Pakistan visit fruitful: Krishna (Third Lead)
September 9th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna described as "fruitful" his three-day visit to Pakistan that he wrapped-up Sunday.Talking to the media after arriving at Allama Iqbal ... Read more...
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Krishna returns from Pakistan visit
September 9th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna arrived here Sunday after a three-day visit to Pakistan that he described as "fruitful".On the last leg of his visit, ... Read more...
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Pakistan visit fruitful: Krishna (Second Lead)
September 9th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna described as "fruitful" his three-day visit to Pakistan that he wrapped-up Sunday.Talking to the media after arriving at Allama Iqbal ... Read more...
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Pakistan SC orders seizing unregistered vehicles
May 21st, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court Monday ordered confiscation of all vehicles that are plying on the country's roads without being duly registered with authorities, Online news ... Read more...
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Krishna to seek further ties with Spain
April 17th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Looking to further expand India's ties with Spain, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will be on a three-day visit to Madrid from April 19 for ... Read more...
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Slap heard in Pakistan’s Supreme Court
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday began hearing an incident in which a political party's woman candidate slapped a polling officer during voting in an assembly by-poll, ... Read more...
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Three dead in rebel attack in southern Philippines
July 31st, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by BNO News
MANILA (BNO NEWS) -- At least three civilians were killed on Saturday when suspected communist rebels attacked a police station in southern Philippines, the military said.Two police officers were also injured after ... Read more...
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Hindu spiritual leader kidnapped in Pakistan
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) A leading Hindu spiritual leader of Pakistan was kidnapped at gunpoint in Balochistan province while he was on his way to officiate a wedding.Eightytwo-year-old Lakki Chand Garji, who ... Read more...
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Police knew their Karachi office was to be attacked
November 12th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Nov 12 (IANS) Crime Investigation Department (CID) personnel had alerted "high-ups" that their office here could be the target of a terror attack, a media report said Friday, ... Read more...
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19 killed in Karachi suicide blast (Third Lead)
November 12th, 2010 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and more than 110 were injured Thursday night when an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into a police station in a ... Read more...
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‘Banned terror outfits highly active in Pak Punjab, functioning under new names’
July 12th, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 12(ANI): Pakistan's intelligence agencies have reportedly revealed that there has been a worrying increase in the activities of banned religious and militant organisations in the Punjab province.According to ... Read more...
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Pak Punjab Chief Minister admits existence of terror network in province
July 3rd, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, for the first time, has admitted that a deadly network of extremist groups exits in the province, adding that the ... Read more...
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Pak Punjab Chief Minister, Governor at loggerheads over bullet-proof Mercedes
May 14th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 14 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province' Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has rejected to approve purchasing of a new bullet-proof Mercedes Benz for Governor Salman Taseer citing austerity measures being adopted by ... Read more...
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Gilani, Shahbaz for repealing 17th Amendment, 58(2)B
August 10th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday reiterated their resolve to work for the sovereignty of parliament and resolution of ... Read more...
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Sufi Mohammad’s Taliban links being probed
July 28th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 28 (IANS) Arrested radical cleric Sufi Muhammad, who had brokered a controversial peace deal between the Taliban and the government in Pakistan's restive northwest, is being probed for the ... Read more...
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PML-Q, PML-N to form Pak Punjab Govt: Liaquat Baloch
March 20th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 20 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islamis (JI) Pakistan Punjab province chief Liaquat Baloch on Friday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Q and PML-N are going to form government in Punjab.Talking to reporters here ... Read more...
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Pak Army says situation in Swat unsatisfactory
February 17th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has said that the situation in Swat is not satisfactory and is ready abide by the deal between the North West Frontier Province Government ... Read more...
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Zardari to not sign pact with Swat militants unless peace is restored
February 17th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 17 (ANI): Pakistani Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that an agreement between a provincial government and an Islamic group to set up Islamic courts has not been signed ... Read more...
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Shahbaz says Dogar offered Nawaz scrapping of disqualification case
February 4th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 4 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar had offered PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif scrapping of the case regarding his ... Read more...
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US not for missile base in Trincomalee: Sri Lanka
January 21st, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka has said that the US has “no intention of stationing its missiles” in the eastern port city of Trincomalee.Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has denied allegations that ... Read more...
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Nuclear Pakistan deterring India from attacking it: Shahbaz Sharif
December 25th, 2008 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec 25 (ANI): Pakistans Punjab province Chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said his country was a nuclear power, which is deterring India from attacking it.
He said that if Pakistan was ... Read more...
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Shahbaz asks PPP to restore judges under Muree Declaration
July 31st, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 31 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday asked the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to fulfil its promise made in the Murree Declaration and restore the ... Read more...
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Indian interference in Sri Lanka worse than ever before: JVP
July 29th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka's radical Marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has alleged that India had "intensified its interference" in Sri Lanka's politics and economy. Renewing its ... Read more...
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Shahbaz Sharif says PML-N ready to pay any price for judiciarys independence
June 25th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , June 25 (ANI): Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that his party the PML-N was ready to pay any price for the independence of judiciary and the ... Read more...
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Sharif brothers witch-hunt and vendetta will backfire one day, says ex-Punjab CM
June 24th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 24 (ANI): Alleging that the Sharif brothers were engaging in witch-hinting and targeting his family members, former Punjab province chief minister Pervaiz Elahi has challenged Nawaz Sharif and his ... Read more...
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Balochistan govt withdraws all politically motivated cases against Akhtar Mengal
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
Quetta, Apr 22 (ANI): The new Balochistan government has reportedly withdrawn all cases, including those of sedition, against detained former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal.But his Balochistan National Party ... Read more...
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No chance of reconciliation with PML-N: Shujaat
December 25th, 2007 - 12:45 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Dec 25 (ANI): The President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has rejected any chance of a reconciliation with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Shujaat said: There was no ... Read more...
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Benazir wants military and economic sanctions against Pak: Elahi
November 15th, 2007 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Nov 15 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab province Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that former premier Benazir Bhutto wants military and economic sanctions to be imposed on the country.
Elahi said that ... Read more...
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