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United States Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on...
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As many as 41 security personnel have been killed after their military helicopter fell down in Feroz Khel area, bordering the Orakzai and Khyber agencies, yesterday...
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Sri Lanka has increased security arrangements and tightened security rules for the visiting Pakistani cricket team, which is about to start a test series with Sri Lanka...
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The last time the two teams met was in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in England. But the last time these two teams met on a Test cricket pitch was back in March...
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Morals and manners were thrown aside in session of the Punjab Assembly, on Monday June 29, as male and female parliamentarians from different political parties engaged...
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The United States has spent some $12 billion trying to help Pakistan save itself. Unfortunately, Washington has lavished most of the aid on the Pakistan army. It is...
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Pakistan has been ranked 10th among the top ten failed states in the world, according to Foreign Policy Journal’s index for 2009. Last year, Pakistan remained the 9th...
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Personnel of Pakistan Army, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and Pakistan Railways collectively top the number of natural gas defaulters in the country,...
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In the first suicide bombing taking place in Azad Jammu & Kashmir on Friday (June 26, 2009), two soldiers were killed and three others injured, early morning in...
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During last few days numbers of foreign sponsored terrorists have been apprehended by intelligence agencies and police in the campaign against militancy. On 26...
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Pakistan’s ex Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been acquitted by the Lahore High Court (Rawalpindi Bench) in the chopper case, annulling the decree of the...
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US President Barack Obama recently carried out visit of various Arab countries and tried to restore American image in the eyes of public by sparking against the Bush...
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President Asif Ali Zardari has ruled out India as a military threat to Pakistan. Instead, Mr. Zardari thinks, Taliban are the real threat not only to Pakistan but also...
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Pakistani PhD students, pursuing their PhD studies in Turkey, are facing trouble due to stoppage of stipends from Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC). In a...
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The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as...
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Poor Noor’s hope for getting something to eat was dampened when she found her confidant Zakia sitting with women from the neighborhood. It was already dark outside...
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Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — The Pakistani army has exceeded expectations in its offensive against Taliban fighters in northwestern Pakistan, effectively...
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The final match of the T20 World Cup was a match where Shahid Afridi had the chance to wash away all the criticism he had faced in the past. He played one of the finest...
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The minister said the army would now target South Waziristan, the stronghold of the head of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud.
“As soon as Baitullah is...
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There are several Western Union service points in Peshawar but many of them are of little use to customers, especially on Fridays. People living in or near the...
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Guinea President Lansana Conte, who has ruled the African nation with an iron hand since seizing power in a coup nearly a quarter century ago, has died following a...
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In a Nov. 1 story about political prospects for minorities in Europe, The Associated Press erroneously reported that there is only one black lawmaker in France’s...
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A group of South Korean lawmakers have introduced a proposal aimed at easing the country’s ban on doctors telling parents the gender of unborn babies, a National...
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Pakistan’s ruling coalition has called a session of the National Assembly on Monday after vowing to oust U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf, a party spokesman...
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South Korea’s president canceled his traditional speech before the new National Assembly on Thursday amid an opposition boycott over U.S. beef imports.Main...
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Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf faces an unprecedented opposition in his country ahead of the National Assembly elections on Monday. Although this is not a...
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On Tuesday, a parliamentary secretary for defence, Syed Tanveer Hussain reportedly called in Country’s National Assembly to initiate jehad against India and US...
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According to a local press in Pakistan, Sher Afgan Niazi, minister for Parliamentary Affairs, has confirmed that the election of President of Pakistan is going to be...
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Pakistan’s renowned ghazal singer Mallika Pukhraj’s son, Tanveer Hussain, has declared that he was a member of lashkar-e-Toiba.
Tanveer, a retired Major...
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The South African Parliament has legalized the gay marriages in the country.
In deeply conservative continent, Africa, homosexuality is completely banned but South...
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Once again, the verbal war over religion is likely to shake the world. The Pope Benedict XVI, on September 12, during a lecture at the University of Regensburg,...
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Women members of the parliament of Pakistan have raised their voice against gender discrimination they face in both the houses. They have alleged that gender biasness...
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It was very strange that the National Assembly rejected a bill suggesting amendments, which requires a rape victim to present four ‘pious men’ as witnesses...
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