Britain jails nine for bomb plot, terror camp in PoK
February 10th, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) A British court Thursday sentenced nine people, including one of Pakistani origin, for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Azhar Mahmood, now British citizen, is on IPL roster
February 4th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 4 (IANS) Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood, now a British passport holder, has been bought by Kings XI Punjab at Saturday's Indian Premier League players' auction in Bangalore.Azhar, ... Read more...
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Chidambaram’s credits: Headley interrogation, Kasab conviction
December 1st, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) "Successful" prosecution and conviction of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and access to interrogate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley in the US are among the ... Read more...
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‘EU-India free trade top priority for Britain’
November 11th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 11 (IANS) Britain has made the European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA) "as its number one priority", a British member of the European Parliament said.Sajjad Karim, ... Read more...
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Pakistanis held in Britain for plotting another 9/11
September 27th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A six-member gang of suspected Pakistani-origin suicide bombers have been arrested for plotting a terror attack in Britain similar to 9/11, police said.However, no specific targets ... Read more...
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Pakistani GenNext in US doesn’t want to return: Jabeen Akhtar
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) In the new generation of Pakistani immigrants to the US, the ties that bind youngsters to their Asian homeland are fast disappearing, says Jabeen Akhtar, ... Read more...
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Pakistan wants hurdles in US ties removed
August 11th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday said it was working with the US at every level for removal of hurdles in bilateral ties.Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said bilateral relations ... Read more...
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Imran Khan to meet Pakistani-Britons
July 12th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan would visit Britain and speak to Pakistani-origin people about the current political situation in his country, an official said.Imran -- who is also ... Read more...
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Adequate security for Bal Thackeray, family: Chavan
May 26th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur (Maharashtra), May 26 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Thursday that Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and his family members have been provided adequate security.Chavan's statement comes in ... Read more...
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Political, police circles flummoxed by ‘Rajaram Rege’
May 24th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) "Who is Rajaram Rege, a public relations officer (PRO) in the Shiv Sena?"This is the question perplexing the Sena, Maharashtra's political circles, the police and intelligence ... Read more...
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In touch with France on Indian’s terror link: Chidambaram
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) With France arresting an Indian national over terror links, India Monday said it was in touch with the French authorities to obtain details, but ... Read more...
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‘Indian Al Qaeda activist arrested in France was SIMI man’
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) An Indian engineer arrested in France for his suspected terror links with Al Qaeda was being watched in this country as he has been ... Read more...
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Three Americans, Three Pakistanis booked on terror charges
May 15th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Three Pakistani-origin Americans, including two clerics at mosques in Florida, and three Pakistanis have been charged with providing support to the Pakistani Taliban, a media ... Read more...
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Mumbai terror suspect Rana to be arraigned May 4
April 27th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, April 27 (IANS) Pakistani Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana is set to be arraigned in a US district court here May 4 for his role in the November ... Read more...
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On official trip to Pakistan, UK minister joins family wedding
April 16th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) A Pakistani-origin British cabinet minister, who went on an official trip to the country to witness the devastation caused by floods, slipped out to attend a ... Read more...
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Pak-origin teen girl in US runs away to escape arranged marriage back home
April 16th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): A Pakistani-origin teenage girl reportedly ran away from her parent's home in Skokie, Illinois, to avoid an arranged marriage back home.Sixteen-year-old Zaineb Chaudhary was last seen on ... Read more...
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British Muslim, a Miss Universe contender, gets death threat
March 20th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 20 (IANS) A 24-year-old British Muslim woman, who entered the qualifying rounds of the Miss Universe contest, has reportedly received death threats -- on charges of denigrating ... Read more...
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Visa procedure streamlined for NRIs: Goa commissioner
March 11th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) Visa for Indians, particularly Goans, settled in Pakistan in the pre-partition days has become easier with the union home ministry streamlining visa clearances, Eduardo Faleiro, commissioner ... Read more...
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Freed 7/7 bombers’ helper supported killings of Americans
March 10th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): Pakistani origin American terrorist Mohammed Junaid Babar expressed his support for violence against the United States in "occupied" Muslim countries at the time of his early release in ... Read more...
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I can bring more professionalism to Bollywood: Sofia Hayat
March 8th, 2011 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Sofia Hayat, a Britain-based singer-actor of Pakistani origin, rues the lack of professionalism in the Indian film industry, alleging some producers were unpleasant to ... Read more...
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Sofia Hayat to get World Cup logo tatto
March 2nd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) Sofia Hayat, a Britain-based actor of Pakistani origin, will get a temporary tattoo of the World Cup logo on her back and says she is impressed ... Read more...
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British Pakistani Sofia shows Asian diaspora’s life in ‘Dishonoured’
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) Sofia Hayat, a Britain-based actress of Pakistani origin, who was kidnapped by her parents at knife point, has scripted a film called "Dishonoured", about the trials and tribulations ... Read more...
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Adnan Sami Live In Action At Recording Studio With Online Fans
January 31st, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Adnan Sami is not the regular singer composer, he does things differently and loves to push his limits. After holding quite a few accolades and awards, this time he sought ... Read more...
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Pakistani-origin ’stalker’ of JFK’s granddaughter ‘not dangerous’
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 22 (ANI): A man of Pakistani-origin, who is accused of stalking John F. Kennedy 's granddaughter, is not violent or dangerous, his lawyer has said.The jailed loner, Naeem Ahmed, ... Read more...
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NY court begins trial of Pak-American TV executive accused of beheading wife
January 19th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 19 (ANI): A New York court has started hearing the case of a Pakistani-origin television executive charged with beheading his wife after she filed for diverse.Opening statements in the ... Read more...
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Brit girl speaks out against Asian sex gang predator who was her lover
January 15th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 15 (ANI): A British girl has come forward to reveal the ordeal she went through at the hands of her ex-lover, a British-born man of Pakistani origin, who orchestrated the ... Read more...
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More Asian sex predators held in Britain
January 12th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 12 (IANS) In a massive crackdown launched across Britain amid reports about Pakistani-origin men preying on white girls, police have busted another gang of nine men, including eight Asians, for ... Read more...
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US court postpones Rana’s trial in Mumbai attack (Lead)
January 9th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 9 (IANS) A US court has put off by three months, at the request of the defence, the trial of Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, charged with helping ... Read more...
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US trial of Pakistani-Canadian in Mumbai attacks postponed
January 9th, 2011 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 9 (IANS) The US trial of Pakistani-born Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is charged with helping David Headley in masterminding the Mumbai terror plot, has been postponed ... Read more...
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Pakistani men grooming British girls for sex
January 5th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Pakistani-origin men in Britain are grooming white girls aged between 11 and 16 for sex with Asian men, a media report said Wednesday.Police and social services were silent ... Read more...
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Canada gets tough on terror, hikes jail terms in Toronto plot
December 18th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 18 (IANS) Toughening Canada's much criticized lenient stand on terrorism Friday, a court of appeal here raised sentences of terrorists jailed in the famous Toronto-18 plot. The Al-Qaeda-inspired ... Read more...
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Bombardier ordered to pay Pakistani-origin pilot for discrimination
December 9th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 9 (IANS) Global metro and corporate aviation giant Bombardier has been ordered to pay $319,000 to a Pakistani-origin man for denying him pilot training because he was listed ... Read more...
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Pakistani-origin woman told she was too dark to play a hobbit
November 30th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 30 (IANS) A Pakistani-origin British woman has accused the casting manager of filmmaker Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" movie of racism because he told her she was "too dark" to ... Read more...
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Asian gang of ’sexual predators’ in UK raped girls as young as 12
November 25th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 25 (ANI): An Asian gang of 'sexual predators' in Britain raped girls as young as 12 after picking them up from the streets.Up to 100 'vulnerable' girls may have been ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda, Taliban have joined hands in Pakistan: Malik
November 21st, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Banned militant outfits Al Qaeda, Taliban and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi have joined hands to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday.But the ... Read more...
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