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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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Discussion on early election after budget: Pakistani PM


January 30th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) The Pakistani government may discuss with the opposition the issue of early general elections after the budget is presented in May, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ... Read more...

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Provide security to Mansoor Ijaz: Pakistan judicial panel


January 24th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) The judicial commission probing memogate has directed authorities to provide security to Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, one of the key figures in the scandal.The commission Tuesday ... 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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Sack ISI chief, says petition in Pakistan court


December 20th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Pakistan's spy agency chief, General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, should be sacked, a petition filed in the Supreme Court has demanded.Jameel Ahmed, Communist Party of Pakistan chairman, ... Read more...

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‘ISI not in Pakistan government control’


December 6th, 2011 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) Mansoor Ijaz, the man who stirred Pakistan's 'memogate', has alleged that Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), especially its 'S' or strategic wing, was ... Read more...

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Attack on Pakistani soldiers smacks of US arrogance: Daily


November 29th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) The NATO attack that left over two dozen Pakistani soldiers dead smacks of the "arrogance of a superpower", said a Pakistani daily. It noted that ... Read more...

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‘Pakistan stuck between bumbling civilians, hardline military’


November 19th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) A secret memo that claims President Asif Ali Zardari feared a military coup is a reflection that Pakistanis are "caught between a rock and a hard ... Read more...

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