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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Two of Pakistani origin appointed to British House of Lords
November 21st, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 21 (ANI): Two persons of Pakistani origin are among the 54 new members appointed to the British Parliament Upper House of Lords.Tariq Ahmad, a businessman and former vice chairman of ... Read more...
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Pakistan expects Obama’s visit in 2011: Envoy
November 8th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Pakistan looks forward to US President Barack Obama's visit in 2011, said Pakistani ambassador Hussain Haqqani, hoping that Obama's India trip "will create an opportunity for lasting ... Read more...
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Reports of UK discriminating against Pakistanis “completely false”: Adam Thomson
November 6th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 6 (ANI): British High Commissioner to Pakistan- Adam Thomson- has denied any discriminatory treatment being meted out to Pakistanis visiting or residing in the United Kingdom."Several Pakistani media outlets ... Read more...
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Pak Foreign Minister calls for fair treatment of UK-based Pakistanis
November 5th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 5(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has met British High Commissioner Adam Thomson in Islamabad after a report found that Pakistani immigrants are being discriminated by the UK Border ... Read more...
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Pakistani rights group condemns killing of British woman
October 29th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) A Pakistani women rights group Friday strongly condemned the brutal murder of a Pakistani-origin British citizen in the country and urged the government to take immediate action to ... Read more...
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Mass-murder terror plotter in Canada gets 16-year jail
October 26th, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 26 (IANS) Canada Monday sentenced to 16 years the main leader in the country's first Al Qaeda-inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006. Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, ... Read more...
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Brit-Pak pregnant woman found burnt to death in garden of Bradford home
October 16th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): A Pakistani origin pregnant woman was found burnt to death in the garden of her house in Bradford.According to the Daily Mail, Asiyah Khan had come to Britain ... Read more...
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Pakistani-origin terror suspect freed in Canada
October 14th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 14 (IANS) A Canadian court in Ottawa Wednesday freed on bail a Pakistani-origin doctor who was arrested in August for his links to an al-Qaeda-linked terror plot.Khurram Syed ... Read more...
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CWG boxing: Vijender knocked out; Suranjoy, Manoj, Paramjit in finals (Roundup)
October 12th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh Monday suffered a shocking loss in the semifinals while his compatriots Suranjoy Singh, Manoj Kumar and Paramjit Samota ... Read more...
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Pak woman’s “cultural homicide” over arranged marriage outrages Italian politicians
October 5th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Rome, Oct 5 (ANI): The shocking news of a "cultural homicide", in which a Pakistani woman died in Italy after being beaten with a brick by her husband for opposing an arranged ... Read more...
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Malaysian body to build 1,000 homes in Pakistan
October 5th, 2010 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 5 (IANS) A Malaysian organisation would help Pakistan build 1,000 low-cost houses for homeless people in the flood-affected areas, a media report said.The Malaysia Relief Agency (MRA), which had ... Read more...
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Osama ordered Mumbai-style attack on Britain
October 2nd, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 2 (IANS) US intelligence agencies have said that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had personally ordered Mumbai-style commando attacks on Britain, a media report said Saturday.The Al Qaeda leader, ... Read more...
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Pakistan Supreme Court’s website hacked
September 30th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) The website of Pakistan's Supreme Court was hacked Thursday by two people, including an Indian national, a media report said.The hackers - one of whom was a Pakistani ... Read more...
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PIA bomb suspect released in Sweden
September 26th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm (Sweden), Sep 25(ANI): A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, who was detained at Stockholm's Arlanda airport on suspicion of planning to blow up a Pakistan-bound plane, has been released after questioning ... Read more...
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International treaties hamper Aafia’s return to Pakistan
September 25th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Pakistan will have to sign with foreign countries two international treaties dealing with the exchange of prisoners to enable the return from the US of Aafia ... Read more...
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Pak origin Canadian citizen detained after bomb threat on Toronto-Karachi plane
September 25th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm (Sweden), Sep 25(ANI): A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin has been reportedly detained after a Pakistan-bound plane, carrying 273 passengers, made an emergency landing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport because of a ... Read more...
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Plane makes emergency landing in Sweden after bomb threat
September 25th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm (Sweden), Sept.25 (ANI): A plane carrying 273 people from Canada to Pakistan has made an emergency landing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport because of a bomb threat on board. The pilot decided ... Read more...
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Pakistan protests US court verdict on neuroscientist
September 24th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Top Pakistani leaders have protested the sentencing by a US court of a Pakistani-origin neuroscientist to 86 years in prison on charges of being a ... Read more...
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Americans warned of home grown extremism
September 24th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Citing the cases of two Pakistani Americans involved in the Mumbai terror attacks and the failed Times Square bombing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned of ... Read more...
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Kidnapped British journalist released in Pakistan (Lead, Changing dateline)
September 9th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 9 (DPA) A British journalist of Pakistani origin abducted by Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region has been released, the British High Commission in Islamabad confirmed Thursday.
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Three Taliban men arrested for links to Times Square plot
September 9th, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Police in Pakistan Wednesday said they had arrested three men allegedly having links with Faisal Shahzad, held in New York in May on charges of ... Read more...
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Cricket scandal could hit flood aid for Pakistan
August 31st, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) The match fixing scandal could hit aid for victims of floods that have ravaged Pakistan, feared a British MP who added that it was "absolutely the worst thing ... Read more...
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Pak hands another dossier to India seeking more details on Headley
August 28th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.28 (ANI): Pakistan has handed over another dossier on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley to India seeking more information about his role in the November 2008 Mumbai carnage.Pakistan's High Commissioner ... Read more...
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Canadian parliament was target of terror plot
August 28th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 28 (IANS) The Canadian parliament was reportedly on the hit-list of the Al-Qaeda-linked terror plot unearthed in the capital Ottawa Wednesday with the arrest of two suspects.Another suspect ... Read more...
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Murdered Daniel Pearl’s dad says 9/11 mosque should be built elsewhere
August 27th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.27 (ANI): The father of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has said that public reaction suggests that a proposed mosque and Islamic centre to come up near Ground ... Read more...
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Indian, Canadian Idol contestant held in Al Qaeda terror plot (Lead)
August 26th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 26 (IANS) Two Canadian Muslims - one reportedly hailing from India - arrested in an Al Qaeda-linked plot were charged with terrorism Thursday and remanded to police ... Read more...
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British couple shot dead in Pakistan in suspected honour killing
August 9th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 9 (ANI): A Pakistani-origin British couple hailing from Birmingham has been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing.Gul Wazir, a taxi driver from Alum Rock in Birmingham, and ... Read more...
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British couple killed in Pakistan
August 9th, 2010 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) A Pakistani-origin British couple have been allegedly shot dead in Pakistan, when they went to resolve a dispute over their daughter's wedding.
Gul Wazir and his wife reportedly travelled ... Read more...
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UN secretary general’s office denies Kashmir remarks
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The UN secretary general's office has clarified that Ban Ki-moon had made no comment on Kashmir or about the India-Pakistan composite dialogue, India's external affairs ministry clarified ... Read more...
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Zardari to visit UK ‘to maintain strong relations’: Kaira
August 1st, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 1(ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that President Asif Ali Zardari will go ahead with his visit to the United Kingdom to maintain strong relations between ... Read more...
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