Army to provide security to Mansoor Ijaz
January 13th, 2012 - 8:26 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) A meeting of the Pakistan Army's top commanders has decided to provide security to Mansoor Ijaz, one of the central figures in the memo scandal, ... Read more...
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Pakistani defence secretary’s dismissal challenged in court
January 12th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) A Pakistani advocate Thursday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court against the dismissal of the defence secretary by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.Gilani ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army may not cooperate with new defence secretary
January 12th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Top Pakistan Army officials have said they might refuse to work with the new defence secretary a day after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani fired Naeem ... Read more...
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Zardari leaves a tense Pakistan for a day in Dubai (Second Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has left Pakistan, tense with rumours and fears of another military coup, and gone to Dubai amid a stand-off between an ... Read more...
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Zardari leaves for Dubai (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has left Pakistan and gone to Dubai, a city where he was hospitalisied last December over a heart ailment, amid a ... Read more...
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Zardari leaves Pakistan, goes to Dubai
January 12th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Dubai, a media report said Thursday. His departure took place amid a stand-off between the political leadership ... Read more...
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Won’t support any coup, says Imran Khan
January 12th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Thursday said the party would not support a military coup as the country witnessed a stand-off between the political ... Read more...
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When a Pakistani officer’s posting fuelled coup rumour
January 12th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) An Pakistani Army officer taking command of a brigade was enough to fuel coup rumours as the formation had in the past been used to ... Read more...
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Don’t allow hawks to take over Pakistan: Daily
January 12th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) "Trigger-happy hawks" should not be allowed to take control of a situation that is already spinning out of control in Pakistan, a daily said Thursday, ... Read more...
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Gilani sacks defence secretary, takes on army (Intro Night Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Islambad, Jan 11 (IANS) Pakistan's political and military establishments were set for a showdown as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked the defence secretary Wednesday after coming under attack ... Read more...
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Democracy to continue in Pakistan: Gilani
January 12th, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Against the backdrop of tension with the army after his sacking of the defence secretary, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday that his ... Read more...
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India tracking developments in Pakistan
January 11th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) With the tension mounting between the military and the civilian government following the dismissal of Pakistan's defence secretary, India is closely watching developments in ... Read more...
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Gilani sacks Defence Secretary, takes on army (Night Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Pakistan's political and military establishments were set for a showdown as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked the defence secretary Wednesday after coming under attack ... Read more...
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Gilani dismisses Pakistani defence secretary (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday sacked the Defence Secretary, Lt. Gen. (retd.) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, for his "misconduct and the unlawful steps he ... Read more...
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Memo commission orders grant of visa, security to Ijaz
January 9th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) The memo commission Monday directed Pakistan's attorney general to issue visa to Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz besides ensuring his security to enable him to ... Read more...
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No clash between Pakistan’s institutions: Zardari (Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has denied any conflict between the government and the judiciary or the army, saying there is an evolution process going on, ... Read more...
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Ijaz to testify in memo case mid-January
January 7th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has informed the memo probe commission of his availability in mid-January for testifying while offering his BlackBerry for forensic investigation about his ... Read more...
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Zardari ‘will respect’ parliament probe in memo scandal
January 7th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has said he will respect the decision of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) regarding 'memo scandal' as ... Read more...
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Ijaz submits phone details to memo commission
January 7th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) A lawyer representing Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz Friday submitted his BlackBerry personal identification number to the commission probing the memo scandal.The commission had sought phone ... Read more...
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‘Pakistani army working under government’
January 6th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) Pakistan's military institutions are working under the government, a minister asserted Friday at a time of heightened tensions between the civilian and defence administrations over ... Read more...
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Memo commission issues notice to Zardari
January 4th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) A Pakistani judicial commission set up to probe the memo scandal has issued notice to President Asif Ali Zardari to appear before it at its ... Read more...
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Pakistan rejects NATO attack report as biased
December 29th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday rejected as biased the US report on the NATO air strikes on two army border checkposts that caused the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers, ... Read more...
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Pakistan military caused disaster called Kargil: Daily
December 28th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) The last thing that Pakistan needs at this critical juncture is institutional infighting, said a Pakistani daily as it reminded the military that "its definition ... Read more...
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No clash if institutions stick to statute, says Gilani
December 27th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday denied a possibility of clash among the state institutions in Pakistan if they all worked within the ambit of ... Read more...
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Pakistan army chief, spy master will stay on: Gilani
December 27th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the country's spy head General Shuja Pasha are not being removed, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Read more...
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Government will complete 5-year term: Gilani
December 25th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in the midst of the memogate scam, said Sunday his government would complete its full five-year term to 2013.Addressing ... Read more...
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Gilani criticised over Laden comment
December 25th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been criticised for raising in parliament the question of the slain Osama bin Laden's presence in the country.It was ... Read more...
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Pakistan military hid Osama in Abbottabad: Ex-army chief
December 24th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistani military had harboured Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with the knowledge of former president General Pervez Musharraf, former army chief General Ziauddin Butt ... Read more...
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Pakistan on cusp of a defining moment: Daily
December 24th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistan may be on the "cusp of a defining historic moment", said a daily over the tension between the army and the government.An editorial in ... Read more...
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No threat to democracy, assures Pakistan Army chief
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) There was no threat to democracy in Pakistan, said the country's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani Friday, a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ... Read more...
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60 second phone call that Pakistan is talking about
December 20th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The barely minute long phone conversation on Dec 16 between Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari, who was ... Read more...
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Zardari returns to Pakistan (Third Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Putting to rest rumours of a coup in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari, who abruptly left the country for Dubai over a heart ailment, returned ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army is pro-democracy, assures Gilani
December 18th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Rejecting the notion of any clash between the government and army or judiciary, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the army as well as the ... Read more...
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Secret memo exists, says Pakistan Army chief
December 16th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) A secret memo to Washington that said President Asif Ali Zardari feared a military coup, in fact, existed and was an attempt to lower ... Read more...
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`Pakistan ready to communicate with coalition forces’
December 14th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 14 (IANS) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander General John Allen said Pakistan has showed signs of resuming communication exchange that was stopped after a NATO airstrike that ... Read more...
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