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PAKISTANI
HEADLINES 01/02/07 - Present
Pakistani
students are the smartest of the pack: CIE,
BC officials
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: Pakistani students’ performance
in the O and A-level examinations of 2006
under the Cambridge International Examinations
(CIE) board has surpassed ...
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Killers of Pakistani sentenced to life
in Britain
The News - International
- Pakistan
LONDON: Four British youths of a racist gang
stoned and stamped to death a Pakistani
taxi driver, Muhammad Pervaiz, after luring
him into a dead-end on a ...
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Indian and Pakistani ministers pledge
to cooperate on terror
International Herald Tribune
- France
A spokeswoman for the Pakistani Foreign
Ministry, Tasnim Aslam, said that the request
for a joint investigation had been made in
view of the "unique" nature ...
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US and Pakistani Scholars Renew Collaboration
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
Washington – US scholars visiting Pakistan
report a surge of interest by academics and
the Pakistani government in nurturing
research at universities and ...
Italian judge backs Pakistani couples
phone wedding
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
MILAN: An Italian judge has backed the right
of a young Pakistani couple to get
married over the phone. The Italian embassy
in Pakistan had barred the groom ...
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Pakistani nationals leave for Delhi
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
... name figured in the list of 22
Pakistani passengers who boarded the
Attari Express on Sunday but neither reached
Pakistan nor were on the injured list. ...
CPJ relieved that missing Pakistani
journalist was released
CPJ Press Freedom Online
- New York,NY,USA
“We join our Pakistani colleagues
in expressing relief about the return of Suhail
Qalander and his friend Niaz Mohammad,”
said CPJ Executive Director Joel ...
Afghan ambassador to Washington says Pakistani
army has power to ...
International Herald Tribune
- France
He sidestepped an assessment of the effectiveness
of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf,
himself an army general. Afghanistan long
has criticized Pakistan ...
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UK: Pakistani man killed family for
being too western
Judeoscope.ca - Québec,Canada
Riaz, who had spent all but the last 17 years
of his life in the North West Frontier region
of Pakistan, met his Anglo-Pakistani
wife when her father sent ...
Killers of Pakistani taxi driver jailed
for life
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
London: Four British teenagers who had mercilessly
killed a Pakistani taxi driver in July
have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
...
India, Pakistan
pledge to fight terrorism in wake of train
bombing
San Diego Union Tribune
- San Diego,CA,USA
NEW DELHI – The foreign ministers of India
and Pakistan pledged Wednesday to
fight terrorism together – a break from
the finger-pointing that has often ...
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India and Pakistan sign nuclear pact
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan signed
an agreement to reduce the risk from accidental
use of nuclear weapons here on Wednesday.
...
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Official: Pakistan Can Counter Terror
Forbes - NY,USA
Afghanistan's ambassador said Wednesday
that real power in Pakistan is in
the hands of that nation's army and
it is capable of countering extremism and
...
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Pakistan: Islamist fanatic kills
woman minister
Spero News - USA
A woman minister in Pakistan was
shot in the head early on Tuesday by a Muslim
described as a "fanatic". 37-year
old Zilla Huma Usman (pictured) was a ...
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Pakistan gets nod to airlift injured
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
Pakistan will fly in a C-130 ‘Hercules’
transport aircraft to Delhi on Thursday
to fly out its patients critically injured
in the Samjhauta Express blasts. ...
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Pakistan took out terrorist camps
with US help: Durrani
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Mahmud Ali Durrani, the Pakistani
ambassador to the US, confirmed on Wednesday
what has long been believed: Pakistan
“took out” two terrorist ...
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Pakistan: Promoting Instability
Stratfor - USA
These developments suggest that militant
Islamist forces as well as certain political
elements are trying to create instability
in Pakistan. ...
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Another day, another night, another train
to Pakistan
Hindu - Chennai,India
"We were cursing the officials for
delaying our departure to Pakistan,
little did we know that it would prove to
be a blessing in disguise. ...
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Musharraf's choice: president of Pakistan
or dictator of ...
Christian Science Monitor
- Boston,MA,USA
NEW DELHI - The fight against international
terrorism cannot be won without demilitarizing
and deradicalizing Pakistan. That's
what makes Pakistani ...
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Pakistani
loses appeal of fistfight
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Washington - The Supreme Court today refused
to consider the case of a Pakistani
man living in Colorado who is facing deportation
because of a fist fight. ...
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Pakistani woman provincial minister
shot dead
Xinhua - Beijing,China
20 (Xinhua) -- A female provincial minister
on Tuesday was shot dead by a suspected
"religious fanatic" in eastern
Pakistani city of Gujranwala while
...
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Pakistani boy dies in hospital,
blast toll touches 68
GreaterKashmir.com
(press release) - Srinigar,India
New Delhi: The death toll in yesterday’s
blasts on board the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta
Express touched 68, with the death of
a 15-year-old Pakistani boy at
the ...
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Pakistani woman in Mrs World 2007
contest
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Misbah Iqbal, the 22-year
old Pakistani-American mother of
three, is on her way to Moscow to take
part in a world beauty pageant, ...
Thirteen more Pakistani nationals
identified
Hindustan Times -
New Delhi,Delhi,India
Thirteen more bodies of Pakistan nationals
who were charred to death on Sunday night's
Attari blast were identified by latenight
on Tuesday taking the ...
Indian PM condoles Pakistani counterpart
on train incident
Islamic Republic News
Agency - Tehran,Iran
The focus at this time is on the humanitarian
aspect; Manmohan Singh conveyed his condolences
for the Pakistani victims of this
tragedy, and indicated the ...
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NATO: ALLIANCE SHOULD DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN,
SAYS TOP PAKISTANI MP
AKI - Rome,Italy
... Italian involvment in NATO's
military mission in Afghanistan, a top
Pakistani lawmaker criticised the
alliance for not doing enough to curb
the Taliban. ...
PSD Director Meets Egyptian, Pakistani
Ambassadors
Jordan News Agency
(Petra) - Jordan
19 (Petra)—Director of the Public Security
Department, (PSD) Lieutenant General Mohammad
Majid Al Aitan, received the Pakistani
ambassador to Jordan, ...
Pakistani president says bombings
won't stop peace talks
Radio Australia -
Australia
President Musharraf has described the
attack on the so-called "Friendship
Express" linking New Delhi with the
northern Pakistani city of Lahore
as a heinous ...
Pakistani zoo closures after birdflu
outbreak
Radio Australia -
Australia
A zoo in the Pakistani capital
Islamabad has been closed after the deadly
H5N1 birdflu virus was found in peacocks
and geese. A zoo in the Pakistani
capital ...
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The war on terror from a Pakistani
perch
MSNBC - USA
Sipping hot spicy tea and enjoying local
delicacies on the roof of the Lwara Fort,
a red brick outpost of the Pakistani
army, 6000 feet up in the snow ...
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PHL is like `saas bahu` soap for Pakistani
players
Zee News - Noida,India
Chandigarh, Feb 19: Peeved over the lengthy
schedule of Premier Hockey League, stretched
for nearly two months, some Pakistani
players said the tournament ...
Pakistani quizzed, sketches of
two released
Peninsula On-line
- Qatar
PANIPAT, India • A Pakistani
is being questioned over his links to
blasts that ripped through a cross-border
train killing 68 people, India police
said ...
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NY could get first Pakistani as
city council member
The News - International
- Pakistan
NEW YORK: The City Council could make
history on Tuesday by gaining its first
Pakistani or Haitian member. But
a former UN ambassador for St Vincent
and the ...
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USDA agrees to import Pakistani
mango
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
Bajwa said that government of Pakistan
has succeeded in convincing USA to allow
export of Pakistani mango to USA.
He said PHDEB is establishing two ...
‘A Pakistani, he was born here,
will be buried here’
Indian Express - New
Delhi,India
Phir kya hua agar woh Pakistani
the (They were born here, they will be
buried here. So what if they were Pakistani),”
says Waqil Khan. ...
Al-Qaeda Reestablishes Itself Along Afghan-Pakistani
Border: Report
Mediafax - Bucuresti,Romania
... bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman
al-Zawahiri, had been steadily building
an operations hub in the mountainous Pakistani
tribal area of North Waziristan. ...
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Pakistani defence official visits
Colombo
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
COLOMBO: Pakistan's defence secretary
Tariq Waseem Ghazi paid a courtesy call
on President Mahinda Rajapakse at his
residence here on Monday, the government
...
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Indian, Pakistani Leaders Pledge
to Continue Talks despite Deadly ...
PBS - USA
"Innocent men and women lost their
lives (and) most of the dead are Pakistani,"
he said. "We would like (the) Indian
government to investigate this incident
...
Miracle escape for Pakistani family
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
CLOSE SHAVE: Syed Mohammad Siddique and
his family missed the Samjhauta Express
by a whisker. New Delhi: A family from
Pakistan had a narrow escape when ...
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India,
Pakistan Seek Peace After Bombing
PeaceJournalism.com
- Nepal
DEWANA, India -- Leaders of India and
Pakistan pressed ahead Monday with
their peace process, hours after twin
bombs _ apparently intended to disrupt
their ...
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No Terror Training Camps in Pakistan,
Ambassador Says
ABC News - USA
Al Qaeda and it's leader, Osama bin
Laden, are not operating with impunity
in the mountains of Pakistan, according
to that country's ambassador. (AP
Photo ) ...
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Pakistan Rejects Claims Al-Qaeda
Has New Camps in Tribal Region
Bloomberg - USA
21 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan rejected
a New York Times report that al-Qaeda
established new bases in the tribal region
bordering Afghanistan, saying Pakistani
...
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India, Pakistan Seek Peace After
Bombing
Forbes - NY,USA
Leaders of India and Pakistan pressed
ahead Monday with their peace process,
hours after twin bombs - apparently intended
to disrupt their relations ...
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Afghan 'spy' beheaded in Pakistan
MWC News - Vancouver,Canada
The man's corpse, with its severed
head and limbs, was found on Monday near
Ghulam Khan, a town in Pakistan's
North Waziristan region, close to the
Afghan ...
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Security Council condemns deadly India-Pakistan
train bombing ...
UN News Centre
“The members of the Security Council
welcome the commitment to the peace process
expressed by the leaders of India and
Pakistan after this terrorist attack,
...
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Bird Flu Discovery Closes Pakistan
Zoo
Houston Chronicle
- Houston,TX,USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Authorities
closed a zoo in Pakistan's
capital on Tuesday after the deadly H5N1
strain of bird flu was found in its peacocks
and geese ...
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India: Amnesty International condemns
bomb attack on Indo-Pakistan ...
Amnesty International
USA - USA
Amnesty International condemns in the
strongest possible terms the bombing of
the train service from India to Pakistan
on the night of Sunday, 18 February, ...
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INDIA-PAKISTAN: TALKS SURIVIVE
TERROR
AKI - Rome,Italy
(AKI/Asian Age) - Where peace stumbles
on pebbles, a vitally important round
of talks between the foreign ministers
of India and Pakistan, scheduled
for ...
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Woman minister shot dead in Pakistan
Zee News - Noida,India
Islamabad Feb 20: Social Welfare Minister
of Pakistan's Punjab Province
Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot dead today by
an alleged religious fanatic who believed
...
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Monday
5th February 2007
Pakistan to observe Kashmir solidarity
day today
Hindu - Chennai,India
ISLAMABAD: It is a day of no particular significance
for Jammu and Kashmir but Pakistan
will observe Monday, February 5, as Kashmir
Solidarity Day, ...
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South Africa embarrass Pakistan in
opening one-dayer
The News - International
- Pakistan
CENTURION: South Africa went on a batting
rampage to set up a comprehensive 164-run
win over Pakistan in the first One-day
International (ODI) here at ...
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Pakistan Passenger Train Kills Six
Children Playing In The Tracks
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
The accident today happened as the train passed
through a heavily populated neighborhood of
a city in eastern Pakistan. The victims
are identified as eight ...
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Pakistan arrests 6 alleged militants
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Pakistan?s paramilitary troops and
police officers stand as workers remove the
damaged vehicle from suicide bombing site
near Tank, a town about 50 ...
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Insurgency gripping Pakistan as institutions
collapse - PML-N
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
Sunday expressed the fear that Pakistan
was increasingly being gripped by an armed
insurgency that was a direct ...
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Tehran tells Delhi: accept our gas price or
we go to Pakistan
Financial Express - Bombay,India
NEW DELHI, FEB 4: Iran has warned that it
will strike a bilateral deal with Pakistan
for gas supply if India does not agree to
the price sought during ...
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Hindu temple in Pakistan to come alive
after 59 years
Blogger News Network -
USA
Katas Raj, the ancient temple complex in Pakistan
that finds mention in Hindu and Sikh scriptures,
will reverberate to ‘bhajans’ (devotional
songs) for the ...
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Musharraf terms Extremism, Sectarianism ‘only
threat to Pakistan’
Pakistan Times - Islamabad,Pakistan
President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan
was an Islamic Republic and assured that no
laws could be enacted which are not in conformity
with Islam. ...
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Salah-ud-Din asks Pakistan to support
militancy
GreaterKashmir.com (press
release) - Srinigar,India
Salah-ud-Din appeared unhopeful of any outcome
of the ongoing process between India and Pakistan
“in view of the past experience.” ...
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Sunday
4th February 2007
Pakistan to fence Durand Line, says
Musharraf
The Tribune - Chandigarh,India
The President, who was addressing a press
conference, mostly discussed the situation
in Afghanistan and its impact on Pakistan.
He said that in the second ...
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Pakistan asks CARICOM for 500 cricket
visas
Zee News - Noida,India
Karachi, Feb 3: Pakistan has requested
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the
West Indies cricket board for 500 visas
for issue to its nationals wishing ...
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Pakistan vows not to allow action
against Afghanistan
People's Daily Online
- Beijing,China
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said
Saturday that Pakistan would not
allow its territory to be used for any activity
which would impact the security ...
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Pakistan to invite Afghan jirga commission
for talks
People's Daily Online
- Beijing,China
Pakistan will invite the Afghan jirga
commission for talks to lay grounds for
the much-awaited tribal jirgas for peace
in Afghanistan, an official statement ...
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Pakistan Panorama: Musharraf’s
ambitions trigger controversy
Peninsula On-line -
Qatar
GENERAL Pervez Musharraf feels his agenda
for Pakistan is far from finished
and he wants at least another five-year
term as president through 2012, ...
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South Africa humiliate Pakistan in
Twenty20
The News - International
- Pakistan
JOHANNESBURG: Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman
pounded the Pakistan bowlers as South
Africa raced to a ten-wicket win in a Twenty20
international at the ...
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South Africa, Pakistan in warm-up
for World Cup
The News - International
- Pakistan
CENTURION: South Africa captain Graeme Smith
says Pakistan would provide strong
opposition in a battle between the second
and third teams on the ...
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Car bomber kills two in Pakistan
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
ISLAMABAD: A car bomber rammed a Pakistani
military convoy, killing himself and at
least two soldiers in an area of northwest
Pakistan rife with support for ...
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US Senate bill recommends $3 billion assistance
to Pakistan
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
The bill says that "it is the sense
of Congress that the commitment of the President
to provide $3 billion in assistance over
the next 5 years to Pakistan ...
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Saturday
3rd February 2007
Pakistan, South Africa fine tune
for World Cup with ODI series
Peninsula On-line -
Qatar
JOHANNESBURG • South Africa and Pakistan
switch from Test to one-day cricket in a
five-match one-day international series
starting at Centurion Sunday, ...
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New Peace Initiatives: Pakistan,
Malaysia Show Unanimity of Views
Pakistan Times - Islamabad,Pakistan
KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia): Pakistan
and Malaysia have expressed unanimity of
views towards a fresh initiative by a group
of like-minded Muslim countries to ...
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South Africa crush Pakistan
News24 - Cape Town,South
Africa
Johannesburg - Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman
have pounded the Pakistan bowlers
as South Africa raced to a ten-wicket win
in a Twenty20 match played at the ...
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Made in Pakistan
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
The non-Muslim population in Pakistan
is a mere fraction of its total population.
It is no secret that alcohol is making its
way into the country through ...
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Pakistan gets eight attack helicopters
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, Feb 2: Pakistan on Friday
received eight night-capable Cobra attack
helicopters AH1-F from the United States
aimed at enhancing country’s ...
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Guarding border not sole responsibility
of Pakistans Musharraf ...
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
The president, who was addressing a press
conference, mostly discussed the situation
in Afghanistan and its impact on Pakistan.
He said that in the second ...
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Pakistan Says Taliban Activity Across
Border Is Hard to Stop
New York Times - New
York,NY,USA
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb. 2 —
Faced with mounting criticism that Pakistan
is not doing enough to thwart incursions
into Afghanistan by Pakistan-based
...
Pakistan
sees globalisation as opportunity: PM
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said
on Thursday Pakistan considers globalization
an opportunity and not a threat and offers
a level playing field to ...
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Mirwaiz returns from Pakistan, seeks
army withdrawal
Hindu - Chennai,India
1 (PTI): Returning here today to a rousing
reception from his Pakistan visit,
moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq
warned militants against ...
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PAKISTAN: UNEARTHED TERROR PLOTS RAISE
FEARS OF GREATER DANGER AHEAD
AKI - Rome,Italy
(AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) Authorities
in Pakistan are concerned that the
series of terrorist plots unearthed this week
by security forces indicate ...
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EDITORIAL: NATO, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
NATO commanders have steadily accused Pakistan
of sheltering the Taliban raiders who attack
across the border to destabilise the Kabul
government. ...
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Indonesia OKs Pakistan for ASEAN
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Jakarta, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Indonesian
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono favors
Pakistan becoming one of the partners
of the Association of South East ...
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Kashmir is integral for Pakistan: minister
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
PESHAWAR: NWFP Minister for Culture, Sports
and Information Technology Hussain Ahmad Kanju
said on Thursday that Kashmir was an integral
part of Pakistan ...
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US reassures Pakistan on military bill
Daily News & Analysis
- Mumbai,India
ISLAMABAD: The United States moved to reassure
Pakistan on Thursday over concerns
about proposed legislation making military
assistance to the Islamic ...
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US Senate bill supports Pakistan
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
The bill containing what is termed “sense
of Congress” says “the government of the
United States should provide assistance to
Pakistan’s failing basic ...
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Special team to probe Pakistan honour
crime
Daily News & Analysis
- Mumbai,India
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
has termed the incident as shameful and demanded
that culprits be given exemplary punishment.
...
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Pakistan
wait on Inzamam
Twenty 20 Cricket - UK
Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain
is doubtful for the Twenty/20 international
against South Africa tomorrow which precedes
a five-match one-day ...
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30 Taliban Killed In Clash With NATO
CBS News - New York
City,NY,USA
In other violence, a rocket fired from Pakistan
hit a police border post in eastern Paktika
province on Wednesday, killing three police
and wounding two, ...
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Hindu temple in Pakistan to celebrate
Shivratri
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, Jan 31 - For
the first time in Pakistan's
history, the historic Hindu temple of Katasraj
near Lahore will witness celebrations of
...
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India, Pakistan: Agreements Expected
During Kasuri Trip
Stratfor - USA
India and Pakistan are expected to
sign agreements when Pakistani Foreign Minister
Khurshid Kasuri visits India that would
ease the visa process and ensure ...
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Pakistan mortar attacks kills 2 in
sectarian violence
Houston Chronicle -
Houston,TX,USA
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A mortar round
struck a home in a northwestern Pakistani
town under curfew today, killing two men
and wounding another amid sectarian ...
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Pakistan: Six arrested over rape
of 16yr old girl
SomaliNet - USA
(SomaliNet) Six men have been arrested by
police in southern Pakistan in connection
with the kidnap and rape of a 16-year-old
girl. ...
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Pakistan and Indonesia urge peace
BBC News - UK
President Musharraf of Pakistan said
a grouping of like-minded Muslim nations
would be listened to, and the West would
welcome any workable initiative. ...
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Pakistan will seek resolution of
Kashmir dispute with honour and ...
Pakistan Link - Inglewood,CA,USA
JAKARTA, Jan 31 (APP): President General
Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday Pakistan
will never compromise on its honour and
dignity for resolving Jammu and ...
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Suicide attacks result of Pakistan
support to Int’l war on ...
Online - International
News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
Talking to BBC, the Information Minister
said that Pakistan is frontline state
in the war against terrorism and have taken
several measures against ...
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EU To Spend 200 Million Euros In Pakistan's
Northern Areas
Playfuls.com - Targu
Mures,Romania
The European Union on Wednesday said it
planned to spend up to 200 million euros
(about 260 million dollars) over the next
four years to develop Pakistan's
...
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Sectarian violence
rocks Pakistan, Musharraf appeals
for unity
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Islamabad, Jan 30 (ANI): Pakistan
has been hit by a wave of sectarian violence
that has peaked with the observation of
Ashura by the Shiite community of ...
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