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Suicide bomber, aide killed and 7 injured in Pakistan
( 02-Nov-2009 )
Islamabad: At least seven people were injured as an explosion ripped through a police post Monday on a main highway on the outskirts of Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police said.
The check-post was located at an entry point to the city at a six-lane motorway between the federal capital Isl .... |
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India funding Taliban: Pakistan
( 26-Oct-2009 )
Islamabad: Pakistan is now accusing India of funding the Taliban militants, Online news agency reported Monday.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, when asked during an TV interview about who was backing the Taliban, said: "There are certain hostile elements against Pakistan and
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Five killed in blast at UN Islamabad's office
( 05-Oct-2009 )
Islamabad: Five people, including a foreigner, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the lobby of the UN World Food Programme office in an upscale locality of this Pakistan capital on Monday. The UN temporarily suspended its operations following the attack that was condemne .... |
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Eleven militants, one soldier killed in Pakistan
( 04-Oct-2009 )
Islamabad: Eleven militants and a soldier were killed Saturday in clashes in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, a security official said. Fazal-ur-Rehman, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps, said in a statement that the fighting took place during a secu .... |
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Pakistan Taliban vow more suicide attacks
( 03-Oct-2009 )
Islamabad: The Taliban militants are planning to carry out suicide bombings across Pakistan to avenge the death of their chief Baitullah Mehsud who was killed by the security forces in April, a media report said citing intelligence sources.
Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack in South Wazirisita .... |
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Pakistani court issues notice to Musharraf in Benazir killing case
( 28-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 28: A Pakistani court on Monday issued notice to former president Pervez Musharraf and nine others after they failed to appear for a hearing in a case relating to the Dec 27, 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Nine drown in Pakistan
( 23-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 23: Nine people were drowned while bathing on the coast of Gaddani in southern Pakistan Tuesday, officials said. The victims, who belonged to the Karachi city, were picnicking on the coast to celebrate Eid.
Strong waves pulled 15 people into the ocean. Six people were rescued but ni .... |
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SM Krishna, Shah Mehmood Qureshi to meet on Sep 27
( 21-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 21: Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan will meet in New York on September 27 when Islamabad's commitment and action against terror emanating from its soil will come under review.
Pakistan's action against perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks will top the agenda of the meet .... |
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I will return to Pakistan when situation improves: Musharraf
( 21-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 21: Former Pakistan president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said he would return to the country "when circumstances improve". Speaking to Geo TV from Philadelphia, Musharraf said he would return home under pleasant circumstances.
He said that he won't "r .... |
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Pakistan suicide blast toll rises to 39
( 19-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 19: The toll in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan on Friday mounted to 39 as six more bodies were recovered, media reports Saturday said. According to Kohat police, 150 kg of explosives were exploded by a bomber who rammed his explosives-filled vehicle in roadside markets in .... |
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Pakistan arrests pro-government militia leader
( 19-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 19: Pakistani forces on Saturday arrested a pro-government militia leader amid allegations that false information provided by him led to the killing of nine civilians in the militancy-plagued North Western Frontier province (NWFP).
Turkistan Bittani, who allied himself with the gover .... |
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Pakistan-India talks in New York Sep 26-27
( 19-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 19: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will meet in New York for talks Sep 26-27, the Online news agency reported on Friday. The foreign secretary-level talks will be held Sep 26, while the foreign ministers will meet a day later, a private news TV channel said quoting Pakist .... |
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Pakistan assures India on Mumbai terror probe progress
( 19-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 19: Pakistan on Saturday assured India it was pursuing leads given against the alleged Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed though New Delhi had still not provided enough evidence on the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) supremo.
"What we need is evidence," said Interior Ministe .... |
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Pakistan, China to jointly develop satellite
( 18-Sep-2009 )
Islamabad, Sep 18: Pakistan and China Friday signed an agreement to build a communication satellite in the next three years, officials said. China will provide $200 million to Pakistan to build the PAKSAT-1R satellite.
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission (SUPARCO) and China Gr .... |
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