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A strong earthquake struck villages in southwestern Pakistan before dawn today, killing at least 100
Thursday, October 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Quetta: A strong earthquake struck villages in southwestern Pakistan before dawn today, killing at least 100 people, injuring scores more and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said.
The death toll was expected to rise as reports arrived from remote areas of Baluchistan province, an impoverished area bordering Afghanistan.
"It will be much more," Sohail ur Rahman, a top civilian official in
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20 others also dead in 12th such attack on militant hideouts close to Afghan border over last 10 day
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Islamabad: A top Taliban commander was among 20 people killed in a suspected US missile strike on a house in South Waziristan, in stepped up attacks on militant hideouts close to the Afghan border.
The missile attack came as violence continued to rage across Pakistan’s troubled frontier region, as a car-bomb exploded by a suicide bomber razed to rubble a checkpoint in Quetta killing 10 security p
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A militant commander's house killing up to 20 people, including a prominent commander.
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Islamabad: In stepped up attacks on Taliban and Al Qaeda bases in Pakistan's tribal areas, a suspected US drone fired missiles on a militant commander's house killing up to 20 people, including a prominent commander.
Haji Omar Khan, a Lieutenant of Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, was killed when two missiles slammed into a suspected militant training camp near Ladha town in South W
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Juhi Chawla’s uncle Satesh Anand, who was abducted in Karachi on Monday, is believed to have been ki
Thursday, October 23, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani film maker and Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla’s uncle Satesh Anand, who was abducted in Karachi on Monday, is believed to have been killed.
Karachi police said Satesh, who was kidnapped at gun point on Monday by unidentified persons, might have been killed as no ransom call has been received as yet.
A former chairman of the Pakistan Film Censor Board and a well-known figure in
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Groaning under grave financial pressure, cash-strapped Pakistani government
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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ISLAMABAD: Groaning under grave financial pressure, cash-strapped Pakistani government has decided in principle to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after its failure to acquire the much needed bail-out from China and Saudi Arabia in a bid to avoid defaulting on its debt obligations.
Following the US and Chinese government’s refusal to provide hard cash to Pakistan, which
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The United States has said that it looks forward to the implementation of its civil nuclear deal wit
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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The United States has said that it looks forward to the implementation of its civil nuclear deal with India, describing it as "very good for nuclear non-proliferation efforts around the world."
"This agreement with India is, as we've said previously, very good for nuclear non-proliferation efforts around the world," State Department spokesman Robert A Wood told reporters on Monday.
"And we're
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Move to seek financial aid comes as its forex reserves fell to a 6-year low
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Islamabad: With its currency hitting its lowest ever and foreign exchange reserves falling, Pakistan has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek financial aid and also presented a programme for market reforms.
The move by Islamabad comes as it is also approaching Western and Gulf donors for rescue packages at a time when its foreign exchange reserves fell to a six-year low of les
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Hymenoplasty or restoration of the hymen has turned out to be the latest fad in among a section of p
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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ISLAMABAD: Hymenoplasty or restoration of the hymen has turned out to be the latest fad in among a section of people in Pakistan. Although the practice has been going on in hushed whispers for quite some time, blatant advertisements are now being published in local newspapers, chalked on busy market places and web links splashed on the internet.
Hopepk.com is one such website that does not disclo
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Pak says Gen W Casey’s visit will cast a shadow on the ongoing India-Pak dialogue
Saturday, October 18, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Islamabad: Pakistan has taken serious note of reports that US Army chief Gen W Casey is scheduled to visit the Siachen glacier in Jammu and Kashmir during his ongoing three-day visit to India.
“Any such visit to an area which is disputed and which is under discussion between Pakistan and India will certainly cast a shadow on the ongoing composite dialogue between the two neighbours,” a Foreign Of
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Terrorists could launch a fresh wave of attacks, targeting President Zardari's residence
Thursday, October 16, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Terrorism
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Islamabad: Terrorists could launch a fresh wave of attacks in the national capital, targeting President Asif Ali Zardari's residence and the US embassy, Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned.
Terror masterminds have drawn up plans to hit Zardari House, the presidency, parliament house and the US mission in the near future, sources in the Interior Ministry told 'The News' daily.
The stri
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