2012-11-22

Internal emails offer details on bin Laden burial

Internal emails offer details on bin Laden burial

This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Internal emails among senior U.S. military officials reveal that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.

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79 Quetta doctors given bail; strike continues

79 Quetta doctors given bail; strike continues

QUETTA: The strike of doctors in Balochistan entered the 36th day on Wednesday against the non-recovery of Dr Saeed Khan while 79 doctors were released on bail.The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Balochistan chapter gave the strike call on October 16 after unidentified armed men kidnapped an eye specialist, Dr Saeed Khan from the Sariab area of Quetta.According to details, all hospitals in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan remained closed in protest including the emergency services which ... more

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Court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl in Pakistan

Court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl in Pakistan

A Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed blasphemy charges against Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager whose case prompted international outrage.

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Indian interests in Afghanistan - Pakistan Observer

Indian interests in Afghanistan - Pakistan Observer


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Indian interests in Afghanistan
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! India aspires to use Afghanistan as a gateway to Central Asia to have an access to such huge mineral reservoirs. The peace initiatives with Pakistan are also a part of this larger strategic plan which India is pursuing for its larger goals in the region.
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Bakery violence case: CM's Son-in-law indicted

Bakery violence case: CM's Son-in-law indicted

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has indicted Ali Imran, son in law of Mian Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and 8 personnel of Elite Force in Bakery violence case.LHC took up the case for hearing Tuesday. At the inception of hearing Punjab Police informed the court challan of the case has been presented and only indictment process is left to be carried out. Later the statements of the witnesses will be recorded and the court will render its decision. The accused will be either convicted ... more

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Turkmenistan pushes ambitious trans-Afghan pipeline - DAWN.com

Turkmenistan pushes ambitious trans-Afghan pipeline - DAWN.com


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Turkmenistan pushes ambitious trans-Afghan pipeline
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The TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) natural gas pipeline, which is backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is regarded with suspicion as a wildly ambitious pipedream by some analysts. — File Photo. ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan is ...

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Civil armed forces under-equipped due to fund shortage

Civil armed forces under-equipped due to fund shortage

ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Committee on Interior on Tuesday was informed that the civil armed forces of the country, including Pakistan Rangers, Frontier Corps (FC) and Pakistan Coast Guards lack necessary equipment and are understaffed due to funds shortage.The Ministry of Interior accused the Finance Ministry for not releasing allocated funds for purchase of weapons and other necessary equipments for the civil armed forces."Parliament allocates budget for civil armed forces, but Ministry of Finan... more

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Afghan president praises Pakistan prisoner release

Afghan president praises Pakistan prisoner release

Afghanistan's president praised Pakistan on Tuesday for releasing a group of Taliban prisoners, a move he hopes will kick start peace talks with the militant group, the president's office said.

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Five killed in Quetta attack on army vehicle

Five killed in Quetta attack on army vehicle

QUETTA: As many as five people, including three soldiers and a woman, were killed and over 20 seriously injured when a bomb ripped through a Pakistan Army vehicle in the provincial capital in a high security zone of Shahbaz Town on Wednesday. The attack put a question mark over the security preparedness of the provincial administration ahead of 9th and 10th of Muharram. The blast occurred outside City Hall close to Fauji Foundation School and office of Balochistan Public Services Commission. T... more

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Pakistan should reinstate death penalty moratorium

Pakistan should reinstate death penalty moratorium

LAHORE: The Human Rights Watch has asked the Pakistani government to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty following what it termed its troubling return to the dwindling ranks of countries imposing capital punishment.On November 15, 2012, military authorities hanged Muhammad Hussain, an army soldier convicted of murder, at Mianwali jail. The hanging ended Pakistan's widely hailed unofficial moratorium on the death penalty that had been in place since 2008, Human Rights Watch said. Accord... more

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British radical group to issue fatwa against Malala

British radical group to issue fatwa against Malala

ISLAMABAD: A new British-based Islamist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against Malala Yousufzai, accusing her of supporting "occupying" US forces. The move against Malala, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following her shooting by Pakistani Taliban in October, she became an international icon and world leaders pledged to support her campaign for girls' education. "There will be a fatwa issued regarding Malala Yousufzai taking into account the full story... more

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Zardari takes notice of PIA emergency landings

Zardari takes notice of PIA emergency landings

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of recent reports about emergency landings by PIA flights, President Asif Zardari has directed the officials concerned to conduct a thorough inquiry into these incidents and submit a report within three days.President's spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar said that President Zardari while expressing his deep concern and dismay over the recurring reports of emergency landings of the national carrier, mostly due to 'technical reasons', remarked that the first and the forem... more

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2 would-be suicide bombers held

2 would-be suicide bombers held

PESHAWAR: Police on Tuesday said they have arrested four suspects, including two suicide bombers, entering Peshawar from neighbouring Khyber tribal region for subversive activities. "Two of the suspects were wearing vests full of explosives," said police sources who did not release all details of the operation near the Khyber-Peshawar border. The Bomb Disposal Squad personnel were called in to help remove the suicide vests from the two young would-be bombers. "The two (alleged) bombers are aged ... more

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70 doctors arrested from PMA Balochistan protest

70 doctors arrested from PMA Balochistan protest

QUETTA: More than 70 doctors were arrested on Monday during a protest by PMA Balochistan against non-recovery of Dr Saeed Khan of LRBT.Dr Saeed Khan was kidnapped on October 16 from Sariab Road of Quetta. Immediately after the abduction of the eye specialist, PMA Balochistan announced a boycott of all OPDs of state-run hospitals in Balochistan, which continues to date. However, the private clinics and hospitals were kept functioning. The Balochistan government had issued an ultimatum to doctors ... more

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Child killed by mortar fired from Afghanistan

Child killed by mortar fired from Afghanistan

RAWALPINDI: Terrorists fired a mortar round from Ganjgil Top in Afghanistan, killing a child and injuring a woman and a child on Monday afternoon. According to security officials, the mortar fired by the terrorists landed in a house in Hilal Khel village in Bajaur Agency. As a result, one child was killed while a woman and a child were injured.End.... more

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Taliban demand India return Mumbai gunman's body

Taliban demand India return Mumbai gunman's body

21, 2012. . An activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party holds a portrait of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab with a noose around his neck during celebrations of his execution, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov.

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Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan

Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan

A Pakistani mother holds her injured child at a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov.

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Suicide bomber kills 23 people in Pakistan

Suicide bomber kills 23 people in Pakistan

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Suicide bomber attacks Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people

Suicide bomber attacks Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people

A suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting Shiites during the holiest month of the year for the sect, officials said Thursday.

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Pakistan attacks kill 28 on eve of summit

Pakistan attacks kill 28 on eve of summit

A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan Wednesday, killing 16 people in the most deadly incident on a day of violence that left at least 28 dead on the eve of a major international summit.

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Navy e-mails describe bin Laden's burial at sea

Navy e-mails describe bin Laden's burial at sea

Internal e-mails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and that traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.

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Eight killed at Pakistan Shia processions

Eight killed at Pakistan Shia processions

The attack came hours after two bomb blasts killed at least three people near a gathering of Shias in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi.

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Rehman Malik warns of more terror attacks across Pakistan in coming days

Rehman Malik warns of more terror attacks across Pakistan in coming days

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned of more terror attacks across the country in the coming days, adding that a third party was involved in the violent activities in Karachi and other cities during Muharram.

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Bomb blast kills 5 in southwest Pakistan

Bomb blast kills 5 in southwest Pakistan

Pakistani officials say a bomb blast targeting an army vehicle has killed three soldiers and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta.

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Pakistan shunned Ajmal Kasab hanging letter: Govt

Pakistan shunned Ajmal Kasab hanging letter: Govt

India had informed in advance Pakistan and the family members of Ajmal Kasab about the decision to hang the 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist but Islamabad refused to acknowledge the letter, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today.

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PM calls for trade surge among D-8 countries

PM calls for trade surge among D-8 countries

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Tuesday said that presence of member states of D-8 in Islamabad is a testimony that all the members stand by their word and the summit will lead to increased prosperity for the people of member countries.

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Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan

Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan

The shooting took place in the Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven districts in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt where Taliban and Islamist militants are active.

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Blasphemy Charges On The Rise In Pakistan

Blasphemy Charges On The Rise In Pakistan

Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl, was acquitted of blasphemy charges Tuesday. After her arrest in August, mobs forced hundreds of other Christians from her Islamabad neighborhood.

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Blasphemy Charges On The Rise In Pakistan

Blasphemy Charges On The Rise In Pakistan

Students demand the reopening of the Farooqi Girls High School in Lahore, Pakistan, in early November.

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Blasphemy case against Christian girl scrapped by Pakistan court

Blasphemy case against Christian girl scrapped by Pakistan court

A Pakistani police officer and a Christian volunteer escort a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy, towards a helicopter following her release from central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan in this file photo from Sept.

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British Islamists to issue fatwa against shot Pakistani girl

British Islamists to issue fatwa against shot Pakistani girl

A new British-based Islamist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, accusing her of supporting "occupying" U.S. forces.

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US expert says Pakistan relationship is like 'salvaging a troubled marriage'

US expert says Pakistan relationship is like 'salvaging a troubled marriage'

As the Barack Obama administration braces up for its second term in office, a noted American expert has said it is time for the US to scale back its relationship with Pakistan, although Washington needs to have a long-term tie with Islamabad.

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India dependent on Pakistan for Central Asia trade : Ashraf - PakistanToday.com.pk

India dependent on Pakistan for Central Asia trade : Ashraf - PakistanToday.com.pk


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India dependent on Pakistan for Central Asia trade : Ashraf
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He said Pakistan had a crucial role in India's efforts to acquire energy from Central Asia and peace and stability were essential for the socio-economic development of the region. "It is a matter of satisfaction that both India and Pakistan are moving ...
india s need for energy with central asian republics dependent on pakistan ashrafSahara Samay
India's need for energy dependent on Pakistan: AshrafThe Asian Age
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Pak-India urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and ... - News Pakistan

Pak-India urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and ... - News Pakistan


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Pak-Indi! a urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and ...
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Pakistan and India urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and Central Asia London (PR) The UK based think tank The Henry Jackson Society, in collaboration with the Washington based Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies, held an ...

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OPINION: Russia warming up to Pakistan - Reuters India

OPINION: Russia warming up to Pakistan - Reuters India


OPINION: Russia warming up to Pakistan
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Putin in fact has been pushing hard for setting up a "energy club" within the SCO comprising Russia, Iran and the central Asia republics as the producers and China, India and Pakistan as the big consumers. A powerf! ul club such as that can well ...

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Indian ambitions in Afghanistan and beyond - Frontier Post

Indian ambitions in Afghanistan and beyond - Frontier Post


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Indian ambitions in Afghanistan and beyond
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Although India's borders are not contiguous to Afghanistan, it has always vied to maintain friendly ties with Afghanistan and to keep Pak-Afghan relations frosty. To India, ties with Kabul mean new trade routes, access to Central Asia's vast energy ...
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India, Pakistan spar over 26/11 after Ajmal Kasab's execution, burial - IBNLive

India, Pakistan spar over 26/11 after Ajmal Kasab's execution, burial - IBNLive


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India, Pakistan spar over 26/11 after Ajmal Kasab's execution, burial
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"Indian Deputy High Commissioner had met his counterpart in the Pakistan Foreign Office DG (South Asia) on November 20 to hand over a communication with a copy of the letter from the authorities in the State of Maharashtra addressed to the next of kin ...
Kasab hanged, Pak still in denial over Hafiz Saeed's roleMoneycontrol.com
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Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project not a good idea: Munter - Business Recorder (blog)

Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project not a good idea: Munter - Business Recorder (blog)


Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project not a good idea: Munter
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"We support a second silk route linking Central Asian states with the subcontinent, he said, adding that Pakistan should focus on regional partnership based on bilateral ties, he said. "We support tripartite negotiations between Afgha! nistan, US and ...

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2012-11-03

Court indicts KP sports minister over fake degree

Court indicts KP sports minister over fake degree

PESHAWAR: A court on Thursday indicted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Minister Syed Aqil Shah in a fake degree case after the Election Commission lodged a complaint.If convicted, the minister could be sentenced up to three years imprisonment, according to legal experts. District and Sessions Judge Shehbar Khan indicted Shah on corruption charges for filing a fake graduation degree with the Election Commission of Pakistan for contesting the 2008 general elections.The KP election commissioner said that... more

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Balochistan opposition leader arrested from SC

Balochistan opposition leader arrested from SC

ISLAMABAD: On the direction of the Supreme Court, the capital police on Thursday arrested opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind from the court premises.It is to be noted that the Quetta Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had awarded life imprisonment to MPA and former federal minister Rind, his son Sardar Khan Rind and four other people for allegedly kidnapping a man and failing to appear before the court, on June 28, 2011.Rind had appealed against the verdict in the Bal... more

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Battle of attrition - Deccan Herald

Battle of attrition - Deccan Herald


Battle of attrition
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China has sought to keep India strategically contained within South Asia by propping up Pakistan politically and militarily. There seems to be discomfiture on the part of China about India memorialising this year the 50th ... During the last two ...
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The Pak-Russian relations - The Nation

The Pak-Russian relations - The Nation


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The Pak-Russia! n relations
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With India enthusiastically embracing US strategic interests in the Central Asian Region, a window of opportunity has opened up for giving a fillip to Pak-Russian relations that till now have been chafing under the burden of the long gone Cold War.
Putin's snub to IndiaThe News International

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Gunmen kill 18 in attack on van in Pakistan, official says

Gunmen kill 18 in attack on van in Pakistan, official says

At least 18 people were killed and five injured after attackers opened fire on a passenger van in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province Friday, a senior administration official said.

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Pakistan to allow import of Indian agricultural goods amidst protest by farmers

Pakistan to allow import of Indian agricultural goods amidst protest by farmers

Pakistan is set to allow the use of land transportation to import agricultural goods from India - a move that would likely boost trade in food between the two countries and is vehemently opposed by farmers' lobbies in Pakistan.

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Election fever sets to grip Pakistan in coming days

Election fever sets to grip Pakistan in coming days

Election fever is set to grip Pakistan in the coming days following recent statements by some ministers and leaders of the country's ruling party hinting that parliamentary elections could be held months ahead of the original schedule.

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PIA plane damaged after bird hit in Skardu

PIA plane damaged after bird hit in Skardu

SKARDU: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was damaged partially on Wednesday during landing at Skardu airport after a bird hit it. According to details, PIA Boeing aircraft was carrying passengers from Islamabad to Skardu when a bird hit it during landing at Skardu airport; resultantly the plane received partial damage. The pilot using his skills landed the plane safely after the incident at the airport. However, according to sources, the plane was grounded after the bird hit it and ... more

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Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Current govt should approve scheme: FBR * Says caretaker government might take this initiative for documentation of economy as the country has no other options By Sajid Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has proposed that 'Tax Registration and Enforcement... Govt takes steps to ensure smooth supply of LPG, LNG By Ijaz Kakakhel ... (more)

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130 missing in Rohingya boat sinking: Bangladesh police

130 missing in Rohingya boat sinking: Bangladesh police

DHAKA: About 130 people were missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees who were headed for Malaysia sank off Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh police and a Rohingya advocacy group on Wednesday.Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled Myanmar in past decades to escape persecution, often heading to neighbouring Bangladesh, and recent unrest has triggered another exodus. Muhammad Farhad, police inspector at Teknaf on the southeast tip of Bangladesh, told AFP that one survivor from... more

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17 killed as fuel station attacked in SW Pakistan

17 killed as fuel station attacked in SW Pakistan

At least 17 people including five women and three children were killed and several others injured when a fuel station was attacked by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's southwest town of Khuzdar on Friday afternoon, Xinhua reported according to local media.

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Mob burns girls' school in Pakistani city over alleged blasphemy

Mob burns girls' school in Pakistani city over alleged blasphemy

A mob attacked a girls' school in the city of Lahore , Pakistan , Wednesday, demanding that teachers hand over the principal and a teacher , after rumors emerged that the teacher had insulted the prophet Muhammad.

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Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

By The Associated Press The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 90 people in the United... By The Associated Press The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic ... (more)

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A Great Game Of Spear And Shield - Outlook

A Great Game Of Spear And Shield - Outlook


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A Great Game Of Spear And Shield
Outlook
South Asia contains one of America's most important long-term partners in sustaining a global order safe for the interests and values of free societies, India, as well as a fragile, nuclear-armed state in Pakistan whose weakening and radicalisation ...
See Saw in US Pakistani relationsRupee News

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Saudi gas truck explosion kills 22

Saudi gas truck explosion kills 22

RIYADH: A gas tanker truck exploded on a main road in the Saudi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, injuring about 111 others and leaving a trail of destruction, officials said. The lorry veered into a bridge pylon at a junction on Khurays Road in Riyadh at about 7:30am, causing a gas leak that spread out and then burst into flames, destroying nearby cars and a business, the officials said.A photographer at the scene reported widespread damage to the area, with dozens of cars mangle... more

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Six ship crew missing as Indian cyclone kills eight

Six ship crew missing as Indian cyclone kills eight

CHENNAI: Rescuers in southern India searched on Thursday for six tanker crew missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into the coast overnight, forcing thousands to flee and killing eight.The crew of the "Pratibha Cauvery" oil tanker was forced to abandon ship when it ran aground on the southern edge of Chennai, and one sailor was confirmed to have drowned.The ship, which had unloaded its oil in Chennai port, was stranded on a beach close to the shore on Thursday as three helic... more

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Fire at Saudi wedding kills at least 25

Fire at Saudi wedding kills at least 25

RIYADH: A fire sparked by celebratory gunfire killed at least 25 people at a wedding in Saudi Arabia, media reported on Wednesday. The bullets struck electric decorations that triggered a short-circuit, igniting a women-only marquee at the wedding on Tuesday night in eastern province, said Al Yaoum newspaper, citing Saudi Civil Defence Chief General Abdullah Khsheiman. Al Yaoum, which is based in the province, said at least 28 people died in the fire, although various other reports put the death... more

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Two more killed in Balochistan violence

Two more killed in Balochistan violence

QUETTA: As many as two people, including a security personnel, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Balochistan on Wednesday.According to details, a security convoy was on a routine patrolling in Bhalwal Basti of Chamalang when a landmine went off after one of the officials stepped on it. Resultantly, security official identified as Abdul Ghaffar succumbed to his injuries on the spot while another official Umar Aziz was critically injured. Separately, unidentified armed men gunned do... more

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Inflation: Hafeez Sheikh gets back at ministers

Inflation: Hafeez Sheikh gets back at ministers

ISLAMABAD: An interesting situation emerged during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday when the ministers who had criticised the performance of Finance Ministry were left speechless at the retorts of Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. According to the sources, three ministers during the briefing on the economic situation of the country expressed serious concern over the exorbitant price hike, saying that inflation had gone beyond control as the masses had got worried over the unbearable dea... more

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Severe corruption revealed in BISP in KP: Report

Severe corruption revealed in BISP in KP: Report

PESHAWAR: The misappropriation of millions from the Benazir Income Support Programne (BISP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA postal departments has come to the surface on Wednesday. Over 72 thousand widows and poverty-stricken persons are provided financial help under BISP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, but this relief amount in fact did not reach to the thousands of such persons. According to a private TV channel, the amounts were received under one person's signatures on behalf of scores of p... more

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Islamist who offered Sandy aid speaks

Islamist who offered Sandy aid speaks

Someone with that bounty on his head would normally have to be in hiding. Not Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the leader of Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawa , considered a terrorist organization by the United States.

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Suicide bomber kills four in NW Pakistan: police

Suicide bomber kills four in NW Pakistan: police

A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's northwestern Buner District on Saturday, killing the head of a local peace committee and three of his guards, police said.

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Activist Marvi Sirmed Attacked in Pakistan

Activist Marvi Sirmed Attacked in Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen today attacked prominent rights activist Marvi Sirmed, who has received threats from extremist groups several times in the past, in the Pakistani capital though she escaped unharmed.

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Kashmir parents accused of killing daughter in acid attack

Kashmir parents accused of killing daughter in acid attack

Couple arrested over 'honour killing' after 15-year-old is reportedly doused with acid for talking to boy outside family home A 10-year-old acid attack victim from Multan, central Pakistan.

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Gunmen attack bus, kill 18 in Pakistan

Gunmen attack bus, kill 18 in Pakistan

PanARMENIAN.Net - Gunmen attacked a bus in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Friday, Nov 2, killing at least 18 people including a woman and a child, police said, according to Reuters.

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18 dead, many more wounded after gunmen attack passenger bus in Pakistan

18 dead, many more wounded after gunmen attack passenger bus in Pakistan

Masked gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 18 people and wounding many others.

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Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a nearly mile-long line for gasoline early Friday in Manhattan after already spending three hours in a similar queue in the Bronx - only to have the station run out of gas.

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Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed Offers Aid To US

Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed Offers Aid To US

After causing wide spread damage along the Atlantic Coast in United States, Super storm sandy is being labelled as the costliest storm ever.

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Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

At the only morgue in Pakistan 's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's history, wrapped in white plastic body bags waiting for DNA tests to determine who they are.

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Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

The New York Daily News got both its Manhattan main office and its backup location - its printing plant in Jersey City - knocked out of commission by Hurricane Sandy.

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Pakistan parents kill daughter with acid: police

Pakistan parents kill daughter with acid: police

A mother and father in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man, police said Thursday.

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Review: 'Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden'

Review: 'Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden'

While Nat Geo may not seem like the logical home for Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden , this gripping film would be worth watching if it were on HGTV.

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Pakistan clears visa accord India welcomes it

Pakistan clears visa accord India welcomes it

A day after Pakistan's cabinet approved a liberalised visa agreement with India, India Thursday said it will activate diplomatic channels with Islamabad to implement the arrangement at the earliest.

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Sunday Dialogue: Pakistan-Afghan Options - New York Times

Sunday Dialogue: Pakistan-Afghan Options - New York Times


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Sunday Dialogue: Pakistan-Afghan Options
New York Times
The possibility of victory was in fact precluded when both the Bush and Obama administrations made it dependent on the support of Pakistan, which, as you put it so well, "supports jihad in Afghanistan, Kashmir and Indian cities" — and has been doing ...

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Sukhbir Singh Badal backs trading with Pakistan for North India's growth - Parda Phash

Sukhbir Singh Badal backs trading with Pakistan for North India's growth - Parda Phash


Parda Phash

Sukhbir Si! ngh Badal backs trading with Pakistan for North India's growth
Parda Phash
"Punjab is waiting for the day when it would be allowed to export its agriculture produce, including wheat and paddy directly to Pakistan, Central Asia and Iran through road route," Badal said, addressing the 'Invest North' convention here. "Once given ...

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India's 'Connect Central Asia' Policy - Foreign Policy Journal

India's 'Connect Central Asia' Policy - Foreign Policy Journal


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India's 'Connect Central Asia' Policy
Foreign Policy Journal
Pakistan is averse to opening up overland transit for Indian freight. The North South Transport Corridor (NSTC), which India has reactivated, bypasses India's dependence on Pakistan to link up with Central Asia. The Iranian port of Chahbahar will serve ...
Russia, China, Iran close ranks in TajikistanPravda

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US Silk Road plans spin fragile thread - Asia Times Online

US Silk Road plans spin fragile thread - Asia Times Online


US Silk Road plans spin fragile thread
Asia Times Online
Political differences between downstream Uzbekistan and upstream Tajikistan underscore this challenge in Central Asia. Similarly for Pakistan and India in South Asia. The US's perceived partners and rivals may also consider the NSRS in "zero sum" terms! ...

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Kashmir: Führer inspires Indian army general - Canadian National Newspaper

Kashmir: Führer inspires Indian army general - Canadian National Newspaper


Canadian National Newspaper

Kashmir: Führer inspires Indian army general
Canadian National Newspaper
The little corridor access from Kashmir State to Central Asia is already sealed and the security provided by Pakistan-China joint effort is a huge worrying factor for India. Hence NATO Alliance pressure on Pakistan is exploited by India as a bargain ...

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All Central Asian roads lead to Muscovy - Asia Times Online

All Central Asian roads lead to Muscovy - Asia Times Online


All Central Asian roads lead to Muscovy
Asia Times Online
Coincidentally, in June 2012 Afghanistan was also granted Observer State status at the SCO. Hence, the strategic significance of the Russian new found engagement Pakistan is not lost on all countries in Central Asia and South Asia, particularly India ! ...

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Indo-Pak Bilateral Series in December, 2012: 3 ODI and 2 T-20 Matches to be ... - AEG India

Indo-Pak Bilateral Series in December, 2012: 3 ODI and 2 T-20 Matches to be ... - AEG India


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Indo-Pak Bilate! ral Series in December, 2012: 3 ODI and 2 T-20 Matches to be ...
AEG India
Central government of India has approved the Pakistan cricket team's tour of India. ... Though Pakistan and India played in World cup and Asia cup tourneys, this is the first time that a bilateral series is being played between the two teams after 2007 ...

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