‘Memo panel didn’t declare Haqqani a traitor’
July 13th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court clarified has that the Memo Commission did not declare Hussain Haqqani, former ambassador to the US, a traitor, reported Daily Times Friday.Haqqani ... Read more...
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Haqqani indeed wrote secret memo to US: Probe panel (Lead)
June 12th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) A secret memo that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari feared a coup after Osama's killing was "real" and was written by Husain Haqqani, said a ... Read more...
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Haqqani to challenge probe panel report
June 12th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) Minutes after a probe panel said that Husain Haqqani had written a memo that President Asif Ali Zardari feared a coup, Pakistan's former envoy to the ... Read more...
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Haqqani did write memo to US, says probe panel
June 12th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) A secret memo that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari feared a coup after Osama's killing was "real" and was written by former envoy to the ... Read more...
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Zardari: Cornered in Pakistan, to pray in India
April 6th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari goes to Ajmer Sharif Sunday with a prayer on his lips after grappling with a string of problems, including ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Memo Commission gets six-week extension
March 29th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday extended the term of the Memo Commission by six weeks, Geo News reported.The apex-court-appointed Memo Commission is probing Pakistan-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz's ... Read more...
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Memo case: SC to hear Haqqani’s plea Thursday
March 28th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A 10-member Pakistani Supreme Court bench would Thursday hear a petition by former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani seeking a video link facility from London ... Read more...
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Haqqani seeks video testimony in Memo case
March 25th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Citing security reasons, Pakistan's former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani has sought the Supreme Court's permission for recording his testimony to the Memo commission via ... Read more...
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Memogate: Ijaz submits details of communications with Haqqani
February 24th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz Friday handed over to the Memo Commission four pages of his Blackberry bill detailing his communications with then Pakistani envoy to ... Read more...
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Zardari instucted Haqqani on memo: Ijaz
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz said Thursday that Husain Haqqani, Islamabad's former envoy to the US, had "directives" from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on delivering ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘most powerful military man’ for stable border with India: Mullen
September 29th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) Pakistan's "most powerful military man", army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, isn't "a big fan of the Haqqani network" and would prefer a stable, peaceful environment ... Read more...
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Welcomes “DADT” Repeal, Senator John McCain Criticizes
December 19th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) While on one hand America is rejoicing over the "DADT" repeal, senator John McCain strongly criticized the movement. As the Senate voted against the military ban, ... Read more...
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Obama’s ‘tough love message’ to Pak on fight against Haqqani network, LeT
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 22(ANI): US President Barack Obama has reportedly asked his administration to "deliver a tough love message" to Pakistan over its reluctance to act against the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba ... Read more...
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Book reveals that Bill Clinton wept over Monica Lewinsky scandal
October 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
A new upcoming autobiography of former Joint Chiefs Chairman, Gen. Hugh Shelton has revealed that the former United States President, Bill Clinton wept over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.The new book, ... Read more...
9/11 masterminds hiding in Pakistan, Afghanistan: Obama
March 28th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 28 (ANI): President Barack Obama Pak-Afghan policy, which could be his signature foreign policy effort, said that al Qaeda terrorists are hiding in Pakistan and Afghanistan and he ... Read more...
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Obama considering 16 to 23-months Iraq withdrawal plan
February 7th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): The Obama Administration is weighing three different military options for withdrawing troops from Iraq, including the possibility of breaking Barcak Obamas campaign pledge of a pullout within ... Read more...
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US military advisers arriving soon to train Pak counter insurgency team
September 20th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Lahore, Sep 20 (ANI): A long-delayed plan to send dozens of US military advisers to Pakistan to train the Pakistani Army in counter-insurgency could begin in a matter of weeks on ... Read more...
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