Pakistani politician escapes bid on life, cop killed (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) One policeman died in northwest Pakistan Saturday when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy carrying a local politician.Aftab Ahmad Sherpao was returning from a public ... Read more...
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Pakistani politician survives suicide attack (Second Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) A Pakistani politician had a miraculous escape but a policeman was killed and eight people were injured Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself ... Read more...
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Did Osama hide terror codes in Bible?
February 29th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden kept two copies of the Bible where he wrote secret clues to future terror attacks to be conducted across ... Read more...
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Five dead, 24 injured in Pakistan blast (Lead)
February 27th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 24 injured Monday in a bomb blast at a political rally in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, Geo News ... Read more...
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Pakistan set to demolish Osama’s hideout?
February 26th, 2012 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Heavy machinery was brought to Pakistan's Abbotabad city Saturday in an indication that the compound, once served as slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's hideout, ... Read more...
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Pakistan to tap Interpol for Musharraf’s arrest
February 25th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been directed to write to global policing agency Interpol for issuing an arrest warrant against former Pakistani president Pervez ... Read more...
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Tight security for Gilani’s court appearance
February 12th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) the government has beefed up security ahead of the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's expected appearance in the Supreme Court here Monday in a ... Read more...
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Rs.50 mn bounty on killers of Pakistani leader’s family
February 12th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Pakistan government has announced a Rs.50 million ($14 million) reward for information about the killers of the wife and a daughter of Balochistan assembly member Bakhtiar ... Read more...
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External force trying to take away Balochistan: Rehman Malik
February 11th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that some "external powers" were conspiring to detach the Balochistan province from Pakistan by creating a volatile situation there.Malik ... 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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Rehman Malik meets Interpol chief
January 29th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday met Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble in Dubai and discussed the regional security situation, a media report said.Malik appreciated the ... Read more...
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Pakistan mulls panel to probe fake drugs deaths
January 28th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Pakistan may set up a judicial panel to probe over 100 deaths due to spurious drugs in its Punjab province.Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday hinted at ... Read more...
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Eight suicide bombers in Islamabad: Rehman Malik
January 27th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) As many as eight suicide bombers may have entered the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, said Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday citing intelligence inputs.Following ... Read more...
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‘Company owners held in substandard medicine scandal’
January 26th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The owners of three of the six companies involved in the substandard medicine scandal that has led to the death of over 100 patients have been ... Read more...
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Three lawyers shot dead in Karachi
January 26th, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Unidentified men in Pakistan's port city of Karachi killed three lawyers while seriously injuring another Wednesday.The incident occurred when the four lawyers were travelling in a ... Read more...
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70 die in Pakistan from substandard medicine
January 25th, 2012 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) At least 70 patients at a hospital in Pakistan's Lahore city have died so far from taking substandard medicine, a media report said.The 70 who died ... Read more...
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Don’t come back, ISI chief told Musharraf in Dubai
January 24th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan spy chief Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha had a secret meeting with former president Pervez Musharraf in Dubai and told him not to come ... Read more...
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Pakistani commission to visit India in 26/11 case (lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A three-member Pakistani judicial commission will visit India Feb 3-6 to record statements of witnesses and Indian investigators probing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the interior ... Read more...
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26/11 attack: Pakistani judicial panel to visit India
January 20th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A three-member Pakistani judicial commission will visit India Feb 3-6 to record statements of witnesses and Indian investigators probing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the interior ... Read more...
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Musharraf delays return to Pakistan
January 19th, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 19 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf, who was to return to Pakistan by the end of January, has postponed his arrival in view of the "emerging political ... Read more...
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Gilani gets lawyer in contempt case (Evening Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Prominent Pakistani lawyer Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan will represent Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case.Ahsan, also a ... Read more...
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Ijaz seeks more time to appear before commission (Second Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, one of the key figures in the memo scandal, Monday sought more time to appear before a three-member judicial commission probing ... Read more...
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Pakistan targets foreign exchange dealers who break rules
January 16th, 2012 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistan has begun a crackdown on foreign exchange dealers who violate rules and will set up a task force to check irregularities, said Interior Minister Rehman ... Read more...
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No negotiations with Taliban: Rehman Malik
January 14th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday dismissed reports that negotiations were taking place between the government and the Taliban.Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Malik ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least nine people, including two policemen and three suicide bombers, were killed Saturday when militants attacked a police office in northwestern Pakistan. Interior Minister ... Read more...
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Pakistan reviews progress in curbing IEDs
January 14th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistan has reviewed the progress in curbing the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).The review took place at a high-level meeting Friday that was chaired by ... Read more...
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No breakdown between army, government: Rehman Malik
January 13th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday said the army and the government were united and "no breakdown has taken place between the two institutions".Pakistan politics ... Read more...
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Pakistan to blow up Osama’s hideout
January 10th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 10 (IANS) The house in Pakistan where former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding, before he was killed by US commandos in a special operation last May, ... Read more...
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Why doesn’t judiciary act against Musharraf in Benazir case: Zardari
January 8th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has questioned the judiciary's inaction against his predecessor Pervez Musharraf despite an email Benazir Bhutto sent before her assassination holding ... Read more...
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Military should bow to civilian rule, suggests Gilani
January 4th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has again suggested that the military should always remain subservient to civilian rule.All national institutions should perform their functions in their ... Read more...
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15 killed in Pakistan’s Quetta city blast
December 31st, 2011 - 4:22 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and over 20 wounded after a blast hit Pakistan's Quetta city Friday, said police sources and media reports.The toll ... Read more...
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13 killed, 21 injured in Pakistan car bombing (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 21 injured Friday evening in a powerful car bombing in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.The blast took ... Read more...
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Pakistani minister criticises corruption survey
December 30th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islambad, Dec 30 (IANS) Interior Minister Rehman Malik has criticised Transparency International Pakistan's (TIP) corruption survey that showed the armed forces being amongst the least corrupt while police and land ... Read more...
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Mumbai attack: Indian envoy meets Pakistani minister
December 27th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal and Interior Minister Rehman Malik have discussed matters relating to Mumbai attack and the visit of a judicial ... Read more...
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International manhunt on for Pakistani minister’s killers
December 26th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) An international manhunt has been launched for two killers of Pakistani minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti who had been seeking to reform the country's controvesial blasphemy law.Interior ... Read more...
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