Jehadi takeover can prompt Indo-US attack on Pakistan: book
August 8th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A jehadi takeover of Pakistan with its nuclear arsenal can spark an Indo-American military assault on that country, which could lead to Pakistan's reabsorption into ... Read more...
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‘Doctor who helped in Osama mission needs US help’
June 19th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) The US needs to make renewed attempts to help the jailed Pakistani doctor who led the US to Osama bin Laden, a Congressman has said.Republican Dana ... Read more...
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US issues alert for its people in Pakistan
April 26th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) The US embassy in Islamabad Thursday issued a security alert for its staff and American citizens to take precautions for next two weeks, but did not ... Read more...
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Aid freeze no big deal: US to Pakistan (Second Lead)
December 16th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) Downplaying a US move to freeze close to $700 million in aid to Pakistan, the Obama administration sought to assure its estranged ally that the ... Read more...
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China to give $4.7 mn emergency aid to Pakistan
September 11th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) China will provide Pakistan emergency humanitarian aid of 30 million yuan (around $4.7 million) to help the flood-affected people in the country's south, the Chinese ... Read more...
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No travel curbs on US diplomats, says Pakistan
July 31st, 2011 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) There are no specific travel curbs on US diplomats in Pakistan, the foreign ministry has said.Refuting reports in a section of media, the foreign office spokesperson ... Read more...
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Pakistan expresses concern over incursions NATO, Afghan militants
June 18th, 2011 - 9:11 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) -- Pakistan on Friday said it has lodged a protest with the United States and Afghanistan over border incursions by NATO aircraft and Afghan militants, the Foreign Ministry said.The ... Read more...
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USAID has not put any funding for Pakistan’s HEC on hold: US Embassy
April 7th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 7(ANI): The US Embassy in Islamabad has refuted media reports that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has put its 250-million-dollar project in Pakistan on hold in the ... Read more...
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US condemns double suicide bomb attack outside Pak shrine
April 4th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr 4(ANI): The United States has condemned the double suicide bomb attack outside a shrine in Pakistan's Punjab province, which killed at least 41 people on Sunday.The bombers struck outside ... Read more...
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Lahore trial court to decide Davis immunity issue
March 14th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 14(ANI): The Lahore High Court has ruled that the trial court will decide the immunity status case of CIA contractor Raymond Davis."The case is in a trial court...it will decide ... Read more...
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Two US law experts meet Davis, discuss legal issues in double murder case
March 6th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 6(ANI): The US government has reportedly assigned two American legal experts to defend double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who is being tried in an additional district and sessions court ... Read more...
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Wahab’s stand on ‘illegal detention’ of Davis not Pak Govt or PPP’s views: Babar
February 15th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 15(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's spokesman has dismissed a statement given by a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) spokeswoman about double-murder accused US official Raymond Davis, saying that it was ... Read more...
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U.S.-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral meeting postponed amid prisoner row
February 13th, 2011 - 5:00 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The United States on Saturday announced it has postponed a planned trilateral meeting with Afghanistan and Pakistan amid a growing political crisis over the arrest of an ... Read more...
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US seeks immediate release of Davis
February 12th, 2011 - 6:21 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The US consul general in Lahore has called for immediate release of Raymond Davis, an American national arrested for gunning down two Pakistanis. While addressing the media Friday ... Read more...
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‘US-Pakistan engagements will continue’
February 8th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thimphu, Feb 8 (IANS) Amid reports that the US has put on hold high-level bilateral contacts with Pakistan over the continued detention of Raymond Davis, Islamabad Tuesday stressed that engagements between ... Read more...
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US suspends bilateral engagements with Pakistan (Lead)
February 8th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Scaling up pressure on Pakistan for the release of Raymond Davis, arrested for fatally shooting two Pakistanis in Lahore, the US has put on hold high-level bilateral ... Read more...
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Lahore shooting: US official barred from leaving Pakistan
February 1st, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The Lahore High Court Tuesday directed authorities to place the name of US official Raymond Davis, who had gunned down two people, on a list that prohibits people ... Read more...
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US embassy demands release of arrested diplomat in Pakistan
January 29th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) The US embassy in Islamabad has said Pakistani security officials have kept their diplomat, Raymond Davis, in illegal custody and demanded his release without any delay, media reports ... Read more...
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US “will cooperate fully” with Pak probe into consulate worker killing two in Lahore
January 28th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28(ANI): The United States will 'cooperate fully' with the Pakistani investigation into the killing of two Pakistani men by a US consulate worker in Lahore, Assistant Secretary of State for ... Read more...
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CIA’s country head leaves Pakistan
December 18th, 2010 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) The country head of American CIA in Pakistan, Jonathan Banks, is believed to have left the country after receiving security threats, Samaa TV reported Saturday. "Banks was ... Read more...
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Pak military ‘hampered’ US embassy operations: WikiLeaks
December 13th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec. 13 (ANI): A secret cable sent by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad to the State Department in 2009 accuses Pakistan's military and intelligence service of harassing embassy employees, sabotaging contracts ... Read more...
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Saudi-Pak strained relations due to Zardari being perceived “corrupt”, reveals WikiLeaks
December 1st, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 1 (ANI): Revealing the "strained" Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations, a US embassy cable posted by WikiLeaks has said that the Saudis do not trust and instead consider Pakistan President Asif Ali ... Read more...
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US wanted to remove uranium from Pakistani reactor: WikiLeaks
November 29th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS/AKI) US diplomatic cables released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks show that since 2007 the US has been engaged in an effort to remove highly enriched uranium from a Pakistani ... Read more...
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US forces in Balochistan compromising Pakistan’s sovereignty: PML-N
November 27th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan's main opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Saturday submitted an adjournment motion in parliament against the alleged presence of US security forces in the ... Read more...
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94 crucial documents about Pak to be posted on WikiLeaks this weekend
November 27th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): The whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, is expected to publish 94 documents about Pakistan this weekend, according to diplomatic sources.The documents mainly contain telegrams sent by the US Embassy ... Read more...
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Pak bound to provide security to NATO supplies enroute to Afghanistan: US Embassy
October 6th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 6 (ANI): Rejecting the Islamabad Police's claim that they were not responsible for providing security to the trucks and trailers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan within the jurisdiction ... Read more...
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Covert op charge: US embassy scraps land plan in Islamabad
September 21st, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) The US has scrapped plans to procure additional land from the Pakistan government in the high-security diplomatic enclave to expand its embassy in Islamabad amid ... Read more...
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Angelina Jolie Condemns Florida Pastor Terry Jones’s Quran Burning Plans
September 9th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The plans of burning the Holy Quran by a Florida Pastor named Terry Jones along with 50 of his followers on the 9th anniversary of the ... Read more...
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Mystery behind top US official’s visit to ‘banned’ JuD relief camp in flood-hit Pak
August 26th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.26 (ANI): Even as the international community, particularly the United States, continues to voice concern regarding the involvement of terror organisations in flood relief operations in Pakistan, a top American official ... Read more...
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Pak’s Geo News blocked over reports of shoe hurling at Zardari
August 9th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 9(ANI): The transmission of Karachi-based Geo News was blocked overnight in various parts of Pakistan after the channel aired reports regarding hurling of shoes at President Asif Ali Zardari during ... Read more...
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US pledges $10 mn aid for flood-hit Pakistan
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) The US is sending helicopters, boats, bridges and other supplies to flood-hit Pakistan as part of an initial $10 million aid pledge, a media report said.
"Our thoughts and ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden ‘hiding in Pakistan’: Admiral Mullen
July 25th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 25(ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has supported US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement about the presence of Osama Bin Laden and other top ... Read more...
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‘Dangerous organization’ LeT becoming global threat, warns Admiral Mullen
July 25th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 25(ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, has described the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) as a very dangerous organization, which has become a significant regional as well as a ... Read more...
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Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta charged for spying
July 20th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Former junior diplomat Madhuri Gupta was charged on Tuesday under the Official Secrets Act for spying for Pakistan.Police sources said Gupta could face a prison sentence of ... Read more...
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Pak arrests wanted German who planned to bomb country’s embassy in Islamabad
July 11th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 11 (ANI): A German national, who is wanted on terror charges in the country, has been arrested by Pakistani authorities.The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that security agencies were holding a ... Read more...
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