South Asia
July 5th, 2009 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) Pakistan will share with the international community the evidence of foreign elements supporting terrorists to destabilise the country, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.
"We have gathered proofs of ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has named Maj. Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem to command the Swat operation against the Taliban, a media report said Saturday.
The army said the outgoing ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
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Dhaka, July 4 (ANI): At least six people have died in landslides triggered off by heavy rains in Bangladesh's Habibganj District.
Flash floods have stranded 500,000 people, officials said on Saturday.
The rivers Surma ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (Xinhua) Twelve militants were killed Saturday after security forces bombed their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said.
Combat helicopters and fighter jets of the security forces have destroyed ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) Twenty-six Pakistani soldiers were killed when a helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Orakzai tribal agency close to the Afghan border, a media report ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 4 (ANI): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will contribute 500,000 dollars to the United Nations (UN) Trust Fund, for a UN commission enquiry into the former Prime Minister Benazir ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, July 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf assured Pakistani family recently that he would use his influence with the Saudi Arabian government to get them released.
According to ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) More than two million Pakistanis who have been displaced by the ongoing war between security forces and militants, but who have not got admission into any relief camp, ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Rawalpindi, July 4 (ANI): Pakistan Chief of Army Staff , General Ashfaq Kayani has said that the internal threat facing the country was more threatening than the external, and that it ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) The military operation in northwest Pakistan is not against any tribal group but targets the Taliban led by Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said, ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 4 (ANI): The bitter feud between former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President General Pervez Musharraf continues abated, with Sharif now calling for a trial of the ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 4 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed on the need of fencing the country's border with Afghanistan on the lines of the US and Mexico border ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, July 4 (ANI): A travel agency scam has stranded as many as 800 Pakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia after their travel agents refunded their tickets in Pakistan.
The Daily Times quoted one ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, July 4 (ANI): Only two out of 30,000 Bangladeshi non-governmental organisations are working for the welfare of the Pakistani refugees living in 66 camps in that country, it has been claimed.
Addressing ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 4 (ANI): Friday's helicopter crash in which 26 security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, July 4 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
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Lower Dir (Pakistan), July 3 (IANS) Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
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Miranshah (Pakistan), July 3 (IANS) Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) The Pakistani police have arrested a terrorist considered to be an expert in making suicide bomb vests, a media report said Friday.
Zahid Iqbal was captured in a joint ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Multan, July 3 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet in the Egyptian resort city of Sharam-el-Sheikh July 16, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 3 (DPA) At least 28 militants were killed in a suspected US drone attack and clashes with Pakistani troops in the country's northwest, officials said Friday.
The suspected US drone ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Rawalpindi, July 3 (IANS) At least 11 militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Friday.
The militants were killed during a ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, July 3 (ANI): India and Pakistan should shun acquiring new devastating weapons and join hands for peace, prosperity and co-operation for the larger interest of people in the region, experts from ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the Taliban are 'on the run' in the country, as the government has launched a series of military ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, July 3 (ANI): A local cleric had instigated communal tension in Bahmniwala village in Kasur District which resulted in Tuesday's incident of loot and attack on Christians, it has been revealed.
Member ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, July 3 (ANI): The Ahmadzai Wazir tribe has decided that it would abide by the peace accord inked with the government in 2007, and would not attack the troops stationed ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
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The Military Personal Staff Advisor to French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, who is heading a delegation here, said that the combat helicopters to be provided by France will be ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, July 3 (ANI): Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his ...
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