The Godfather Of North Korea's Nuclear Bomb Is A Pakistani National Treasure

There is nothing much unusual about armed guards outside the houses in my quiet, neat neighbourhood of Islamabad.

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Sheikhupura: Three killed in alleged police encounter

SHEIKHUPURA: Police killed three accused, involved in kidnapping for ransom, in alleged encounter near Sharkpur Sharif.According to Media Reports, police said they were moving accused Faryad, involved in kidnapping and killing of 16-year-old Tauseef one-and-a-half-week back, to the site of incident when his accomplices ambushed police van near Abdali bridge.In retaliation, all the accused including Faryad and his accomplices identified as Naeem and Mehmood Ahmed were also killed.End.... more

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Bin Laden Shooter Reportedly Speaks: 'That's Him, Boom, Done'

The Navy SEAL who says he pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is speaking out for the first time to describe his key role in the harrowing raid, and to say he feels abandoned by the military he served for so long now that he's left the service, according to a new report.

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Stampede kills 15 at India railway station

ALLAHABAD: At least 15 people died in a stampede on Sunday as pilgrims headed home from India's giant Kumbh Mela festival, which drew a record 30 million people to the banks of the river Ganges.The lives were lost at the main railway station where 10 corpses wrapped in white sheets could be seen on a train platform several hours after the incident which occurred in the early evening, an AFP photographer said. Dozens more were injured in the crush and some local television channels put the death ... more

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14 days of teachers' hunger strike in Quetta

QUETTA: The hunger strike of the teachers recruited under Aghaz-e-Haqooq Balochistan Package Sunday entered 14th day, as the government remained apathetic to their demand for the confirmation of their jobs.The teachers observing hunger strike outside the Quetta Press Club for the last consecutive 14 days said that unless the notification of their confirmation of jobs issued, they would continue their hunger strike and the authorities alone would be held responsible in any untoward eventuality.Ha... more

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Man kills mother, four siblings

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A man killed his mother and four siblings in the suburbs of Mandi Bahauddin with a sharp knife allegedly for Rs 50,000 after giving them a sweet dish laced with poison.A longstanding family feud has been blamed for the murders. According to details, the suspect gave poisoned food to his family members and when they fell unconscious he attacked them with a knife. Four of the deceased have been identified as Aasiya, Hina, Sanam and Muzammil. The dead bodies were shifted to the Dis... more

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US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan

The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan.

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Muscat airport closed as PIA plane crash lands

MUSCAT: A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane with about 70 people on board crash-landed on the runway of Oman's main airport in Muscat on Monday, forcing the cancellation of all flights from the facility, a safety officer said on Monday. Ali Al Zuwaidi, flight safety director at Muscat International Airport, said the pilot had reported no injuries among the passengers or crew."A PIA aircraft crashed on the runway after its landing gear collapsed," Zuwaidi told Reuters. "We had to cl... more

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SHC accepts bail pleas of Baldia factory owners, other accused

Karachi: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday accepted the bail plea of the owners of Karachi's Baldia Town factory and other accused.The SHC judge Justice Ghulam Server Korahi accepted the bail plea of all the accused including two owners Shahid Bhaila and Arshad Bhaila.The court has directed both the owners to submit Rs1 million surety bonds. The other accused including Mansoor Ahmed, the factory's manager, will submit Rs200,000 surety bonds.The court has directed the accused to submit the surety ... more

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Pakistan judge orders fake schools investigation

Pakistani students attend class at a school on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov.

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Explosives, arms recovered from DI Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A heavy amount of explosive material and illegal weapons have been recovered from the house of a banned outfit's member in Madina Colony on Monday. According to details, acting on a tip-off Cantt police raided the house of Ahsan alias Sana Baloch and recovered two magnet bombs with remotes, two electric detonators with batteries, 65 shrapnels, ball bearings, two Kalashnikovs, one 30-bore pistol and 50 cartridges. Police have registered a case and started investigation. End.... more

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Nawaz didn't respond to my call for meeting: Zardari

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said he had sent a message to Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif for a meeting to offer his condolences over the death of his brother, but he did not respond. The PPP co-chairman, who is on a weeklong tour to Lahore, disclosed this at a meeting of his party stalwarts from Faisalabad division, who met him at the Governor's House on Monday. The meeting was chaired by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and main participants included parliamen... more

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Not a smooth run for metro bus

LAHORE: The much-hyped Metro Bus Service (MBS) faced multi-pronged problems after the government could employ only 20 out of the 45 buses promised, out of which seven buses were damaged on the very first day.The MBS project had created a hype among the Lahorites, who tried to catch a ride on the MBS but due to the low number of buses, it turned out to be an adventure of a very different kind. The bus stops were clogged with people who tried to force their way into the buses as the management of ... more

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4 held for having Pak, Afghan military uniforms

PESHAWAR: The law enforcement personnel have recovered uniforms of the national armies of Pakistan and Afghanistan in Lower Dir, and arrested four suspects, sources said on Sunday. The raid and arrests were made in Samar Bagh area of Lower Dir district, a stronghold of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the official sources said while speaking on condition of anonymity. Among the four arrested suspects two are commanders, they went on to add. "The recovery of uniforms makes you believe th... more

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Pakistani Islamists protest against Valentine's Day

Activists of the right-wing Hindu organisation the Shiv Sena pose in front of a burning placard during a demonstration denouncing Valentine's Day in Amritsar on February 12, 2013.

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Pakistan voices concern on India's treatment of Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD: Commenting on the execution of Kashmiri leader Afzal Guru by India, Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed its solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and expressed serious concern on high-handedness of the Indian government with Kashmiris.

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Pakistani, Afghan clerics bicker over peace summit

12, 2013. The original Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans during the Civil War, is going on display in Nashville as the fragile historical document makes its only stop... The original Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans during the Civil ... (more)

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Witness: Fla. imam's money not for Taliban

Izhar Khan, imam of a Margate, Florida mosque, speaks during a press conference to discuss a federal judge's decision to throw out the terrorism charges against him on January 17, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

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SEAL who shot bin Laden speaks out

The U.S. Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden is speaking out for the first time since the May 1, 2011, raid on the al-Qaida leader's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Testimony from Pakistan in Fla. terrorism trial

The first of up to 11 witnesses will testify Monday from an Islamabad hotel. The testimony will be beamed to a Miami federal courtroom via video hookup.

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Pakistan Taleban ban sale of vulgar films, Viagra-style male potency pills

The Pakistani Taleban have warned shopkeepers in a popular market to stop selling "obscene films" and Viagra-style male potency pills.

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CIA cinema: Classifying 'Argo' and 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Dressed in a tuxedo but still sporting a full "Argo" beard, a dazed Affleck sprang onstage and did his best impersonation of the Micro Machines Man during a rapid-fire, rambling speech in which he gave a shout-out to American troops serving overseas, spoke with hallowed reverence of his fellow nominees and likened non-nominee Paul Thomas Anderson ... (more)

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Human rights defenders become targets of assassination in Pakistan

The Asian Human Rights Commission expressed concern that the violence against human rights defenders and civil society organizations by the state and religious groups is rising.

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Breathing life into intra-ECO trade through the Gül Train - Pakistan Daily Times

Breathing life into intra-ECO trade through the Gül Train Pakistan Daily Times Originally meant to be an emboldened avatar of the erstwhile Regional Cooperation for Development, which was formed in 1967 by Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, ECO has struggled to incorporate the Central Asian Republics seamlessly within its fold. However ...

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Hanging leads to fears of new unrest in Kashmir - The National

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Hanging leads to fears of new unrest in Kashmir The National Violent clashes and rigid curfews were long routine in Indian-held Kashmir, where insurgents have been fighting for more than two decades, demanding either a separate state or merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan. The region is divided between India ... Death toll rises as Kashmir tension persistsAljazeera.com all 1,275 news articles »

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Sinister move against Pakistan - Pakistan Observer

Sinister move against Pakistan Pakistan Observer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - Anti-Pakistan forces including India and its foreign collaborators have made a sinister move and launched propaganda campaign to poison the minds of people of Gilgit-Baltistan by distorting history. ... In November 2012 ... and more »

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India beats Pakistan in Women's Cricket World Cup - Central Asia Online

India beats Pakistan in Women's Cricket World Cup Central Asia Online Email this Article. t('articles.tweet'). increase text size decrease text size. CUTTACK, India – Indian woman cricketers February 7 beat the Pakistani women by 6 wickets to secure seventh place in the International Cricket Council Women's Cricket World ... and more »

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Afzal Guru's Execution to Invigorate Struggle for Liberation of J&K - Kashmir Watch

Afzal Guru's Execution to Invigorate Struggle for Liberation of J&K Kashmir Watch Zardari Administration has signed agreements to give India access to Afghanistan and Central Asia over its land compromising long held declared policy of not giving India! MFN status or access to its roads until the people of J&K got their right of self ... and more »

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No justice for Pakistani rape victims

Kainat Soomro was only 13 years old when, she says, she was abducted and gang-raped by four men in 2007.

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Literary services of Memon eulogised

'Siraj wrote novels like 'Paraado Soi Sadd', many stories reflecting atrocities with Sindh and its people besides writing thought-provoking articles and editorials in various newspapers that got major response from literary and social people of the province,' the speakers said.

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New U.S. commander takes the helm in Afghanistan

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford took charge of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday as the coalition enters its final stretch of the more than 11-year-old war.

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180,000 Pakistanis to perform Hajj this year: Khursheed Shah

Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has announced that 180,000 Pakistanis would perform Hajj this year.

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Five of a family shot dead in Pakistan - Indiatalkies.com

Islamabad, Feb 10: Five members of a family - a mother and her four children - were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Punjab province, Geo News reported Sunday.

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India hangs Kashmiri man for parliament attack

Supporters of Pakistan's religious group Jamat-ud-Dawa chant anti-Indian slogans during a demonstration to condemn the hanging of a Kashmiri man, Mohammed Afzal Guru, for a deadly attack on India's parliament in 2001.

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Anger rises in Pakistan at Bhutto's lavish home

THE builders are still working on a multimillion-dollar home for Benazir Bhutto's son and heir, but it has already provoked angry accusations that the young leader is out of touch with Pakistan's impoverished population.

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Pakistan likely to export 130000 ton potato to Iran, Central Asia - The Nation

Pakistan likely to export 130000 ton potato to Iran, Central Asia The Nation Pakistan is presently exporting commodity at $225-230 per ton but rates are continuing to fluctuate due to stiff competition, India is bookin! g at $210 per ton. They said that Pakistan exported around 125,000 ton of potato in 2010-11. The decline in ... and more »

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North Korea nuclear test: live - Telegraph.co.uk

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Hanging sparks protests in Indian Kashmir - Aljazeera.com

Hanging sparks protests in Indian Kashmir - Aljazeera.com

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North Korea nuclear test: live! Telegraph.co.uk These are the homes of retired generals, well-connected politicians and international aid workers, all of whom might be targets for Pakistani extremists. But one house stands out. Instead of frail, elderly guards armed with shotguns, one house is ... How will the world react to North Korea's latest bombshell?South China Morning Post all 1,158 news articles »

Hanging sparks protests in Indian Kashmir Aljazeera.com One person has been killed after protests broke out in Indian-administered Kashmir despite a strict curfew to prevent violence after the execution of a Kashmiri man convicted in a deadly 2001 attack on India's parliament. Score of people defied the ...!

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