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Outcome of US Prez poll will have no bearing on Pak, claims envoy

Outcome of US Prez poll will have no bearing on Pak, claims envoy

October 28th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Pakistani Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has said that the outcome of the US presidential election will have no effect on Pakistan, as he claimed that ...

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Two senior militant commanders killed in Pakistan

Two senior militant commanders killed in Pakistan

October 5th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 5 (DPA) The Pakistani army said it killed two senior militant commanders in the troubled Swat mountain district Sunday.Amir Zeb and another rebel leader identified as Ayub were gunned down ...

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Bombers blow themselves up on resistance from Pakistani locals

Bombers blow themselves up on resistance from Pakistani locals

September 18th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 18 (DPA) Two of three suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up Thursday after residents in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province tried to apprehend them, officials said.Three militants stopped briefly ...

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Two dead, 20 injured as Pakistani troops foil suicide attack (Lead)

August 29th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Aug 29 (DPA) Two people were killed and at least 20 wounded Friday in a foiled car bomb attack on a military camp close to a key road tunnel in Pakistan's ...

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20 Pakistani troops wounded in foiled car bomb attack

August 29th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Aug 29 (DPA) Up to 20 people were wounded Friday in a foiled car bomb attack on a military camp close to a key road tunnel in Pakistan's violence-plagued North West ...

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10 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan

10 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan

August 3rd, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, Aug 3 (Xinhua) At least 10 Taliban militants were killed Sunday in an operation by security forces in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, a media report said. The operation was carried out ...

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Two girls’ schools burnt down in Pakistan

Two girls’ schools burnt down in Pakistan

August 2nd, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) Two girls' schools were burnt down Saturday by Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, IRNA news agency reported. The schools were located in the Mingora area of ...

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13 civilians killed as Pakistan battles militants (Lead)

13 civilians killed as Pakistan battles militants (Lead)

July 31st, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Peshawar (Pakistan), July 31 (DPA) At least 13 civilians, including seven from one family, were killed Thursday in fresh clashes between government forces and Taliban fighters in Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley, officials ...

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Suicide bombers ready to unleash a reign of terror in NWFP

Suicide bombers ready to unleash a reign of terror in NWFP

July 28th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Mingora ( Pakistan ), July 28 (ANI): Tehrik-i-Taliban chief of Swat unit, Maulana Fazlullah has threatened to unleash a large number of suicide bombers if the NWFP government launched a military ...

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NWFP govt refuses to bow as Taliban deadline to act or resign lapses

NWFP govt refuses to bow as Taliban deadline to act or resign lapses

July 22nd, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar , July 22 (ANI): As the 5-day ultimatum of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud to the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government to either resign or face consequences ...

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Taliban to convert two girls schools into madarassas in Bajaur Agency

July 9th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Khar ( Pakistan ), July 9 (ANI): Extremists belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly taken over two girls primary schools in the Bajaur Agency, and announced to convert them ...

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Taliban insurgents seize girls’ school in Pakistan

July 9th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Taliban insurgents have occupied a girls' school and a dispensary in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan, IRNA news agency reported. An official said Taliban insurgents took control ...

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Gilani says militants from Central Asian nations behind tribal areas unrest

June 30th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, June 30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that foreign elements hailing from Central Asian Republics (CAR) were behind the current unrest and spike in violence in ...

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PPP leader among four killed, resort hotel torched in Pakistan

PPP leader among four killed, resort hotel torched in Pakistan

June 26th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Peshawar (Pakistan), June 26 (DPA) Pro-Taliban militants Thursday killed a leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) along with three members of his family, and separately set ablaze the country's only ...

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Government, Taliban close to pact in Mohmand

May 27th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) The Pakistan government and the local Taliban in the Mohmand Agency are close to striking a peace accord, media reports here Tuesday indicated. A jirga of tribal elders, ...

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Pakistan signs peace accord with Swat Valley militants

May 21st, 2008 - 11:54 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Peshawar (Pakistan), May 21 (DPA) The Pakistani government Wednesday signed a peace accord with militants seeking to impose Taliban-style Islamic rule in the country's restive valley of Swat. "Peace talks with Swat ...

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Militant attack, sectarian violence kills five in Pakistan

May 21st, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Islamabad, May 21 (DPA) At least five people, including a policeman, were killed in overnight attacks by pro-Taliban militants and sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The police official died ...

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NWFP govt gives in to pro-Taliban militants demand, enforces Shariah

May 14th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by admin -
Peshawar , May 14 (ANI): The NWFP government is learnt to have given in to the demand of the pro-Taliban terrorists in the Swat region of enforcing Shariah - Shari Nizam-e-Adl ...

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Pro-Taliban militants ink truce pact with NWFP govt

May 10th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by admin -
Peshawar, May 10 (ANI): Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistans Swat region are learnt to have reached out a peace agreement with the coalition government in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Under the ...

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Pakistan, militants agree to truce in Swat Valley

May 9th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Islamabad, May 9 (DPA) Pakistani government and the pro-Taliban militants Friday agreed on a ceasefire in Pakistan's restive north-western district of Swat, hours after a policeman was killed in an attack on ...

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Militants set afire another girls school in Swat

May 8th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by admin -
Peshawar, May 8 (ANI): In a second incident of its type in less than a week, a group of unidentified militants set fire to the Sherpalam Primary Girls School in Swats ...

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Mardan residents fear Taliban reprisal if peace proposal fails

May 6th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by admin -
Mardan (NWFP), May 6 (ANI): Following fresh attacks by the Taaliban on government installations over the past few weeks in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), residents of Mardan district fear of ...

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Militants burn down girls’ school in north-west Pakistan

May 4th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Peshawar, May 4 (DPA) A high school for girls in Pakistan's north-west Swat district was destroyed after militants set it ablaze in an overnight raid, police and officials said Sunday. Around 50 ...

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Schools for female students in Pak receive threats

December 11th, 2007 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin -
Peshawar, Dec 11(ANI): Several government girls schools in Pakistan have reportedly received threatening letters that they would be blown up if their staff does not observe proper Purdah. According to a police official, ...

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Size zero, celeb culture causing schoolgirls to develop ‘distorted’ body image: Senior schoolteacher

November 14th, 2007 - 10:29 am ICT by admin -

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