctors who are active during strikes, and that the crackdown would soon begin.The four-year-long tussle between young doctors and the Health Department has taken the lives of dozens and made thousands of patients s... more

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Heroin replaces gold as preferred commodity regularly smuggled abroad on Pak planes

Heroin replaces gold as preferred commodity regularly smuggled abroad on Pak planes

Karachi, June 28 : Around 4.5 kilograms of heroin was seized from a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft in Karachi, which was departing for London via Lahore.

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Shazia Marri notified as MNA

Shazia Marri notified as MNA

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has notified Shazia Marri as the member of National Assembly on the seat of late Fauzia Wahab.Fauzia Wahab died on June 17 after which her seat of the National Assembly remained vacant.Pakistan People's Party (PPP) nominated Shazia Marri as MNA to fill the vacant seat.As a result, the Election Commission has issued the notification of Marri's appointment as MNA on reserved seat for women, in accordance with the rules and regulations and keeping in view the nomi... more

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Russia agrees to finance IP gas pipeline project - Pakistan Daily Times

Russia agrees to finance IP gas pipeline project - Pakistan Daily Times

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India seeks larger role in stabilizing Afghanistan after NATO drawdown - Washington Post (blog)

India seeks larger role in stabilizing Afghanistan after NATO drawdown - Washington Post (blog)


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Russia agrees to finance IP gas pipelin! e project
Pakistan Daily Times
... of Petroleum and Natural Resources informed this scribe that Russian authorities agreed to provide assistance for IP gas pipeline and also expressed their consent to be a part of $7.6 billion Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas ...
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India seeks larger role in stabilizing Afghanistan after NATO drawdown
Washington Post (blog)
But two countries that are probably watching New Delhi's new diplomatic assertiveness warily are Pakistan and China, analysts said. India and Pakistan have long competed for influence in Afghanistan, and China has expanded its investments in Central ...
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12 people drown as boat capsizes in Thatta

12 people drown as boat capsizes in Thatta

THATTA: At least 12 pilgrims drowned as an overloaded boat capsized in the Indus River near Thatta on Wednesday. As many as 20 people were taken out of the river in an unconscious condition. According to the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), the boat capsized near the coastal area of Shah Bandar. The vessel was carrying 35 people, four motorcycles and eight goats. The pilgrims were going to attend the annual urs of Allahdino Mendhro, the PFF source said. The Thatta deputy commissioner said the in... more

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Woman among three gunned down in Karachi violence

Woman among three gunned down in Karachi violence

KARACHI: Three people, including a woman, were killed while two, including Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA)'s town director, injured in separate acts of violence in the metropolis here on Wednesday.A man was shot dead at Allah Wali Chowrangi, New Karachi within the jurisdiction of New Karachi Industrial area police station. Zohaib, 25, son of Ikram was a resident of Yousuf Goth, New Karachi. He was sitting outside a garments factory situated in Sector 11-F, New Karachi when armed men sh... more

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Bid to smuggle 4.5kg heroin in aircraft's toilet foiled

Bid to smuggle 4.5kg heroin in aircraft's toilet foiled

KARACHI: Pakistan Customs, Drug Enforcement Cell (DEC) foiled an attempt to smuggle 4.5 kilogrammes contraband heroin in an aircraft's toilet here on Wednesday. Customs DEC's Jinnah International Airport Unit posted at International Departure Hall recovered and seized 4.5kg heroin from the toilet of PIA's London-bound flight PK-787. Consequent upon recovery and seizure of contraband heroin, a prosecution case under Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997 was registered. Efforts were afoot to a... more

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Poll: Pakistanis view US as the enemy

Poll: Pakistanis view US as the enemy

In the last couple of years, Washington has earmarked a bigger chunk of its aid to Pakistan for civilian projects, hoping to engender goodwill with the country's intensely anti-American populace.

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Iran eyes big grain buys, barter deals crash

Iran eyes big grain buys, barter deals crash

A man holds grains of rice at a rice mill in Karawang, Indonesia West Java province, June 26, 2012.

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Pakistan Attack: Gunmen Fill At Least 6 Shiite Pilgrims

Pakistan Attack: Gunmen Fill At Least 6 Shiite Pilgrims

Police say suspected Sunni militants fired a rocket and sprayed gunfire at a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in southwest Pakistan, killing at least six people.

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Pakistan court puts new PM on notice

Pakistan court puts new PM on notice

Raja Pervez Ashraf has two weeks to decide whether corruption cases will be reopened against the previous prime minister.

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Eight Pakistani soldiers killed in...

Eight Pakistani soldiers killed in...

A remote-controlled bomb blast killed eight Pakistani troops and wounded three others Thursday in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.

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Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

Lawyer: Pakistan releases alleged Indian spy

Dock workers rushed to unload stacked containers from a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking for about two hours that suggested stowaways... Fire crews fought to save the U.S. Air Force Academy and residents begged for information on the fate of their homes ... (more)

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Congressman Lynch Joins Delegation to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Other Overseas Hot Spots

Congressman Lynch Joins Delegation to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Other Overseas Hot Spots

Congressman Stephen F. Lynch recently returned from a Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Djibouti and Egypt.A Joining Congressman Lynch were Representatives Todd Platts , Jack Kingston , Glenn Thompson , Tom Marino , and John Fleming .

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India Ink: India Says Pakistan Supported Planner of Mumbai Attacks

India Ink: India Says Pakistan Supported Planner of Mumbai Attacks

Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni and Minister for Law and Justice and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid interact with the media at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on June 27, 2012.

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Pakistan Security Brief - June 28, 2012 - Critical Threats Project

Pakistan Security Brief - June 28, 2012 - Critical Threats Project


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Pakistan Security Brief - June 28, 2012
Critical Threats Project
U.S. defense logistics chief says Central Asia three times more expensive than Pakistan for moving NATO supplies; Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan proposes joint military offensive against TTP to Pakistan Army chief; Pakistan releases Indian "spy" to ...
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Emerging geo-political scenarioPakistan Observer
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Boat carrying 200 passengers capsized in Indian Ocean - eTurboNews

Boat carrying 200 passengers capsized in Indian Ocean - eTurboNews


eTurboNews

Boat carrying 200 passengers capsized in Indian Ocean
eTurboNews

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - The Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad confirmed that on June 21, 2012, a boat carrying more than 200 passengers capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian Island of Java and the Australian external territory of ...

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Avenues for cooperation: Russia offers $500m for electricity import project - The Express Tribune

Avenues for cooperation: Russia offers $500m for electricity import project - The Express Tribune


The Express Tribune

Avenues for ! cooperation: Russia offers $500m for electricity import project
The Express Tribune
Russia has offered an investment of $500 million in establishing a transmission system for the Central Asia South Asia 1000-megawatt (CASA-1000) power import project, which will bring electricity from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Afghanistan and ...

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2012-06-27

Pax-Sinica: Why the US should hand over Afghanistan and Central ... - Foreign Policy (blog)

Pax-Sinica: Why the US should hand over Afghanistan and Central ... - Foreign Policy (blog)


Foreign Policy (blog)

Pax-Sinica: Why the US should hand over Afghanistan and Central ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
"Without China's assistance, almost nothing of sustainable consequence will happen in South or Central Asia -- in Pakistan, in Afghanistan, or elsewhere," Larry ...
SCO role in AfghanistanPakistan Observer

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Krishna urges Indian missions to be empathetic to expats - Firstpost

Krishna urges Indian missions to be empathetic to expats - Firstpost


Firstpost

Krishna urges Indian missions to be! empathetic to expats
Firstpost
Ahead of his outreach visit to Central Asia in the first week of July, External Affairs Minister S M ... Sarabjit snafu: Pak army veto and the myth of 'Aman ki asha' ...
Be Responsive to Expat's Needs, Krishna tells Indian MissionsDaijiworld.com

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Taliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers

Taliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers

Former Taliban fighters display their weapons as they join Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province on June 23, 2012.

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Pakistan's Supreme Court sets collision course with new prime minister

Pakistan's Supreme Court sets collision course with new prime minister

Newly elected Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, right, chats with Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the leader of main coalition party of Pakistan Muslim League Quaid during a meeting in Islamabad on June 22, 2012.

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US commander headed to Pakistan for border talks - CNN (blog)

US commander headed to Pakistan for border talks - CNN (blog)


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US commander headed to Pakistan for border talks
CNN (blog)
Pakistan needs to close its borders along India as Indians will soon be .... Pakistan will now become the new face and gateway to Central Asia and Europe.
What does Pakistan want?DAWN.com
Vladimir Putin heads for Pakistan, India watchfulTimes of India
New Cold War Scenario: Pakistan and the Emerging Geo-Political ...Center for Research on Globalization
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Helipad controversy for prime minister

Helipad controversy for prime minister

ISLAMABAD: The private home of new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf may be furnished with a helipad at government expense to save police securing the 14-mile road trip from the capital, officials said on Tuesday.Police told reporters that helipads are customary additions to private residences as part of "VVIP" security arrangements.But critics lashed out at the arrangements as "disappointing" after Raja said his first priority would be to resolve crippling power cuts that leave millions without... more

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Petition filed against new PM over Swiss letter

Petition filed against new PM over Swiss letter

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was requested on Tuesday to issue a show-cause notice to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for intending to defy the court's order of writing a letter to Swiss authorities to open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Maulvi Iqbal Haider filed the petition, nominating the prime minister as a respondent. The petitioner invited the attention of the court towards a speech of the prime minister in Karachi and a media talk, where he had stated that his policy on... more

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Major terror bid foiled in Quetta

Major terror bid foiled in Quetta

QUETTA: The Frontier Corps (FC) and police seized a massive quantity of hand grenades, bombs, explosives and firearms, and arrested two terrorists of banned organisations late on Tuesday, foiling a bid to carry out a massive terrorist strike on government officials and installations.This was revealed by FC Sector Commander Brigadier Abdul Rashid and Police DIG (Investigation) Hamid Shakil in a joint press conference at the FC Headquarters. The security officers said the suspects were arrested af... more

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Raja Pervez Ashraf not good choice for PM: Asma

Raja Pervez Ashraf not good choice for PM: Asma

LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) former president Asma Jahangir said Raja Pervez Ashraf was not a good choice for prime minister of the country and his selection had revealed the feelings the Paksitan People's Party (PPP)-led government had for the people. Talking to reporters at the Lahore High Court Bar Association premises, she said parliament had elected Raja, but he could not win the hearts of masses. She said Raja should not have been elected chief executive of the country as ... more

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Arrested key 26/11 handler set up control room in..

Arrested key 26/11 handler set up control room in..

The arrested key handler of terrorists who struck Mumbai in 2008 has told investigators he had set up the control room in Karachi for giving instructions to the 10 Pakistani terrorists besides checking out the communication equipments.

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Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released: Pakistan

Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released: Pakistan

Islamabad, June 27 : Hours after reports emerged that Pakistan was to free Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Islamabad Tuesday night clarified that another Indian prisoner named Surjeet Singh, who has been in jail for three decades, would be released instead.

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Getting even gloomier about Pakistan - Business Standard

Getting even gloomier about Pakistan - Business Standard


Getting even gloomier about Pakistan
Business Standard
Invited into his office, I was treated to a diatribe about how Pakistan was so different from squalid, beggar-infested India. "We come from Central Asia, galloping ...

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Blaze at Sufi shrine triggers violence in Indian Kashmir - msnbc.com (blog)

Blaze at Sufi shrine triggers violence in Indian Kashmir - msnbc.com (blog)


msnbc.com (blog)

Blaze at Sufi shrine triggers violence in Indian Kashmir
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Next story in South and Central Asia Indian man beheads daughter in rage over ... helped by supporters in neighboring Pakistan, to break away from India.


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Pak Olympic torchbearer honoured in London

Pak Olympic torchbearer honoured in London

LONDON: The young Pakistani girl, Zainab Imran, who will carry the Olympic torch as it makes its way to London was felicitated at an evening reception at the Pakistan High Commission.The event was organised in collaboration with the British Pakistan Foundation, International Inspiration (a global NGO investing in sports in the developing world including Pakistan, and working alongside UNICEF), Sports Aid, and the British Council.Zainab, who has only recently done her matriculation, is one of the... more

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Seven Afghan nationals held in Chaman

Seven Afghan nationals held in Chaman

QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies (LEA) arrested seven Afghan nationals under the Foreign Act from Pak-Afghan border in Chaman. LEA sources said on Tuesday that these Afghan national had entered the country illegally and could not show their travelling documents during investigation. Later, they were handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for further interrogation. End.... more

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Taliban ban anti-polio jabs in SWA

Taliban ban anti-polio jabs in SWA

WANA: The local fiction of the Taliban on Monday imposed a ban on administering polio vaccinations in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) and its adjacent localities. They said that the ban would remain intact until the US-led drone and spy attacks ended in the Tribal Areas. This was stated in a pamphlet, which was distributed in Wana bazaars against the polio vaccination drive. As per the pamphlet, international NGOs were driving fake vaccination campaigns to spy for the US and its allied forces in ... more

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Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in Pakistan

Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in Pakistan

The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taliban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, police said.

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Eventuality of heavy rains and floods

Eventuality of heavy rains and floods

Relevant departments asked to remain on high alert * CM appreciates role and services of armed forces during evacuation and relief measures KARACHI: All precautionary, preventive and proactive measures should be made to combat the eventuality of heavy rains and floods in view of the thunderstorm, while necessary arrangements of rescue and relief be ... (more)

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Rise of Islamist seminaries is latest worry in Islamabad, Pakistan

Rise of Islamist seminaries is latest worry in Islamabad, Pakistan

In July 2007, Malik Riaz Hussain, a billionaire Pakistani philanthropist, took charge of 4,800 seminary students, the shaken survivors of a bloody battle between security forces and militants holed up at the Red Mosque in the heart of Islamabad.

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Pak commutes Sarabjeet's death sentence

Pak commutes Sarabjeet's death sentence

Zeenews Bureau Islamabad: After languishing for 22 long years in a Pakistani jail, Sarabjit Singh would soon be a free man walking back home to India as his death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment, reports said Tuesday.

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Indian arrested for Mumbai massacre implicates Pakistan military

Indian arrested for Mumbai massacre implicates Pakistan military

Indian authorities have arrested a man believed to have been remotely directing the terrorists who carried out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people.

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Pakistan Claims Soldiers Were Beheaded by Militants from Afghanistan

Pakistan Claims Soldiers Were Beheaded by Militants from Afghanistan

Pakistani authorities alleged on Monday that 13 of its soldiers were killed by militants who crossed over the northwestern border from Afghanistan.

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What does Pakistan want? - DAWN.com

What does Pakistan want? - DAWN.com


Center for Research on Globalization

What does Pakistan want?
DAWN.com
ACCORDING to the latest statements from official spokespersons Pakistan ... nor does it make any reference to its reservations about the role India is trying to play ... was the opportunity to be the alternate route for Central Asia's trade with the ...
Vladimir Putin heads for Pakistan, India watchfulTimes of India
New Cold War Scenario: Pakistan and the Emerging Geo-Political .! ..Center for Research ! on Globalization
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India to Host Regional Meeting on Investment in Afghanistan - Prensa Latina

India to Host Regional Meeting on Investment in Afghanistan - Prensa Latina


Khaama Press

India to Host Regional Meeting on Investment in Afghanistan!
Prensa Latina
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The Delhi Investment Summit on AfghanistanInstitute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Global meet to boo! st investment in AfghanistanDeccan Herald
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Be Responsive to Expat's Needs, Krishna tells Indian Missions - Daijiworld.com

Be Responsive to Expat's Needs, Krishna tells Indian Missions - Daijiworld.com


Be Responsive to Expat's Needs, Krishna tells Indian Missions
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UAE builds 40 schools in Pakistan

UAE builds 40 schools in Pakistan

Islamabad, June 23: The UAE Project to Assist Pakistan has built 40 schools and handed them over to authorities in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Pak, India trade to continue despite clashes at LoC - Business Recorder

Pak, India trade to continue despite clashes at LoC - Business Recorder


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P! ak, India trade to continue despite clashes at LoC
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Stay updated with Business News, Pakistan news, Current world news and ... India and both countries will contribute trade cooperation with Central Asian states.

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Don't expect big solutions with Pakistan, says Krishna

Don't expect big solutions with Pakistan, says Krishna

Ahead of the talks between foreign secretaries of the two countries, India Monday said it did not expect big solutions to decades-old problems with Pakistan, specially at a time when that country is going through many upheavals, but stressed that the focus was on continuing the engagement.

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Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Leading News Resource of Pakistan

AGP unearths over Rs 13.587bn irregularities By Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has unearthed massive financial irregularities worth over Rs 13.587 billion in the financial accounts of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources.

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'Report on J & K contrary to India's stand on the state' - Rediff

'Report on J & K contrary to India's stand on the state' - Rediff


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'Report on J ! & K contrary to India's stand on the state'
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Gwadar risks becoming ghost town due to water shortage

Gwadar risks becoming ghost town due to water shortage

QUETTA: Gwadar, Balohistan's future economical and port city, is facing the problem of drinking water and the Ankara Kaur Dam, which was build in 1993, is empty now thanks to the wrong and defective designing and architecture by the NESPAK.Balochistan National Party (BNP-Awami) leader Kahuda Babar told that leaders from the federal government had always made tall claims that Gwadar was on its way to development but they cannot see that the local people of Gwadar were facing acute shortage of dri... more

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Heavy floods expected in China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and ... - eTurboNews

Heavy floods expected in China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and ... - eTurboNews


Heavy floods expected in China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and ...
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Raja Pervez Ashraf not good choice for PM: Asma

Raja Pervez Ashraf not good choice for PM: Asma

LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) former president Asma Jahangir said Raja Pervez Ashraf was not a good choice for prime minister of the country and his selection had revealed the feelings the Paksitan People's Party (PPP)-led government had for the people.Talking to reporters at the Lahore High Court Bar Association premises, she said parliament had elected Raja, but he could not win the hearts of masses. She said Raja should not have been elected chief executive of the country as he... more

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Taliban ban anti-polio jabs in SWA

Taliban ban anti-polio jabs in SWA

WANA: The local fiction of the Taliban on Monday imposed a ban on administering polio vaccinations in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) and its adjacent localities. They said that the ban would remain intact until the US-led drone and spy attacks ended in the Tribal Areas.This was stated in a pamphlet, which was distributed in Wana bazaars against the polio vaccination drive. As per the pamphlet, international NGOs were driving fake vaccination campaigns to spy for the US and its allied forces in Tr... more

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NAB to conduct inquiry against ex-MPA, ex-tehsil nazim

NAB to conduct inquiry against ex-MPA, ex-tehsil nazim

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Executive Board, in its meeting held on Monday presided over by NAB Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari, decided to conduct compliant verification against ex-MPA Naeemullah Shahani and ex-tehsil nazim of Bhakkar, Aleemullah Shahani.According to NAB statement issued, the accused were alleged to have manipulated transfer of 46 plots in Bhakkar city in the name of their servants, worth Rs 60 million, accumulating assets disproportionate to their le... more

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Pakistan's gun-slinging chief justice faces backlash

Pakistan's gun-slinging chief justice faces backlash

ISLAMABAD: To his admirers, Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry is a hero whose relentless pursuit of a money-laundering case against the president is teaching a generation of the country's leaders a long-overdue lesson in respect for the law.To his critics, he is a runaway judge in the grip of a messiah complex whose turbo-charged brand of activism threatens to upend the power balance underpinning precarious embrace of democracy.Last week, Justice Chaudhry made his boldest move yet by d... more

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3 labourers die in Quetta coalmine blast

3 labourers die in Quetta coalmine blast

QUETTA: Three miners were killed due to toxic gas leak in a coalmine in Marwar area on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.Officials said the victims were identified as Shahjehan, Bhar Alam and Muhammad Tareen, who were working with a private coalmine company, while another labourer, Muhammad Shoaib, sustained wounds.According to details, the incident took place in Jinnah coalmine in Marwar mining area, some 80 kilometres north of Quetta, where the landmine caved in after an explosion due to fil... more

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170 extortion complaints received in six months

170 extortion complaints received in six months

KARACHI: At least 170 complaints of extortion reported within a short span of six months have made the role of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) dubious, as Karachiites are presently suspecting them for being pressurised by different political groups and remaining innocuous against extortion mafias.The growing number of extortion cases that has presently become a matter of concern for every citizen in general and business fraternity in particular has exposed the performance of LEAs.There is a mass... more

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Fire engulfs chemicals, wood godowns

Fire engulfs chemicals, wood godowns

KARACHI: Fires that broke out in two different godowns for chemicals and wood on Sunday were tamed effectively by the fire brigade.The godown for chemicals situated in New Karachi Industrial area, Sector 6-B was engulfed in flames in the wee hours. According to fire brigade officials, initially two fire tenders rushed to the site and later six more besides a snorkel and a water bowser were called to extinguish the fire. The flames also engulfed the building's storehouse, spreading in its other p... more

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In What Capacity?... By Col.(r) Riaz

In What Capacity?... By Col.(r) Riaz

When in the only Garden Party thrown by the Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the elite of Karachi a Parsi businessman Mahouta, whose house had been requisitioned by the Karachi administration for housing the Foreign Office there, requested the Quaid that if he ordered Hashim Raza (Commissioner Karachi) he would immediately derequisition his house, the Quaid had retorted abruptly, "Order him? In what capacity can I order him? If you feel so strong about it why don't you go to the court"... more

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Compensating air crash victims... By Abdul Razzaq

Compensating air crash victims... By Abdul Razzaq

The most important aspect of any air crash is payment of compensation to victims' families. However, even on this, the CAA acts as a silent spectator, if not accomplice, which amounts to collusive procrastination. Instead of paying to each crash victim's family according to social and economic worth of the victims, the air carrier or other vested interest elements manipulate to connive with the insurers to pay the least possible amount of compensation. The golden canons of quantum of compensatio... more

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26/11 arrest: Pakistan says terror a common concern

26/11 arrest: Pakistan says terror a common concern

New Delhi: A day after reports of an Indian 26/11 accused and his links with Pakistani terrorists became public, Pakistan Tuesday renewed its offer of counter-terror cooperation with India and said that terrorism was a common concern for both countries.

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Armed men shoot at the offices of Pakistan's Aaj TV

Armed men shoot at the offices of Pakistan's Aaj TV

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's attack on the offices of a Pakistani television outlet and calls on authorities to immediately investigate the attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Two wounded in attack on Pakistan TV office-police

Two wounded in attack on Pakistan TV office-police

Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at the offices of a Pakistani television news channel in the southern city of Karachi on Monday, wounding two people, including a security guard, police officials said.

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Four Pakistani policemen shot dead

Four Pakistani policemen shot dead

Four policemen were gunned down in Pakistan's Quetta city. The attack took place Sunday in Bakra Mandi area on the outskirts of the city.

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Pakistan says Afghan peace requires clarity from U.S., Taliban

Pakistan says Afghan peace requires clarity from U.S., Taliban

A hoped-for peace deal ending the war in Afghanistan will likely remain out of reach unless both the United States and the Taliban put more clear, consistent offers on the table, a senior diplomat from Afghanistan's influential neighbour Pakistan said.

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Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift

Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift

In this May 24, 2012 photo, people sit near a sculpture of the Buddha whose face was destroyed by Taliban fighters at Jahanabad, Pakistan in the Swat valley.

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Suspect arrested in India over Mumbai attacks: reports

Suspect arrested in India over Mumbai attacks: reports

NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested a key suspect accused of coordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, media reports said Monday.

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Pakistan govt to get rid of PM-hunter Chief Justice

Pakistan govt to get rid of PM-hunter Chief Justice

The on-going tussle between the executive and the judiciary in Pakistan is expected to take a new twist with the Pakistan government proposing to amend the constituion and simplify the procedure to oust Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

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'I do not know how I landed in Pakistan'

'I do not know how I landed in Pakistan'

Bhanudas Karale, a mentally unstable man was released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on June 15, was in the city on Saturday.

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Vladimir Putin heads for Pakistan, India watchful - Times of India

Vladimir Putin heads for Pakistan, India watchful - Times of India


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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): The Indian Standpoint ... - Eurasia Review

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): The Indian Standpoint ... - Eurasia Review


Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): The Indian Standpoint ...
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India has an observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) along with ... This route will help India to bypass Pakistan to reach Central Asia.

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India & Pakistan- It's Time to Move On! - The News International (blog)

India & Pakistan- It's Time to Move On! - The News International (blog)


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India & Pakistan- It's Time to Move On!
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Pakistan and India must look to figure out the determinants behind the delay on ... Likewise; India can get access to Central Asian countries in order to explore ...

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Rift between U.S., Pakistan only widens - Boston Herald

Rift between U.S., Pakistan only widens - Boston Herald


Rift between U.S., Pakistan only widens
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When the United States needs Pakistan, Washington showers Islamabad ... Americans are untroubled by the prospect of India emerging as a power of the first rank. ... Central Asian republics creates alternatives, rem! oving Pakistan's grip on ...

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The third sex take on the tax dodgers

The third sex take on the tax dodgers

In a bright pink salwar kameeez and matching headscarf, Nargis marches around one of Pakistan's richest neighbourhoods on a mission to embarrass residents into paying their taxes.

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Pakistan: 8 killed in attack on shop in Quetta

Pakistan: 8 killed in attack on shop in Quetta

QUETTA, : At least eight people, including a police constable and his son, were killed when armed men opened indiscriminate fire on a laundry shop in Sariab road area here on Saturday.

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Gunmen kill eight in Quetta

Gunmen kill eight in Quetta

Gunmen on motorcycles yesterday shot dead eight men at a laundry in the restive southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police said.

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