2014-02-27

Role of trade with India in post-2014 scenario - The Express Tribune

Role of trade with India in post-2014 scenario - The Express Tribune


The Express Tribune

Role of trade with India in post-2014 scenario
The Express Tribune
At this critical juncture, due to its strategic geographical position, Afghanistan has the potential to become a land-linked country providing both Pakistan and India with direct routes to the Central Asian region. India should allow Pakistan to access ...

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Pakistani March For Baloch Missing Reaches Rawalpindi

Pakistani March For Baloch Missing Reaches Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- A long march devoted to raising awareness of human rights violations in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan has reached the northeastern city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.

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Fearing their homeland, Afghan asylum seekers find refuge in Brussels church

Fearing their homeland, Afghan asylum seekers find refuge in Brussels church

Hundreds of Afghan refugees have set up camp in a Brussels church, protesting against their imminent deportation to their home country, which they say is not safe.

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Some Pakistanis Resist U.S. Drone Murder

Some Pakistanis Resist U.S. Drone Murder

"In 2009, my home was attacked by a drone . My brother and son were martyred. My son's name was Hafiz Zahinullah.

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Hindus in Pakistan denied access to temples?

Hindus in Pakistan denied access to temples?

The Karachi bench of the apex court was hearing applications against the alleged denial of access to the members of the minority community to the temple -- Amrapur Asthan of Prem Prakash Panth -- during a suo motu proceedings on the attack on the All Saints Church in Peshawar.

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Pakistan's GDP grow 2.9% in 5 years

Pakistan's GDP grow 2.9% in 5 years

KARACHI: The economy grew at an average rate of 2.9 percent per annum during the last five years though GDP growth witnessed growth in financial year 2012-13 to stand at 3.6% against the target fixed was 4.3%, the yearly report published by Federal Board of Revenue said.

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Iran Says Pakistan Obliged To Finish Pipeline

Iran Says Pakistan Obliged To Finish Pipeline

A report by the French AFP news agency on February 26 quotes Iran's Oil Ministry as calling on Islamabad to honor its contractual commitments and complete a pipeline for Iranian gas exports to Pakistan.

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Pakistan court orders end to blockade on NATO supply route

Pakistan court orders end to blockade on NATO supply route

In a boost to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, a provincial court on Tuesday ordered that protesters end their blockade of the main NATO supply route through Pakistan.

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Syed Faizan Hussain from Pakistan wins January 2014 Brain Games for Imagine Cup

Syed Faizan Hussain from Pakistan wins January 2014 Brain Games for Imagine Cup

We have a winner! Syed Faizan Hussain from Pakistan won our January Brain Games contest.

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Pakistan tops newborn death rate

Pakistan tops newborn death rate

A million newborns die within 24 hours in the world every year, of which 200,000 in Pakistan, charity Save the Children said in a report out Tuesday which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.

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Eyeing Afghan exit, U.S. intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants

Eyeing Afghan exit, U.S. intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants

The United States has intensified its drive against the Taliban-linked Haqqani network in an attempt to deal a lasting blow to the militants in Afghanistan before foreign combat forces depart this year, according to multiple U.S. officials.

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Pakistan poised for offensive in North Waziristan

Pakistan poised for offensive in North Waziristan

Pakistan is poised to launch a full-scale offensive in its lawless tribal region North Waziristan if talks with Taliban insurgents fail, a senior Pakistan government official said Tuesday.

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Brit Released From Guantanamo In '05 Is Arrested In U.K.

Brit Released From Guantanamo In '05 Is Arrested In U.K.

Nine years after his release from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a British-born man named Moazzam Begg is once again in custody and being questioned about alleged ties to terrorists.

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Pakistani launches new air strikes near Afghan border, 30 killed

Pakistani launches new air strikes near Afghan border, 30 killed

PanARMENIAN.Net - Pakistan's army launched new air strikes targeting militant hideouts in the tribal region of North Waziristan on Tuesday, Feb 25, killing at least 30 people and setting off a wave of refugees, military officials and local residents said, according to Reuters.

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Officials: Strikes kill 25 in Pakistan tribal area

Officials: Strikes kill 25 in Pakistan tribal area

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and ranchers improve pastures in five Midwestern states to provide food for the nation's struggling honeybees under a program to... The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and ranchers improve pastures in five Midwestern ... (more)

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Pakistan air strikes death toll rises to...

Pakistan air strikes death toll rises to...

Pakistani fighter jets and gunship helicopters bombarded hideouts of Taliban militants in the troubled northwest on Tuesday, killing at least 30 militants, officials said.

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Pakistani village gives girls pioneering sex education class

Pakistani village gives girls pioneering sex education class

In neat rows, the Pakistani girls in white headscarves listened carefully as the teacher described the changes in their bodies.

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Indian soldier kills fellow troops in Kashmir - Aljazeera.com

Indian soldier kills fellow troops in Kashmir - Aljazeera.com


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Indian soldier kills fellow troops in Kashmir
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A number of Indian soldiers and policemen deployed in the region have been killed in similar incidents in the past. Members of the ... Muslim-majority Kashmir is divided and administered separately by India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both. The ...

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Blast kills two FC men; senior Taliban commander shot dead : February 25, 2014,

Blast kills two FC men; senior Taliban commander shot dead : February 25, 2014,

PESHAWAR: A suspected suicide bomb attack outside the Iranian consulate in Peshawar Monday killed two paramilitary soldiers and wounded ten others, officials said.

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Officials: Gunmen kill leader in Pakistani TalibanBANNU, Pakistan...

Officials: Gunmen kill leader in Pakistani TalibanBANNU, Pakistan...

Asmatullah Shaheen Bitani and three aides died in a shooting in Darga Mandi area of North Waziristan, the four officials and two militants said.

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Iranian Consulate building damaged in suicide attack in Pakistan

Iranian Consulate building damaged in suicide attack in Pakistan

Iranian Consulate building was damaged in a suicide attack near the Consulate in the north western Pakistani city of Peshawar, Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Ali Reza Haqiqian said, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on Feb. 24. The blast occurred in the high-security University Town area of Peshawar, where the offices of several UN agencies and ... (more)

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Officials: Gunmen kill leader in Pakistani Taliban

Officials: Gunmen kill leader in Pakistani Taliban

Kerry Kennedy's morning routine at her suburban New York home is likely to be the focus of her drugged-driving trial.

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Pakistani cricket team loses to Sri Lanka in Asia Cup - Central Asia Online

Pakistani cricket team loses to Sri Lanka in Asia Cup - Central Asia Online


The Hindu

Pakistani cricket team loses to Sri Lanka in Asia Cup
Central Asia Online
FATULLAH, Bangladesh – Defending champion Pakistan February 25 lost its first match to Sri Lanka by 12 runs in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)'s Asia Cup 2014. ... Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are taking part in the event.
India take on Sri Lanka in first real test in Asia CupNiticentral

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The Pakistan-China Corridor - the Diplomat

The Pakistan-China Corridor - the Diplomat


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The Pakistan-China Corridor
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Ideally, if regional relations were better, the corridor would be a circuit linking the three economic powerhouses of the region, China, Pakistan, and India (as well as Iran for that matter), integrating the economic systems of South Asia and Central Asia.

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Indian navy chief quits over accident record - Aljazeera.com

Indian navy chief quits over accident record - Aljazeera.com


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Indian navy chief quits over accident record
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The disaster was thought to be the Indian navy's worst since the sinking of a frigate during its war with Pakistan in 1971. The Sindhurakshak had previously caught fire in February 2010 while docked in Visakhapatnam city in southern India, killing a ...

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China Watching India-Japan Relations – Analysis - Eurasia Review

China Watching India-Japan Relations – Analysis - Eurasia Review


China Watching India-Japan Relations – Analysis
Eurasia Review
The expert, Wang Dehua, head of the institute of Southern and Central Asian Studies at the Shanghai Municipal center for International Studies recalled Abe's suggestion to establish a "democratic security diamond" consisting of Australia, India, Japan ...

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Hard talk aside, little desire by West to leave Afghanistan: NYT - Pakistan Today

Hard talk aside, little desire by West to leave Afghanistan: NYT - Pakistan Today


Pakistan Today

Hard talk aside, little desire by West to leave Afghanistan: NYT
Pakistan Today
Such a turn could also lead to insecurity for India and Pakistan, foreign policy experts say, with each of the nuclear-armed South Asian nations entering a more aggressive proxy war in Afghanistan in a bid for regional influence and a trump card to ...
Hard Talk Aside, Little Desire by the West to Leave AfghanistanNew York Times

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Iran wants early completion of Chabahar port project: Zarif - Business Standard

Iran wants early completion of Chabahar port project: Zarif - Business Standard


Iran wants early completion of Chabahar port project: Zarif
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Seeking deepening of bilateral ties with India, Iran today pitched for early completion of the strategically important Chabahar port project, say! ing it would provide access to energy-rich Central Asia and Afghanistan and help economies of the region ...

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Trouble moving forward: No NDMA status for India unless concerns addressed - The Express Tribune

Trouble moving forward: No NDMA status for India unless concerns addressed - The Express Tribune


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Trouble moving forward: No NDMA status for India unless concerns addressed
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In yet another setback to the already flagging trade normalisation process, Pakistan said on Monday it would not enter into any bilateral trade agreement until India addressed core concerns relating to non-tariff barriers hampering exports of Pakistani ...

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India: Drawn To The Shanghai Cooperation Organization - the Diplomat

India: Drawn To The Shanghai Cooperation Organization - the Diplomat


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India: Drawn To The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
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Nonetheless, the visit is significant and highlights the importance of the SCO in India's larger relations with Central Asia and South Asia. The trip comes against the ... India, Pakistan, and Iran are pitching to be included in the list. If that ...

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