Purge extremists within Pakistani military: Daily
September 21st, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Friday called for a "purge" of all those military personnel who sympathise with the militants after terrorists targeted a Pakistan Air Force ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘deep state’ will remain abiding challenge for India (Comment)
July 12th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
The manner in which the Pakistan government dealt with an Air India plane en route from Abu Dhabi to Delhi that had to make an emergency landing on Monday in ... Read more...
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Kayani wants democracy to continue in Pakistan
May 1st, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reiterated that he would like to see the continuity of the democratic system in the country, amid ... Read more...
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Pakistani army to court-martial brigadier
February 12th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has decided to court-martial a brigadier for his alleged links with the banned Hizb-ul-Tehrir outfit, sources said.Brigadier Ali Khan, who was posted at ... Read more...
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Pakistan disagrees with US findings on NATO attack
January 24th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan does not agree with the US findings on a NATO airstrike last year that left 24 of its soldiers dead, authorities said.Inter Services Public Relations, ... Read more...
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Crushing retaliation awaits the next aggressor: Kayani
December 2nd, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Any future aggression will see Pakistan responding "with full force, regardless of the cost and consequences" and soldiers need not wait for directions from the high ... Read more...
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New Pakistani Kashmir president meets Kayani
September 6th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistani Kashmir President Sardar Yaqoob Khan met army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed various issues, including the situation on the Line of Control (LoC) ... Read more...
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Hold joint session of parliament on Karachi attack: PML-N
May 26th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) The government should hold an "open joint session" of parliament to discuss the terror attack at a key naval base in Karachi, the opposition Pakistan ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan must give up its double game’
May 24th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 24 (IANS) Pakistan must give up its "double game", a Pakistani daily said Tuesday, observing that "some members of the armed forces may have been involved in providing ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s role in war on terror should not be doubted: Kayani
May 5th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, May 5(ANI): Pakistan's role in the war against terrorism should not be doubted, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said.Kayani was speaking during a meeting at the ... Read more...
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Pak Army to penalise corrupt generals involved in 1.8-bn-rupee scandal
March 21st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 21(ANI): Pakistan's military leadership has shown its willingness to penalise generals involved in the 1.8-billion-rupee corruption scandal at the army-owned National Logistics Cell (NLC).Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Chaudhry ... Read more...
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Pak Punjab seminaries are safe havens for extremists: Malik
March 5th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 5(ANI): Extremist elements have safe havens in seminaries located in south Punjab and are carrying out terrorist activities across Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.Legislators from the Pakistan ... Read more...
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Frontier writers: Mirroring angst from Af-Pak, Kashmir
January 19th, 2011 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The socio-political ferment in the Pakistan-Afghanistan and Kashmir regions has sown the seed of a very powerful genre of literature, both fiction and non-fiction, that ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army and ISI is kidnapping and killing people of Gilgit Baltistan (Part-2)
December 18th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Dr. Shabir ChoudhryLondon, Dec 18 (ANI): Mirza Wajahat Hassan Khan left for Dubai unaccompanied on October 28 2010, for a family business venture.It should be noted that the kidnapping, ... Read more...
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MI6 spies planned to use semen as invisible ink
September 23rd, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 23 (IANS) British intelligence planned to use semen as an invisible ink to write top-secret letters, says a new history of secret intelligence service MI6.
A diary entry belonging to ... Read more...
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US drone attacks being operated in collaboration with Pak govt, GHQ: Holbrooke
September 16th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 16 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has stated that drone attacks against terrorists in Pakistan's northern tribal region are being carried out in close ... Read more...
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Axed Pak Army commando opposed to ‘Lal Masjid’ operation still denied justice
June 8th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 8(ANI): A Pakistan Army commando, who had allegedly opposed the Lal Masjid operation in 2007 and was subsequently court-martialled, is seeking the help of Chief Justice of Pakistan for justice.Lance ... Read more...
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Retiring ISI DG likely to get extension
February 10th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.10 (ANI) : Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt.Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, who is scheduled to retire next month, is likely to get an extension, sources said.The Pakistan Army's top ... Read more...
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‘US wants to control Pak nukes on pretext of terrorism’
December 14th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec. 14 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hassan has said that America's real objective is international control over Pakistani nuclear arsenal, and terrorism is just a pretext to achieve it."The ... Read more...
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Terrorists wanted to hold Pakistani generals hostage: Report
November 17th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) The terrorists who carried out a brazen attack on the Pakistani Army Headquarter in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in October had chalked out a plan to hold ... Read more...
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India’s presence in Afghanistan affecting ‘war on terror’ objectives: Kayani
November 14th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.14 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has once again raised the bogie of India's alleged involvement in Pakistan through Afghanistan, saying it is hindering the ... Read more...
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October 2009: bloodiest month in Pak’s recent history
November 5th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Nov.5 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed some of the most deadly and brazen terror attacks in the month of Octobe,r with over 300 people being killed are scores others receiving grievous injuries.Year 2009's ... Read more...
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Bloody Rawalpindi suicide attack toll reaches 30, over 40 injured
November 2nd, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Nov. 2 (ANI): The death toll in the suspected suicide attack that rocked Pakistan's Rawalpindi city on Monday morning has reached 30, while over 40 people have been injured, police ... Read more...
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Terror back in Rawalpindi, bomb blast near hotel kills 10, injures many
November 2nd, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Nov. 2 (ANI): A bomb explosion behind a hotel near the army headquarters in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city reportedly killed 10 people and injured several others on Monday morning.According to The ... Read more...
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Hard to believe Pak has no idea about Al-Qaeda whereabouts: Clinton
October 30th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct.30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on a three day tour of Pakistan, has reiterated that Al-Qaeda leadership is present in that country, and said that ... Read more...
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Avoid Pakistan, government tells pilgrims (Lead)
October 27th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Amritsar, Oct 27 (IANS) The government Tuesday advised Indian pilgrims to avoid visiting Pakistan in view of the deteriorating security situation there. But the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) said it ... Read more...
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India’s concerns over our nuke installations safety ’self-serving’: Pak FO
October 25th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.26 (ANI): Terming India's concerns over the safety of its nuclear establishments as 'self-serving', Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit has urged New Delhi to work with Islamabad to establish ... Read more...
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‘Soft target’ Karachi Port next on terror hit list: Pak intelligence report
October 22nd, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Oct.22 (ANI): A Pakistani intelligence report has revealed that following the brazen terror attacks on the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) and other security installations, extremists are now on the lookout for ... Read more...
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Pak Army still needs old Taliban `strategic assets’ to counter India in Afghan backyard
October 19th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.19 (ANI): The Pakistan military believes the Americans and the British will withdraw from Afghanistan - and when they do, they will need old Taliban friends such as Jalaluddin Haqqani ... Read more...
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Pak intelligence agencies fear rise in terrorist strikes
October 19th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 19 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies fear that a new wave of terrorist attacks in the near future on important government installations in major cities of the country could take ... Read more...
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Twin suicide bombings kill 11 in Peshawar
October 16th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct. 16 (ANI): Two deadly bomb blasts on Friday left 11 people dead and 15 injured in Pakistan's north-western city, Peshawar.Three police officers, two women and two children were among ... Read more...
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Taliban besieges Lahore, strikes at three police establishments (Afternoon Lead)
October 15th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Oct 15 (IANS) Five days after striking at the heart of the Pakistani military headquarter, the Taliban laid siege to this cultural capital of the country Thursday, staging simultaneous and ... Read more...
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Terrorists seizing Pak nukes an “impossible scenario” : Musharraf
October 15th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct.15 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that there is no threat to the country's nuclear assets from terrorists as they were being tightly guarded by the ... Read more...
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New security advisory issued after Pakistani GHQ attack
October 14th, 2009 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rawalpindi, Oct 14 (IANS) A new security advisory has been issued to all corps headquarters of Pakistan on the directive of army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani following the militant attack on ... Read more...
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“Don’t comment on border infrastructure development’ (Lead, correcting para five)
October 14th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) China should refrain from commenting on infrastructure development on the Indian side of the border since this had nothing to do with growing tensions in the ... Read more...
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