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Freed Brit toddler re-unites with father in Islamabad
March 18th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.18 (ANI): The kidnapped five-year-old British kid Sahil Saeed, who was released on Tuesday, was re-united with his father at the British High Commission in Islamabad on Thursday.
Sahil was kidnapped at ...
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Taliban as deadly and unmarked despite Pak Army’s ‘broken back’ claims
March 13th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Ottawa, Mar.13 (ANI): After brief lull in violence and bloodshed in the country, Lahore was rattled with a series of bomb blasts in Friday, which has certainly put a question mark ...
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Kidnapped toddler’s father not a ’suspect’: Brit cops
March 13th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.13 (ANI): British police officials have clarified that the father of the five-year old boy kidnapped in Pakistan's Punjab province is neither a suspect in the case nor he has been ...
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Kidnapped Brit toddler’s father under scanner for plotting abduction in Pak
March 12th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.12 (ANI): A new twist has emerged in the case of the kidnapped five year-old British boy Sahil Saeed , who was abducted from his grandmother's house in Pakistan's Punjab province, ...
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12 die as suicide bomber strikes at Lahore (Third Lead)
March 8th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, March 8 (IANS) Acting once again with impunity, terrorists rammed a car packed with over 600 kg of explosives into a building housing the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) in the ...
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Brit toddler kidnapped in Pak: abductors call father
March 7th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.7 (ANI): The father of the kidnapped British toddler, Sahil Saeed, received a phone call from his abductors on Friday, an official looking into the case has said.
According to Sky ...
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Family members reject ‘insiders’ role’ in Brit toddler’s kidnapping in Pak
March 6th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar.6 (ANI): Even as Pakistani agencies have intensified their operation to locate the kidnapped five-year old British boy Sahil Saeed and looking for leads regarding the involvement of some 'insiders', Saeed's ...
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Kashmiri terror groups thriving under ‘patronage of Pak agencies’ in PoK: BBC
March 4th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Mar.4 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony's claim that 42 terror training camps were still operative in Pakistan was backed by a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report which said that militant ...
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Pak Punjab Govt. must take measures to curb extremist elements: Editorial
March 1st, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Mar. 1 (ANI): The government in Pakistan's Punjab province needs to come out of its state of denial on the presence of terror outfits, and take appropriate measures to curb these ...
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Six killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan
February 28th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Feb 28 (DPA) Pakistan authorities Sunday clamped curfew on a town following sectarian clashes between rival Sunni groups that left at least six people dead and 16 injured.
The clashes erupted Saturday ...
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‘Frustrated’ educated ’strivers’ walking the sinister way of ‘jihad’ in Pak
February 28th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
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New York, Feb.28 (ANI): With the population of unemployed youth growing rapidly and a sluggish economy with very few new job opportunities, young educated men from Pakistan's middle and lower middle class ...
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Land feud kills 15 in Pakistan
February 7th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Feb 7 (DPA) A clash between two rival groups embroiled in a land feud left 15 people dead and seven injured in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, media reports said Sunday.
The attack ...
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Detention of US terror suspects extended by 14 days
February 2nd, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday gave the police another 14 days to interrogate five US terror suspects and also ordered their medical examination after ...
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Zardari does not enjoy legal immunity: Sanaullah
January 22nd, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Jan.22 (ANI): Punjab province Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said President Asif Ali Zardari does not enjoy 'legal immunity' in the wake of the Supreme Court's order on the National Reconciliation ...
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11 school kids killed in Pakistan accident
January 13th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Eleven school children and a van driver were killed and eight injured Wednesday when their vehicle was hit by a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Pakistan's ...
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Pakistan likely to become more Islamist, anti-U.S in coming years: Washington Post report
January 12th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Jan 12(ANI): Pakistan is expected to become a more Islamist and an increasingly anti-American country in the coming years, making it difficult for the Obama administration's efforts to win its ...
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Lahore’s Ganga Ram Hospital doctors oppose new health bill
January 7th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Jan 7 (IANS) Doctors at the Ganga Ram Hospital here will Friday protest a proposed health care bill that, among other provisions, prescribes doctors to be booked for patient's accidental death ...
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PPP would be victorious if mid-term polls held, says Pak Punjab Governor
December 28th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Dec. 28 (ANI): The Governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Salman Taseer, has said the PPP can defeat any political party, if mid-term polls are held, as the party enjoys a ...
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Zardari can’t be removed through ‘negative means’: Pak Punjab Governor
December 25th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Dec. 25 (ANI): Lending support to troubled President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's Punjab province Governor Salman Taseer has said that people using 'negative methods' would never succeed in dethroning the President.
Speaking ...
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Two suspected suicide bombers held in Pakistan
December 21st, 2009 - 3:18 am ICT by IANS
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Mianwali (Pakistan), Dec 21 (IANS) Two suspected suicide bombers were arrested Sunday by the security forces in Pakistan's Punjab Province, the police said.
The duo were arrested in Mianwali area of the ...
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Bachchan expresses desire to visit mother’s birthplace in Pakistan
December 10th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Dubai, Dec. 10 (ANI): Star of the millennium Amitabh Bachchan has expressed his desire to visit Pakistan.
Talking to a private television channel here, Bachchan said he would love to visit the ...
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Taliban expand terror campaign in Pakistan’s Punjab
December 9th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
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By Syed Saleem Shahzad
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS/AKI) Taliban militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur to remobilise and expand ...
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Keep an eye on Punjab, Congress urges government
December 7th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Expressing concern over sectarian strife in Punjab's Ludhiana town, the Congress Monday urged the central government to keep a close watch on the situation in the state. ...
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Badal invited to Pakistan for setting up of Nanak varsity
November 22nd, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has been invited to Pakistan for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Guru Nanak Dev University being set up by the Pakistan ...
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Visa to Tahawwur Rana did not violate rules: Indian diplomat
November 18th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
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By Ashok Easwaran
Chicago, Nov 18 (IANS) Even as the Indian government announced it was investigating the issue of a visa by the Indian consul general in Chicago to terrorism suspect Tahawwur ...
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US to train Pakistan police force: official
November 4th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) The US will help train police personnel in Pakistan's Punjab province which has faced terror strikes by the Taliban, a media report said Wednesday.
Carol M. Sniegowski, US ...
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Pakistan to beef up security at schools
November 3rd, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Faisalabad (Pakistan), Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan will deploy guards at schools in the Punjab province to boost security against terror attacks, a media report said Tuesday.
The local administration has begun a survey ...
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Punjab, India celebrate Gurparab
November 2nd, 2009 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
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Amritsar/Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Millions of devotees lined up at gurdwaras across Punjab and elsewhere in the country early Monday morning to celebrate Gurparab -- the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, ...
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Clinton says Taliban must be defeated
October 29th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 29 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday praised Pakistan's offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda near the Afghan border, saying "this is a fight that has ...
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Mastermind of Pakistan Army HQ attack arrested
October 28th, 2009 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Oct 28 (IANS) Qari Ishtiaq, the mastermind of the attack on Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi, was arrested here Tuesday, the police said.
Ishtiaq guided his associates on phone during the ...
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Lahore High Court allows Sarabjit-lawyer meeting
October 27th, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Oct 27(ANI): The Lahore High Court has allowed the lawyer of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian currently on death row in a Pakistani prison, to hold a meeting with him.
Earlier, ...
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Haryana cancels pilgrimage to Pakistan after travel advisory
October 27th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) The Haryana government Tuesday cancelled the pilgrimage to Sikh shrines in Pakistan following a travel advisory issued by the union home ministry.
The home ministry asked Indians to ...
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Schools, colleges in Pakistan’s Punjab shut again due to security fears
October 27th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) Educational institutions across Pakistan's Punjab province were closed Tuesday due to "unsatisfactory security arrangements" for students as the army continued its assault against the Taliban in South ...
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India hopes Pakistan will safeguard nukes
October 23rd, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) After a Taliban suicide attack near a reported nuclear weapons complex in Pakistan's Punjab province, India Friday hoped that the Pakistani government will take effective steps ...
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Schools, universities closed in Pakistan after Taliban attacks
October 21st, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 21 (DPA) All educational institutions across Pakistan remained closed Wednesday, a day after twin suicide bombings rocked Islamic University in the capital, killing eight people.
The explosions were apparently part ...
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Pak Punjab terror groups bigger ‘Frankenstein’ than Taliban: Report
October 21st, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct.21 (ANI): While the Pakistan Army has launched a major offensive in South Waziristan, the Taliban's stronghold, the recent spate of terror attacks across the Punjab province has raised concerns ...
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Tuesday’s election saw highest voting in Haryana
October 15th, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 14 (IANS) Haryana voters set a new record for the state, registering 72.71 percent balloting in Tuesday's assembly election.
The previous record was 72.65 percent in 1967. Haryana was created out ...
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Here Lord Rama and Ravana speak in Urdu-Punjabi
September 27th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
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By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) It's a Ramlila with a difference and a link to their past. Refugees who came here from the Punjab province of Pakistan after Partition have kept ...
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Sikh pilgrims in Lahore for Guru Nanak’s death annivesary
September 22nd, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Sep 22 (IANS) A group of 379 Sikh devotees from India have arrived here for ceremonies to mark the 470th death anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the world's ...
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Chidambaram welcomes Pakistan police action against Saeed
September 19th, 2009 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday welcomed the Pakistan police's move to file complaints against suspected Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and said even "a half ...
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