Pakistani province has dead employees still on rolls
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) There are 338 dead employees on the rolls in Pakistan's Sindh province, leading a daily to wonder: "Governance? A troupe of performing parrots would do a ... Read more...
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Tremors rock Kashmir Valley, northwest Pakistan (Third Lead)
June 11th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Moderate intensity tremors rocked the Kashmir Valley as well as Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Monday morning. No loss of life has been reported so ... Read more...
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23 Hindus kidnapped in Pakistani province
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) At least 23 Hindus have been kidnapped in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province over the past few months, a top official said Saturday.Incidents of kidnapping for ransom ... Read more...
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Strike over attack on family of Pakistan politician
February 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A strike was observed Saturday in a southwestern Pakistani province against the killing of wife and daughter of an assembly member earlier this week.Balochistan assembly member ... Read more...
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Pakistani province launches polio campaign
January 30th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Over two million children will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops in Pakistan's Balochistan province, which saw the highest number of polio cases in the world in ... Read more...
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Two die in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
October 28th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) At least two policemen were killed and several injured Friday in a suicide attack on a police vehicle in the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber ... Read more...
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Rabbani’s murder planned in Pakistan: Afghan security agency
October 1st, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The murder of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul last month was planned in Pakistan, the Afghan security agency's press secretary Latifulla Mashal ... Read more...
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Dengue toll in Pakistani province rises to 62
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 22 (IANS) The dengue toll in Pakistan's Punjab province rose to 62 Thursday, authorities said.People are avoiding parks and picnic spots in Lahore, the provincial capital, fearing they ... Read more...
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Teaching Chinese in Pakistani schools puzzling: Daily
September 8th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) A decision to teach Chinese in schools in a Pakistani province is a little puzzling, said a daily Thursday.An editorial in the News International said that ... Read more...
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Dengue fever grips Pakistani province
September 4th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals, Xinhua reported.At least ... Read more...
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An academy to revive Pakistani province’s culture
August 24th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) An academy is being set up to promote the culture and traditions of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The Gibran Adeel Cultural Academy will impart training in singing, ... Read more...
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Lashkar accuses Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa legislators of supporting Taliban
March 5th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Mar 5(ANI): A tribal militia fighting the Taliban in the Adezai outskirts of Peshawar has accused local legislators of supporting the Taliban, and threatened to stop its fight if the ... Read more...
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ISI blames India of ‘playing dangerous game’ by funding ‘extremist elements’ in Karachi
January 28th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 28(ANI): Pakistan's intelligence and military officials have accused India of "playing a dangerous game" by attempting to "destabilise Pakistan".Senior officials from the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistan Army ... Read more...
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At least five children injured in school bus bomb attack in Balochistan
January 4th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Jan 4 (ANI): At least five children were wounded when a bomb explosion tore through a school bus in insurgency-hit Balochistan on Tuesday.Police and military officials said the bus was ... Read more...
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Hindu spiritual leader’s abduction in Balochistan triggers protests
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Dec 23 (ANI): The abduction of a Hindu spiritual leader has triggered protest demonstrations in different parts of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.82-year-old Maharaja Luckmi Chand Garji was whisked away along ... Read more...
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Three more people abducted by “government agencies” in Balochistan
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Dec 22 (ANI): State functionaries allegedly whisked away three people, including a human rights activist, in two separate incidents near Pasni and coastal highway Ormara in Pakistani province of Balochistan.According to ... Read more...
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Mystery and intrigue behind Pak Punjab Governors’ ‘72-hr vanishing act’
December 9th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec 9 (ANI): The whereabouts of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer became a subject of wild speculation in the Pakistani province after sources in the provincial government revealed that he had been ... Read more...
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‘Public places in Sindh under grave threat of terrorist attacks’
November 24th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Nov 24 (ANI): Sindh Home Minister Zulfikhar Mirza has hinted that government buildings, hospitals, the assembly and other important places in the Pakistani province are under the threat of terror attacks.Talking ... 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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Taliban contact with Afghan government ‘intensifying’: Karzai aide
October 7th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 7(ANI): Contact between the Taliban and the Hamid Karzai-led Afghanistan government for negotiating an end to the war in the country is intensifying, a Karzai aide has said.Waheed Omar, ... Read more...
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Thousands evacuated as floods threaten Pakistani province
August 27th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Half-a-million people have been evacuated from Pakistan's Sindh province as rising floodwaters threatened to inundate several towns in the region, a media report said Friday.
Authorities Thursday night ... Read more...
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Pakistani province on high alert for floods
August 7th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Pakistan's Sindh province was on high alert Saturday after floods wreaked havoc in the country leaving at least 1,600 people dead, a media report said.
At least four districts ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan areas of discord
July 16th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) The main stumbling blocks in India-Pakistan dialogue:Kashmir: India says the happenings in Jammu and Kashmir are its own business. Pakistan disagrees, and says it concerns ... Read more...
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NATO trucks denied entry to Pakistani province
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) A provincial government in northwest Pakistan Wednesday denied entry of NATO supply vehicles over fear of terrorist attacks, a media report said.
The government of Kyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province has denied ... Read more...
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India paramilitary forces heighten vigil along Sir Creek estuary in Gujarat
November 26th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
Kutch (Gujarat), Nov.26 (ANI): Indian paramilitary forces have heightened vigil along the Sir Creek area, 100 kilometres estuary that lies between Gujarat and the Pakistani province of Sindh."We have got surveillance equipment ... Read more...
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RSS played no role in Jaswant’s expulsion: Bhagwat (Lead)
August 21st, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 21 (IANS) Mohan Bhagwat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Friday said his organisation had no role in the expulsion of veteran politician Jaswant Singh from the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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NDA delegation submits memorandum to President Patil over Indo-Pak joint statement
July 28th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Members of Parliament of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday met President Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum on the recent India-Pakistan joint statement."The government ... Read more...
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Pakistan moves troops to Afghan border: Report
July 2nd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 2 (Xinhua) Pakistan's Army has deployed troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major US offensive in southern Afghanistan, a military spokesman ... Read more...
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UN expresses concern about Baloch leaders killings
April 10th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr.10 (ANI): The United Nations has expressed "serious concern" over the killing of three ethnic Baloch leaders that has sparked off riots in that Pakistani province.It called for an ... Read more...
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Pakistani province to arm 30,000 civilian crime busters
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) After buying peace with the Taliban by agreeing to impose Shariat laws in seven districts, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government is to arm 30,000 civilians to ... Read more...
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Bin Laden calls on Muslims to support Palestinians
January 15th, 2009 - 5:32 am ICT by IANS
Istanbul, Jan 15 (DPA) Muslims around the world should come to the support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to a message allegedly released by Osama bin Laden, leader of ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Baloch ‘king’ fears for life, seeks British asylum (Lead)
December 3rd, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) The head of the erstwhile royal family of Balochistan, a man many Balochis regard as their head of state, has sought political asylum in Britain, saying he feared ... Read more...
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Baloch ‘King’ fears for his life, seeks British asylum
December 3rd, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) The head of the erstwhile royal family of Balochistan - a man many Balochis regard as their head of state - has sought political asylum in Britain, saying ... Read more...
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Bush wants Osama captured before he leaves office
June 15th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 15 (ANI): US President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House.Defence and ... Read more...
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