Five in race for Pakistan PM’s post (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) Five candidates, three from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and one each from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Thursday filed ... Read more...
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Pakistan opposition names PM candidates
June 21st, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) Two opposition parties in Pakistan, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Thursday decided to field their candidates for the post of prime ... Read more...
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Four policemen injured in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 7:05 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) At least four policemen were injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Sunday night, a media report said.According to state-run TV channel PTV, ... Read more...
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Three soldiers killed in Pakistan
February 26th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) A Pakistani soldier was killed Sunday in a clash with militants while two security personnel died in a remote-controlled blast in the country's northwest tribal region, ... Read more...
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12 dead in Pakistan police station attack
June 26th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Twelve policemen were killed and a dozen others injured when militants stormed a police station in northwest Pakistan Saturday, Xinhua reported.The attack took place around 4.30 ... Read more...
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Six dead, 25 held hostage in Pakistan police station attack (Second Lead)
June 25th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) Militants Saturday stormed a police station in northwest Pakistan, killing at least six policemen and taking 25 others hostage, Xinhua reported.The attack occurred around 4.30 p.m. ... Read more...
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Militants storm police station in Pakistan, six dead (Lead)
June 25th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) Militants attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan Saturday killing six policemen and taking several others hostage, Xinhua reported.The attack took place around 4.30 p.m. at ... Read more...
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Eight die as militants open fire in Pakistan park (Lead)
May 6th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) Eight people were killed and 15 injured when militants opened fire at people doing morning exercise at a park in Quetta in southwest Pakistan, police ... Read more...
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Six killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan
February 28th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (DPA) Pakistan authorities Sunday clamped curfew on a town following sectarian clashes between rival Sunni groups that left at least six people dead and 16 injured.
The clashes erupted Saturday ... Read more...
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Pakistan starts offensive against Taliban, Al Qaeda (Lead)
October 17th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 17 (DPA) A senior Pakistani official said Saturday government forces had started a much-awaited ground offensive against Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops kill 25 militants, NATO supply tanker bombed (Lead)
February 21st, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 21 (DPA) Pakistani security forces have killed 25 militants in overnight clashes as a separate roadside bomb attack Saturday on a NATO oil tanker left one dead in a tribal ... Read more...
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Nine Mumbai attackers belonged to Pak Punjab, one to NWFP
January 16th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 16 (ANI): The Indian dossier of evidence provided to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror attacks on November 26 alleges that all 10 gunmen involved in the attacks were Pakistani ... Read more...
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Suicide blast kills five in Pakistan
November 21st, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 21 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a funeral in northwestern Pakistan, Dawn News channel reported. The incident occurred during ... Read more...
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Blast at Pakistan hospital kills 20
August 19th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Aug 19 (ANI): A bomb blast outside a hospital in northwest Pakistans Dera Ismail Khan, located about 300 km from here, on Tuesday killed at least 20 people and injured ... Read more...
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Bomb blast in Pakistan kills 13
March 1st, 2008 - 1:02 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb 29 (DPA) At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in a suicide bomb attack Friday in northwest Pakistan during the funeral of a local police ... Read more...
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