Pakistan Navy inducts first fast-attack craft

KARACHI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wayen along with Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Asif Sand KARACHI: Pakistan's first fast-attack craft PNS Azmat was formally inducted in Pakistan Navy in a ceremony held at the PN Dockyard on Thursday.

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15 terrorists killed in Dir

DIR: As many as 15 terrorists and one security official were killed when terrorists attacked a security checkpost from Afghanistan in the Barawal area of Upper Dir on Friday. According to security sources, several terrorists attacked the Karakar checkpost near the Afghan border, killing one security official and injuring another two. The forces repulsed the attack in a befitting manner, killing 15 terrorists. End.... more

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I can be a unanimous candidate, says Fazl

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman telephoned his Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) counterpart Altaf Hussain and exchanged views on the fast changing political environment, said a press release issued by the MQM here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, JUI-F chief said that the political turmoil on prime minister's election and hooliganism in Punjab Assembly were alarming incidents. He said that this should be avoided lest the democracy will be harmed. JUI-F ... more

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Pakistan lawmakers elects former minister Ashraf as PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Raja Pervez Ashraf smiles during a meeting with Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain head of coalition party Pakistan Muslim League Quaid in Islamabad June 22, 2012.

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US, Russia join hands on Pakistan, Afghanistan - New York Daily News

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Girls' school blown up in Kohat

KOHAT: Terrorists blew up a girls' school in the district, police said on Friday. According to details, unidentified terrorists had planted an explosive device in a girls' school in the Ghulam Banda area, which went off on Thursday night. The blast completely destroyed three rooms and sidewalls of the school, however no causality was reported. At least five schools in the settled parts of the district and 23 in FR Kohat areas have been destroyed by terrorists.End.... more

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Gunmen kill 8 people in southwest Pakistan

By The Associated Press "One of the recurring themes in this case was: Who would believe a kid? The answer is: We here in Bellefonte, Pa., would believe a kid." - Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly... An official says a Turkish military jet carrying two pilots has gone missing in an area close to Syria in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Mentally retarded Christian charged under Blasphemy in Pakistan.

Lahore: June 22, 2012. A Blasphemy case has been registered against one Named Ramzan Masih son of Chiragh Masih in the city sukeheki about 150 KM away Lahore under section 295 C, FIR No.

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Pentagon chief all but rules out apology for Pakistan

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta all but ruled out an apology over an air strike last year that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and badly set back efforts to improve U.S.-Pakistani ties, saying it was "time to move on." Pakistan banned trucks from carrying NATO supplies into neighboring Afghanistan after the air strike, a move that costs U.S. taxpayers ... (more)

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2 Levies personnel killed in Washiq attack

QUETTA: Two security personnel were killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a checkpost on Friday morning. According to details, four armed motorcyclists attacked a security checkpost located in Naag area of district Washiq of Balochistan. As a result of firing, two Levies personnel identified as Muhammad Naseer and Muhammad Yousaf were killed on the spot while Nizamuddin sustained injuries. The attackers also took away official arms and wireless sets. End.... more

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Quetta mosque blast kills two

QUETTA: Two people were killed and 17 others injured in a bomb blast in a mosque in Gausabad area of Satellite Town on Thursday. According to Quetta Deputy Commissioner Hashim Gilzai, the bomb was planted inside Farooqia Mosque. "Around 400 to 500 people were offering Asr prayers when an explosive device went off," said Ajmal Mustafa, a witness. "The bomb was fixed to a pillar of the mosque." According to Bomb Disposal Squad, around four to five kilogrammes of explosive material were used in the... more

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US commerce secy resigns after car crashes

WASHINGTON: US Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in two car crashes on the same day this month, said on Thursday he was resigning to prevent distractions at the department he led for less than a year.Police in southern California said they found Bryson unconscious behind the wheel of his Lexus on June 9 after he crashed into one car twice, left the scene of the accident and collided with another vehicle. At least one crash has been investigated as a felony hit-and-... more

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Two Levies personnel killed in Washuk

QUETTA: Two personnel of the Balochistan Levies Force were killed and another wounded when militants ambushed their checkpost in the Naagh area of the Washuk district on Thursday. Levies Force sources said that militants had attacked a Levies station in the Naagh area, opening fire at the personnel manning the post. As a result, two Levies personnel were killed and another wounded. According to sources, at least 10 to 15 people attacked a Balochistan Levies Force checkpost. The attack continued ... more

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Arms smuggler, gangster nabbed in separate raids

KARACHI: Police in two separate raids claimed to have arrested an arms smuggler as well as a Lyari gangster here on Thursday.The Special Investigation Unit arrested an arms smuggler, recovering a huge cache of weapons. SSP Khurram Waris said that a police party raided a place near Cantt Morr, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on a tip off and arrested Ilyas alias Guddu alias Bandooq, recovering three shotguns, an 8mm rifle, a 12 bore rifle, four TT pistols, one MP5 rifle and a punching machine ... more

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Singh-wishes-new-Pak-PM-hopes-for-better-ties

New Delhi IN his first communication to the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday congratulated Raja Pervez Ashraf and expressed confidence that the two countries would continue to make progress on bilateral issues during his tenure.

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U.S., Pakistan heading towards collision: report

WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-Pakistan relationship appeared to be heading towards a head-on collision as a U.S. general blamed Friday's deadly attack on a Kabul hotel on FATA-based militants and the White House vowed to take the steps needed to mitigate this threat.

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Police: Gunmen kill 8 people in attack on laundry in southwest Pakistan

Police officer Salim Shahwani says one person was also wounded as two gunmen sprayed the laundry with bullets.

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Film journalist B K Karanjia, former NFDC chairman, dead

Pune, June 23: Burjor K Karanjia, renowned film journalist and former chairman of National Films Development Corporation , popularly known as 'BK', died here, a family friend said.

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Floral Art Society of Pakistan holds meeting

ISLAMABAD: The Floral Art Society of Pakistan held its monthly meeting under the title 'Evolution in Floral Art'. Members were taken on a journey of evolution that floral art went through, internationally, nationally and at the local level, since its conception in Islamabad in 1998.

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Pakistani harassment of US diplomats said to rise

Seven women and five men poised to hear closing arguments in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial would begin jury deliberations without the former Penn State assistant football coach taking the stand.

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Pakistan ruling party replaces PM nominee after arrest warrant

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ruling party on Friday nominated former water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to replace the ousted prime minister, as political intrigue gripped the U.S. ally.

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Pakistan to hold early parliament elections

The party has also put forward lawmaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as its new candidate for prime minister.

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Pakistan shrine, mosque blasts kill five: police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb on a donkey cart killed three people at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Taliban-hit city of Peshawar and a blast at a mosque in the southwest killed two on Thursday, officials said.

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Pakistan court delays bin Laden doctor appeal

One Devore jail escapee in custody; another at large Wednesday night; third man arrested for allegedly helping both get away PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A lawyer for a Pakistani doctor jailed after he helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden says the first hearing in his appeal was delayed.

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Divorcing Pakistan: Simply put, the interests of Washington and ... - McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Two Baloch IDPs killed in Punjab and several including women abducted by Pakistani forces

Occupied Balochistan: The Baloch Republican Party in a press release charged that Pakistan security forces in collaboration with ISI-sponsored so-called "Peace force" also known as "Sarkari Lashkar" raided many houses of internally displaced Bugti Baloch in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab.

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