2012-10-18

Bogus Malala 'family' raises suspicion in UK

Bogus Malala 'family' raises suspicion in UK

LONDON: Two people wanting to visit Malala Yousufzai raised suspicion in Britain on Tuesday after turning up overnight at the hospital where she is undergoing treatment, the hospital and police said. Authorities are highly sensitive about Malala's security because the Taliban, who targeted her, say they would again try to kill the 14-year-old if she survived last week's attack. "A number of people turned up claiming to be members of Malala's family which we don't believe to be true," Dave Rosser... more

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Pakistan Journalist Killed As Gunmen Open Fire

Pakistan Journalist Killed As Gunmen Open Fire

The International Federation of Journalists joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in expressing outrage and condemning the killing of journalist Mushtaq Khand, a reporter for privately-owned Dharti TV, during a public meeting organised by the ruling Pakistan People's Party in Khairpur, in the south-eastern province of Sindh, ... (more)

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Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to UK for care

Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to UK for care

Accident. Left lane blocked on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X51/Deer Park Ave/Rt-231 and X50/Bagatelle Rd.

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Teen recovers from Taliban hit in UK

Teen recovers from Taliban hit in UK

A Pakistani teenage activist shot in the head by the Taliban for demanding an education has left her beloved country for specialized medical treatment in Britain.

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Central Asia gas unlikely to reach Europe: WoodMac - Business Recorder (blog)

Central Asia gas unlikely to reach Europe: WoodMac - Business Recorder (blog)


Central Asia gas unlikely to reach Europe: WoodMac
Business Recorder (blog)
"China will balance domestic supply and its portfolio of imports, to avoid becoming too dependent on any one supplier," O'Rourke said. Although Central Asia could also supply Russia, Iran, India and Pakistan with gas, Wood Mackenzie said! that the ...

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'After recent efforts, Pak-India trade growing' - The Express Tribune

'After recent efforts, Pak-India trade growing' - The Express Tribune


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'After recent efforts, Pak-India trade growing'
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"Growing trade between India and Pakistan will change the business and trade dynamics in South Asia because of the size of their economies," he said, "Pakistan and India can transform regional trade by linking Central Asia and Europe to South East Asia ...

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Court rejects bail plea of two top officials in Hajj scam

Court rejects bail plea of two top officials in Hajj scam

RAWALPINDI: The special court has rejected the bail applications of former DG Hajj Rao Shakil and ex Additional Secretary Ministry of Religious Affairs Aftab-ul-Islam, apprehended in Hajj scandal case. The judge Iftikhar Ali Khan has recorded the statement of two witnesses of the prosecution and adjourned the hearing till today(Thursday).The court had framed charge sheet against Rao Shakil as he got job by tempering the documents. Rao is facing the charge that when he was Secretary Water and Pow... more

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Lahore assault: Shahbaz's son-in-law arrested

Lahore assault: Shahbaz's son-in-law arrested

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab's son-in-law Ali Imran has been arrested over his involvement in assaulting a young bakery worker for not serving his wife and Shahbaz Sharif's daughter Rabia Imran. Police said that Ali Imran was arrested Wednesday under Section 109 of Pakistan Penal Code after he appeared before investigating officers. Earlier, Chief Minister Punjab instructed the authorities to incriminate Ali Imran in the assault case. Shahbaz Sharif said that the rule of law was dearest to him,... more

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72.4 million forced to migrate from their homes worldwide

72.4 million forced to migrate from their homes worldwide

GENEVA: Political upheaval, violence, natural disasters and development projects have forced some 72.4 million people to migrate from their homes worldwide, the Red Cross said on Tuesday."This figure rises relentlessly every year, and most migrants are either in protracted displacement situations or permanently dispossessed," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in its annual World Disasters Report.The Geneva-based organisation said forced migration costs the... more

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31 percent of Chinese have a favourable view of Pakistan: Pew

31 percent of Chinese have a favourable view of Pakistan: Pew

WASHINGTON: China has provided military and economic support to Pakistan, whose leaders have often hailed the relationship with Beijing at times of tension with the United States, a survey said on Tuesday.But, the poll by the Pew Research Centre found that 31 percent of Chinese had a favourable view of Pakistan, only slightly better than their opinion of India. "Pakistani views of China actually tend to be quite positive, but Chinese views of Pakistan are not the same," said Richard Wike, associ... more

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Eight die in bus accident

Eight die in bus accident

NAWABSHAH: As many as six passengers, including a minor girl, on Tuesday died and another 30 received injuries after a coach turned turtle on the National Highway. The coach coming from Rajanpur overturned near Shahpur Jahania. The coach was carrying passengers for Karachi. The injured were immediately shifted to Shahpur Jahania and Nawabshah hospitals where emergency was declared and staff was called in. Later, two seriously injured passengers also succumbed to injuries at hospitals.End.... more

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Businessman recovered, three kidnappers killed

Businessman recovered, three kidnappers killed

KARACHI: The Anti Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) in collaboration with Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a businessman from the custody of kidnappers after an encounter at Maripure area, while three alleged kidnappers were also killed during the encounter.The AVCC and CPLC team on a tip-off conducted a raid at a house in Javed Bahria Housing Society, Maripur area in the wee hours, where kidnappers seeing them opened indiscriminate fire. Police also resorted... more

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Woman, two accomplices arrested for murder

Woman, two accomplices arrested for murder

ISLAMABAD: The Sihala police on Tuesday arrested three persons, including a woman, for their alleged involvement in blind murder case and also recovered the murder tool from them. According to police, one Azam Khan spotted an unidentified dead body near a graveyard in the Swan area on August 26 and informed the Sihala police about it. The police shifted the body to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for postmortem and the deceased was later identified as Muhammad Haleem, a resident of... more

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LHC directs Hafiz Saeed to present Pak-US 'secret deal'

LHC directs Hafiz Saeed to present Pak-US 'secret deal'

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday directed Jamatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Saeed to submit until November 1 copies of the contracts if any pertaining to the drone attacks between Pakistan and the US.The CJ was hearing a petition filed by Saeed, seeking directions for the federal government to ensure end of drone attacks. He held that the government was making no efforts against the drone attacks, which have been continuously killing civilians.The petition, which wa... more

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25 labourers abducted from Bannu

25 labourers abducted from Bannu

BANNU: At least 25 labourers have been abducted from Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said on Monday. The police said the incident took place in Mandan Gate area of the district when armed men tempted the labourers by offering them one thousand rupees per day wages before taking them away to North Waziristan. Witnesses said that unidentified persons on two vehicles had come in the area and enticed the labourers who were sitting along the road. According to the witnesses, the men aske... more

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'Mullah Radio' believed to be behind attack on Pakistani schoolgirl

'Mullah Radio' believed to be behind attack on Pakistani schoolgirl

The Taliban leader who apparently ordered the assassination of a Pakistani schoolgirl last week may not be well-known outside the remote, picturesque Swat Valley.

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Official: Shot Pakistani girl is moving her limbs

Official: Shot Pakistani girl is moving her limbs

Pakistani youths shouts slogans during a protest against the assassination attempt by Taliban on child activist Malala Yousafzai in Lahore on October 15, 2012.

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Pakistanis divided on army offensive after attack

Pakistanis divided on army offensive after attack

In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, is moved to a helicopter to be taken to Peshawar for treatment in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan.

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Pakistan Floods Kill Hundreds, Affect Millions

Pakistan Floods Kill Hundreds, Affect Millions

Pakistani villagers seek refuge on a dry patch in the flood-hit Jacobabad district of Sindh province, September 17, 2012.

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Fate of Australian sheep in Pakistan still unknown

Fate of Australian sheep in Pakistan still unknown

The fate of Australian sheep in Pakistan remains unknown, as the High Court has adjourned the case until tomorrow .

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Obama's 'hope' message a mirage for hostile Pakistanis

Obama's 'hope' message a mirage for hostile Pakistanis

Pakistanis burn a U.S. flag during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Islamabad on September 15.

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Despite outrage over girl's shooting, Pakistan still split over confronting Taliban

Despite outrage over girl's shooting, Pakistan still split over confronting Taliban

The horrific shooting of a teenage girl by the Pakistani Taliban to silence her campaign for schooling for girls has forced a battered Pakistan to consider how it can tackle violent extremism after years of equivocation and toleration, analysts and politicians say.

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Pakistan: Police torture to death an old age Christian

Pakistan: Police torture to death an old age Christian

Arifwala, Punjab: October 16, 2012. The Christian leaders of Pakpattan and Arifwala protested in District Headquarters Hospital and in front of District Police Office Arifwala to register a murder case against police on killing an old age Christian Niamat Masih here today who was tortured to death in Saddar Police Station Arifwala.

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Pakistan teen attack sparks anger, disgust

Pakistan teen attack sparks anger, disgust

On October 9, a Pakistani schoolgirl who dared to speak out against the Taliban took a bullet to the head for her act of defiance.

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India says Pakistan border shelling...

India says Pakistan border shelling...

Pakistani soldiers fired heavy weapons into Indian Kashmir and killed three civilians on Tuesday, the Indian defence ministry said, in the latest reported skirmish between the rival nations.

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Four Shias shot dead in Pakistan

Four Shias shot dead in Pakistan

Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead four people from the minority Shia Hazara community in the Pakistani city of Quetta, police say.

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Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's house robbed

Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's house robbed

Noted Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's house in Lahore was robbed of gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 7,00,000, a media report said Tuesday.

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Gunmen kill four Shiites in Pakistan: police

Gunmen kill four Shiites in Pakistan: police

QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen shot dead four Shiite Muslims on Tuesday, in a fresh sectarian attack in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan, police said.

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Family of five killed in arson attack

Family of five killed in arson attack

A Pakistani mother and four of her children were killed Monday in a suspected arson attack on their home outside London, police said.

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Video: More than 100 militants attack Pakistani police

Video: More than 100 militants attack Pakistani police

Pakistani officials say at least six law-enforcement officers were killed when more than 100 militants attacked a police station near the northwestern city of Peshawar.

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Rural N.C. county had a role in Osama bin Laden's death

Rural N.C. county had a role in Osama bin Laden's death

They scarcely bat an eye when a truckload of blackened, bomb-shredded cars rolls out, or a Boeing 727 passenger jet, minus wings and tail, rolls in on the back of a giant trailer.

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Pakistani Girl Nearly Killed by Taliban Rushed to UK for Treatment

Pakistani Girl Nearly Killed by Taliban Rushed to UK for Treatment

The 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was targeted and nearly killed by the Taliban for supporting education for girls has been flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

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India hopes people from Central Asia do not give fodder to fundamentalism: Ansari - Indian Express

India hopes people from Central Asia do not give fodder to fundamentalism: Ansari - Indian Express


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India hopes people from Central Asia do not give fodder to fundamentalism: Ansari
Indian Express
He further discussed the potentials of and possible challenges faced by various countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tazakhistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Russia. "India hopes that the people of Central Asia do not provide fodder to ...
Badal for Easing of Visa Norms With Central Asian NationsOutlook
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India, Iran working on new mechanisms for transfer of payments - Tehran Times

India, Iran working on new mechanisms for transfer of payments - Tehran Times


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India, Iran working on new ! mechanisms for transfer of payments
Tehran Times
The minister also asked New Delhi to make up its mind on the issue of joining Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. "Indian government has made a payment of Rs one billion for ... ( Central Asia) Seyyed Abbas Araghchi told reporters here ...
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Expectations from ECO - PakistanToday.com.pk

Expectations from ECO - PakistanToday.com.pk


Expectations from ECO
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Among the political reasons were the estrangement between Pakistan and Iran that set in under Zia and, in later days, the expansion of the militant outfits' activities to Central Asia. This created suspicions in some of the countries about Pakistan's ! ...

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Gwadar cooperation opens up Central Asia to global marketplace - Global Times

Gwadar cooperation opens up Central Asia to global marketplace - Global Times


Gwadar cooperation opens up Central Asia to global marketplace
Global Times
New Delhi is pressing hard to increase its influence in Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia, but once the port is developed, all these states will be dependent on Pakistan and will no longer remain under Indian influence. The closer Pakistani ...

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South and Central Asian regions - Pakistan Daily Times

South and Central Asian regions - Pakistan Daily Times


South and Central Asian regions
Pakistan Daily Times
Speaking at South and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Contact Group meeting in Tokyo on Friday, Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh highlighted the steps taken by the political leadership in Pakistan for increasing the regional c! ooperation. He ...

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Afghanistan remains main problem for TAPI's implementation - Trend.az

Afghanistan remains main problem for TAPI's implementation - Trend.az


Afghanistan remains main problem for TAPI's implementation
Trend.az
Situation in Afghanistan still remains one of the major problems for the implementation of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, but nevertheless Bangladesh is willing to join it, German expert on Central Asia Michael ...
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Everyone's Competing For Access To This Country's Natural Gas Reserves - Business Insider

Everyone's Competing For Access To This Country's Natural Gas Reserves - Business Insider


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Everyone's Competin! g For Access To This Country's Natural Gas Reserves
Business Insider
The reclusive Central Asian nation is far from alone, however, in hoping to capitalize on this fact. Numerous outsiders including, but not limited to Russia, India, Pakistan, Turkey, China, the US all hold interests in the nation's vast hydrocarbon stores.

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Pak-Russian ties reset - Pakistan Observer

Pak-Russian ties reset - Pakistan Observer


Pak-Russian ties reset
Pakistan Observer
Notably, it is also owing to the Pakistan's province of Balochistan where China has invested billion of dollars to develop Gwadar seaport which could link Central Asian trade with rest of the world irritates US and India. Therefore, their secret ...

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Raja Riaz accuses Shahbaz of holding dual nationality

Raja Riaz accuses Shahbaz of holding dual nationality

LAHORE: Accusing Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of holding dual nationality, opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to probe the matter and declared the chief minister "disqualified". Speaking to the media, the PPP leader said he would write to ECP to launch an investigation against Shahbaz Sharif.Responding to Raja's claim, PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah said the PPP leader should instead move court, adding that he woul... more

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Terrorist killed trying to plant bomb

Terrorist killed trying to plant bomb

PESHAWAR: A man was killed while trying to plant a bomb in an oil tin in Badabar on Tuesday, police said. The explosion occurred in Badabar graveyard where the suspected terrorist tried to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) in an oil tin, allegedly for subversive activities. As a result of the blast, the man was killed on the spot. Police rushed to the area and defused another bomb in the vicinity and started investigation. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained. End.... more

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'Quadrilateral summit put off' - DAWN.com

'Quadrilateral summit put off' - DAWN.com


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'Quadrilateral summit put off'
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In fact, Russia wants a proper role into the region to have easy access to Central Asian states and this cannot be achieved without active support of Pakistan and good relations between India and Pakistan. The logic of the process of regroupings in ...
Cancellation of Putin's visit?Frontier Post

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We have taken bold steps to normalise ties with India: Pak - Zee News

We have taken bold steps to normalise ties with India: Pak - Zee News


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We ! have taken bold steps to normalise ties with India: Pak
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Pakistan straddles South Asia, West Asia and Central Asia and "is destined to become a bridge between these regions", she said. The people of Pakistan want peace within and outside the country and the central plank of Islamabad's foreign policy has ...
I bring a message of goodwill: KrishnaThe Express Tribune
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US women to stage anti-drones hunger strike in Pakistan

US women to stage anti-drones hunger strike in Pakistan

LAHORE: A group of middle-aged American women are considering staging a hunger strike outside the US Embassy in Islamabad as part of a campaign against CIA drone attacks in the country, the Guardian has reported.The newspaper reports that thirty-five activists from Code Pink, a US anti-war group, have gathered in the capital this week as they prepare for an unprecedented march and political rally in South Waziristan, one of the semi-autonomous tribal areas on the Afghan border, which is a hotbed... more

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Mob torches two police vehicles after road mishap

Mob torches two police vehicles after road mishap

KARACHI: A woman and her two children were injured when a speeding police mobile hit them on MA Jinnah Road on Wednesday, while angry mob torched the police van and another vehicle. As per details, a speeding police mobile hit a motorcycle on MA Jinnah Road in the limits of Preedy police station. Resultantly, a woman and her two children were injured. After this road mishap enraged mob set ablaze two police vehicles. Fire tenders rushed to the scene to douse the fire. A duty officer at Preedy po... more

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Police defuse 10kg bomb in Peshawar

Police defuse 10kg bomb in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: City police on Tuesday averted a bid of terrorism by defusing a bomb weighing 10 kilogrammes in Bara Sheikhan area, in the outskirts of the provincial capital. According to police, the remote-controlled bomb was planted on a bicycle parked near a flour mill. The police informed the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), which rushed to the area and defused it after hectic efforts. Police said the bomb would have caused colossal damage if it had not been defused in time by the BDS. Police have star... more

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SC orders NAB to arrest former OGRA chief

SC orders NAB to arrest former OGRA chief

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered NAB to immediately arrest former OGRA chairman Tauqir Sadiq and initiate proceedings against him in accordance with the law. It also sought a comprehensive report from NAB regarding progress in Sadiq's illegal appointment. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was hearing the case of the illegal appointment in OGRA. At the onset, NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Fauzi Kazmi in pursuance of a court order submitted details of ter... more

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Gunmen shoot dead 26 students at Nigerian college hostel

Gunmen shoot dead 26 students at Nigerian college hostel

KADUNA: Gunmen shot dead at least 26 students in an attack overnight on their college residence in northeast Nigeria, a college spokesman said on Tuesday.The attack took place at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi in remote Adamawa state late on Monday, the head of the information department at the college said by telephone."The killers went from room to room, slaughtering them one by one," said witness Muhammad Awal, who was not harmed in the attack. Some were shot, others killed with machetes, he sa... more

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PHC orders religious lessons for 'brothel owner'

PHC orders religious lessons for 'brothel owner'

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan has directed a woman accused of running a brothel to "improve herself" by attending classes at a mosque every day for a month, reports BBC News. The PHC chief justice made mosque attendance part of her bail conditions. He said she must visit the cleric for a month for "rectification through religious teachings".Khan issued the order while granting bail to four women accused of running a brothel and an alleged male client. He sa... more

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Police baton charge injures 7 flood victims

Police baton charge injures 7 flood victims

QUETTA: At least seven flood victims, including five women, were wounded when police resorted to baton charge during a distribution of relief items in Naseerabad district, on Tuesday.Provincial Minister and PPP Balochistan President Mir Sadiq Umrani distributed rations amongst flood victims in Chattar area of Naseerabad.Soon after Umrani had left, the flood victims clashed with police. Resultantly the police baton charged due to which seven people, including five women, were injured. The injured... more

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SC moved to start contempt proceedings against AG

SC moved to start contempt proceedings against AG

ISLAMABAD: A petition was moved in the Supreme Court on Monday, requesting to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Attorney General (AG) Irfan Qadir for writing a letter to the chief election commissioner (CEC) not to obey the court's order regarding disqualification of 11 dual national lawmakers. Mahmood Akhtar Naqvi, who had earlier moved the court against the lawmakers, once again requested the court to take notice of AG's letter to CEC and he should be dealt in accordance with law.... more

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Faltering Economy Threatens Pakistan's Stability

Faltering Economy Threatens Pakistan's Stability

A demonstrator reacts after Pakistani policemen fire tear gas during a protest against power cuts in Karachi in June.

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Looking beyond Afghan dead end

Looking beyond Afghan dead end

While the overlooked war in Afghanistan grinds on, a group of officials in Washington, Kabul and Islamabad are exploring a bare-bones strategy that would narrow each side's demands to a set of minimum conditions for escaping the current diplomatic dead end.

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Pakistan struggles with smuggled Buddhist relics

Pakistan struggles with smuggled Buddhist relics

Lacking the necessary cash and manpower, Pakistan is struggling to stem the flow of millions of dollars in ancient Buddhist artifacts that looters dig up in the country's northwest and smuggle to collectors around the world.

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US film protests bring boom for Pakistan...

US film protests bring boom for Pakistan...

As Pakistan's mullahs railed against a US-made anti-Islam film, Naveed Haider's print works went into overdrive, running off hundreds of US flags for angry protesters to burn at demonstrations.

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Pakistani Workers Slaving Brick by Brick

Pakistani Workers Slaving Brick by Brick

Over four million brick kiln workers in Pakistan are bonded labourers, tied by debt to their employers.

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Book: Obama hoped to try bin Laden, if captured

Book: Obama hoped to try bin Laden, if captured

This undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan and released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a man identified by the U.S. government as Osama Bin Laden in front of a television.

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Saleem Baloch to be a Special Advisor to PCC Chief Nazir S Bhatti in Pakistan

Saleem Baloch to be a Special Advisor to PCC Chief Nazir S Bhatti in Pakistan

Karachi: October 3, 2012. A Prominent Baloch leader and former Vice President of Jamhoori Watan Party JWP when Nawab Mohammad Akber Bugti was President will again act from today as Special Advisor to Dr.

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Pakistani journalist shot dead

Pakistani journalist shot dead

A prominent Pakistani journalist, Abdul Haq Baloch, was shot dead on Saturday in the city of Khuzdar, Baluchistan province.

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Pakistan Insists Aussie Sheep Were Culled According to Islamic Practice

Pakistan Insists Aussie Sheep Were Culled According to Islamic Practice

The News International, a newspaper based in Karachi, claimed that untrained workers stabbed and clubbed the animals to death, while some of the sheep were buried alive.

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Police: 'Pakistan Christian Girl Innocent of Blasphemy'

Police: 'Pakistan Christian Girl Innocent of Blasphemy'

Pakistani police say they have found no evidence that a mentally challenged Christian girl burned pages with verses of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, in a case that sparked international upheaval, Worthy News learned.

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Silence of the Drones and a March for Peace in Pakistan

Silence of the Drones and a March for Peace in Pakistan

Several friends of mine are among the 35 American activists assembling in Pakistan in recent days in an effort to seek ground truth on the impact of U.S. drone strikes on civilians there.

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Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Leading News Resource of Pakistan

CPI inflation eased to 8.79% in September Staff Report KARACHI: The Consumer Price Index inflation, declining gradually during each passing month in the current financial year, has further eased to stand at 8.79 percent in September as against 9.05 percent in August, reaching a 33-month low.

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Mosque for Pakistan 'brothel'

Mosque for Pakistan 'brothel'

A judge in Pakistan has directed a woman accused of running a brothel to "improve herself" by attending classes at a mosque every day for a month.

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Pakistan denies Australian sheep mistreated

Pakistan denies Australian sheep mistreated

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities on Monday denied a report that thousands of Australian sheep culled over disease fears were killed improperly, insisting they were slaughtered in accordance with Islamic practice.

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Civilians struggle to check Pakistan army's power

Civilians struggle to check Pakistan army's power

In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo, Pakistani security force members stand near weapons they took from militants after a shootout which killed four militants, top right, in Kabal, in the Swat valley of Pakistan.

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PAKISTAN: News Propaganda Against Hina Rabbani Khar

PAKISTAN: News Propaganda Against Hina Rabbani Khar

The recent series of news articles on so called love affair between Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar and co-chairman of Pakistan People's Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, is perfect example of propaganda covertly packaged as credible news without sufficient transparency concerning the news item's source and ... (more)

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Armed men kill Pakistani journalist in Khuzdar

Armed men kill Pakistani journalist in Khuzdar

Unidentified assailants shot to death a prominent journalist on Saturday in the city of Khuzdar in Baluchistan province, according to news reports.

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There have been protests against the film across Pakistan and 23 people were killed.

There have been protests against the film across Pakistan and 23 people were killed.

A former Pakistani lawmaker today offered a USD 200,000 bounty for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film during a protest against the movie in Peshawar, days after a federal minister announced a reward of USD 100,000 for eliminating the person behind the video.

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2nd bounty offered on producer of anti-Islamic film

2nd bounty offered on producer of anti-Islamic film

For the second time in less than two weeks, a prominent Pakistani is offering a six-figure bounty to anyone who kills the man who produced "Innocence of Muslims," a film that has offended many Muslims throughout the world.

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Chinese state firm takes control of Pakistani port

Chinese state firm takes control of Pakistani port

A Chinese state-owned company is taking over the management and development of Pakistan's economically and militarily strategic Gwadar Port after a Singaporean company pulled out of its 40-year contract.

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Diversifying an isolationist policy - The Express Tribune

Diversifying an isolationist policy - The Express Tribune


Business Recorder (blog)

Diversifying an isolationist policy
The Express Tribune
After Pakistan's embrace of jihad against India through non-state actors — who were also interested in penetrating Central Asia and China — the relationship with Moscow was hardly set to improve. Two factors have brought about a change. Pakistan's ...
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India takes umbrage at Pakistan raising Kashmir at UN - San Francisco Luxury News

India takes umbrage at Pakistan raising Kashmir at UN - San Francisco Luxury News


The News International

India takes umbrage at Pakistan raising Kashmir at UN
San Francisco Luxury News
Turning to India's neighbourhood, Krishna said: "We have a vision of a peaceful, stable and prosperous region with enhanced cooperation and connectivity linking us with Central Asia, the Gulf and South-East Asia." "Within South Asia, we have sought to ...
Pak reference to Kashmir at UN unwarranted: KrishnaZee News
India for friendly ties with SA nationsThe News International
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A road to peace - PakistanToday.com.pk

A road to peace - PakistanToday.com.pk


PakistanToday.com.pk

A road to peace
PakistanT! oday.com.pk
Many in Pakistan believe that the Silk Road strategy adapted by the US is to impinge on the vast natural resources in South Asia, since the whole world is now running out of their resources. Some analysts have described this ... It was thought that ...
US-Indian-Afghan bandwagon rolls outRediff (blog)

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Central Asia: India's New Strategic Neighborhood - Atlantic Sentinel

Central Asia: India's New Strategic Neighborhood - Atlantic Sentinel


Atlantic Sentinel

Central Asia: India's New Strategic Neighborhood!
Atlantic Sentinel
India's alliance building in Central Asia is emblematic of this policy shift. Walter Russell Mead recently blogged that in the past, Indian policy makers would list three enemies: Pakistan, Pakistan and Pakistan. But the old rivalry of South Asia now ...
New developments on the horizonCalcutta Telegraph

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Has India begun loving Pakistan? - Pakistan Observer

Has India begun loving Pakistan? - Pakistan Observer


The News International

Has India begun loving Pakistan?
Pakistan Observer

It is a stated objective of India to establish trade and economic relations with Central Asian States (CARs) by signing transit agreement with Pakistan. India has been pressing Pakistan to let to increase its trade volume with Pakistan. India has been ...
Three Indo-Pak trade agreements to be signed todayThe News International

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Ties with US a great priority for India: SM Krishna - IBNLive.com

Ties with US a great priority for India: SM Krishna - IBNLive.com


IBNLive.com

Ties with US a great priority for India: SM Krishna!
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"This will enable India to reconnect more closely with Central Asia, and also contribute to stability and prosperity in inter-linked South and Central Asian regions," Krishna said. (For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on ...
'India seeks peace, will work with neighbours to defeat extremism'Firstpost

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