Captured 14-year-old suicide bomber unrepentant after Sunday’s terror attack in Pakistan
April 5th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, April 5(ANI): The 14-year-old suicide bomber, who was captured after his explosives failed to detonate during Sunday's terror attack on a shrine in Pakistan, remains unrepentant as he tells police ... Read more...
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Toddler killed, body sent to parents after property row
February 3rd, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) A one-and-a-half year old girl in Pakistan's Punjab province was shot dead by her relatives and the body sent back to her parents following a property dispute, police ... Read more...
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Pak situation can’t be compared with events in Egypt, Tunisia: Gilani
January 31st, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Jan 31(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the current situation in Egypt or Tunisia cannot be compared with that of Pakistan, as the country's "institutions are working ... Read more...
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FIA freezes foreign currency accounts of Pak’s former Religious Affairs Minister
January 25th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 25(ANI): Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) has sealed off the foreign currency account of former Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi.According to sources, Kazmi has many foreign currency accounts ... Read more...
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Tremors in Himachal after Pakistan quake
January 19th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 19 (IANS) Tremors were felt in several parts of Himachal Pradesh early Wednesday after an earthquake hit a sparsely-populated mountainous region of Pakistan's Balochistan province, the weather office here ... Read more...
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Houses collapse in Pakistan quake (Lead)
January 19th, 2011 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 19 (IANS) At least 10 houses collapsed or were damaged after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit a sparsely-populated mountainous region of Pakistan's Balochistan province early Wednesday, media reports said.According to ... Read more...
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No adequate security for Aasia Bibi: Report
January 13th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Jan 13 (IANS) The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has not taken any extra security measure to protect Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, despite increasing ... Read more...
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US drone attack counter-productive: Pakistani PM
December 26th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday condemned US drone attacks in the country's restive northwest, terming them counter-productive in the fight against terrorism.Gilani said that the ... Read more...
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The ‘real’ Sarabjit has been arrested, claims family
December 16th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 16 (IANS) Family members of Sarabjit Singh - the Indian who is on death row in Pakistan - say a criminal arrested here Thursday is the one responsible for ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan to sign four-nation gas deal
December 9th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will sign two cooperative pacts Saturday on a $7.6-billion gas pipeline project linking the four countries, a media report said Thursday.The presidents of ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman’s nose chopped off by in-laws (Lead)
November 29th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) A Pakistani woman's nose was hacked off and her head tonsured by her in-laws who then locked her up for three days as they suspected her of ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman’s nose cut-off by in-laws
November 29th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) A Pakistani woman's nose was cut off and her head tonsured by her in-laws who then locked her up for three days because they suspected her of having ... Read more...
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Pak wishes to see Mumbai terror attack culprits punished: Qureshi
November 27th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Nov 27 (ANI): Pakistan strongly condemns the Mumbai terror attack, and wishes to see the culprits involved in the incident punished, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday.Qureshi made ... Read more...
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Kashmir dispute between India-Pak continues to hold international relevance: Qureshi
November 17th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Nov 17 (ANI): Despite the US-India ties, the Kashmir issue continues to hold international relevance, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said.Speaking to media representatives after the Eidul Azha prayer ... Read more...
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Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi plan suicide attacks across Pakistan on Eid
November 13th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 13 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) have planned to carry out suicide attacks in Islamabad and other parts of the country during Eid, according to intelligence ... Read more...
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Accountant dies on hearing corruption charge
November 9th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Nov 9 (IANS) An accountant of a school in Pakistan's Multan city suffered a heart attack and died after the teaching staff levelled corruption allegations against him and the principal.Ehsan Ghauri, ... Read more...
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Karachi plane crash apparently due to ‘human error’, says expert
November 6th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 6 (ANI): A human error appears to be the cause behind the twin-engined Beech 1900 aircraft crash in Karachi on Friday, a source in the aviation industry has said."It seems ... Read more...
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Shrines in Pak Punjab province at risk of terror attacks in absence of security measures
October 25th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 25 (ANI): Out of a total of 319 shrines across the Pakistani province of Punjab, only 58 have security arrangements, and that too, inadequate, a survey report prepared by an ... Read more...
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30 Pak seminaries under strict vigilance for alleged links with banned terror outfits
October 23rd, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 23 (ANI): The Punjab Home Department has directed the police and other law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to strictly monitor the activities of over thirty religious seminaries across the most populous ... Read more...
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Four dead, 2,000 affected by dengue in Pakistan
October 23rd, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) More than 2,000 people are suffering from dengue fever in Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces and at least four patients have died in the ... Read more...
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Man in Pakistan to marry twice in 24 hours
October 18th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 18 (IANS) A man in Pakistan is to marry two women in less than 24 hours in an attempt to resolve a dilemma over wedding the woman to whom ... Read more...
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Spirited welcome to Pakistan’s gold medallist wrestlers
October 16th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Pakistan's gold-medallist wrestlers, Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam, were given a rousing reception at Lahore's Allama Iqbal international airport Saturday evening on their return to the ... Read more...
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Pak must rethink policy of sheltering militants after failed plot to kill Gilani: Expert
October 16th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 16(ANI): An expert on militant groups has said that Pakistan must rethink its historic policy of sheltering militants following the arrest of seven men in a suspected plot to kill ... Read more...
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Man dies after setting himself afire at Gilani’s house
September 20th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A man who set himself on fire in front of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's house in Multan passed away Monday after struggling between life and ... Read more...
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Holbrooke justifies drone strikes in Pakistan
September 17th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Sept 17 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has justified drone attacks on FATA in Pakistan by stressing that some elements present in the western part ... Read more...
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Gilani assures Musharraf of ‘warm welcome’ by Chief Justice on his return to Pak
September 14th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Sept 14 (ANI): In the wake of former president Pervez Musharraf's announcement of making a political comeback in Pakistan, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the chief ... Read more...
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“Democracy is strong” in Pak, ‘criminal’ to think of military rule possibility: Gilani
September 14th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Sept 14 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has reiterated that the democratically elected federal government was strong, the judiciary functional, and called the very thought of expecting martial ... Read more...
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Assam, Tripura police to jointly probe ISI activities
August 31st, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 31 (IANS) The police in Assam and Tripura are jointly probing the activities of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in northeast India following the arrest of a suspected ISI agent ... Read more...
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NGOs will siphon off half of international flood aid to Pak: Gilani
August 30th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Aug 30(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that 80 percent of the international aid will come to the flood-hit country through NGOs, which will siphon off half of ... Read more...
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World must do more in respect of ‘Pakistan’s Katrina’: Kerry
August 30th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 30(ANI): US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry has urged the international community to extend more help to flood-hit Pakistan, saying that the "world isn't keeping up with the ... Read more...
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UAE supplies food in flood-hit Pakistan
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 22 (IANS/WAM) Ready-to-eat processed food has been provided to the flood-hit people in Pakistan's Punjab province by the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an official ... Read more...
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Militants may exploit flood-affected children: Zardari
August 20th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and a top US senator have warned that militants may exploit orphans and children of flood-affected people for their terror activities.
"We are giving ... Read more...
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Thousands flee as floods threaten major Pakistani city
August 13th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jacobabad (Pakistan), Aug 13 (DPA) Thousands of people were fleeing a major city in southern Pakistan after authorities issued a flood warning Friday as rescue workers attempted to get relief to ... Read more...
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10 TTP, Haqqani network linked terrorists arrested in Pak Punjab
August 12th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug 12(ANI): Pakistan police and intelligence agencies have arrested 10 terrorists, who have alleged links with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Haqqani network, in Punjab province.The arrested terrorists include ... Read more...
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Pak facing resistance from India over consistency in dialogue process: Qureshi
July 28th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, July 28(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that his government is sincerely pursuing the dialogue process, but was facing resistance from the Indian government.Qureshi said that Pakistan is ... Read more...
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