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Militants Had Brought Dry Fruits To Prolong Attacks At Karachi Naval Base
World | May 24, 2011, 02:52 PM ISTKarachi, May 24 : The militants who had launched a most audacious attack on the Pakistan Navy`s aviation base, PNS Mehran, on Sunday night, had come prepared for a long haul as security officials found
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India Steps Up Vigil After Karachi Naval Base Attack
India | May 23, 2011, 10:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 23: India today expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the terror attack in Karachi and said vigil has to be stepped up in this country for which an advisory has
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Taliban Siege Of Pak's Mehran Air Base Ends; 14 Killed
World | May 23, 2011, 08:18 PM ISTKarachi, May 23: Taliban's 16-hour brazen siege of Pakistan Navy's key Mehran airbase here came to an end after the elite commandos backed by hundreds of paramilitary personnel and helicopters shot dead four heavily armed
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Pak Looks To Sri Lanka To Host England Series
Cricket | May 19, 2011, 04:22 PM ISTKarachi, May 19: Pakistan is examining the possibility of hosting its home cricket series against England in Sri Lanka early next year because of security concerns.A senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Thursday
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Pak Frees 89 Indian Prisoners
World | Apr 14, 2011, 04:15 PM ISTIslamabad, Apr 14: Pakistan today freed 89 Indian prisoners, including fishermen, from a jail in the port city of Karachi as part of a process initiated by the two countries to speed up the release
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Afridi Wanted Shoaib Malik, Not Younis Khan
Cricket | Oct 21, 2010, 04:06 PM ISTKarachi: Pakistan's cricket selectors ignored suggestions from the national team's captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis by recalling former captain Younis Khan for the one-day International series against South Africa in the United Arab
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Taliban Bombers Attack Sufi Shrine In Karachi; 10 Killed
World | Oct 07, 2010, 11:40 PM ISTKarachi, Oct 7: Two Taliban suicide bombers today struck venerated Sufi shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in this Pakistani port city, killing at least 10 people and wounding 60 others in the latest in a
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Black Carbon From Delhi, Karachi, Dhaka Causing Melting Of Glaciers
World | Dec 16, 2009, 01:14 PM ISTTiny particles of pollution known as "black carbon" — and not heat-trapping greenhouse gases — may be causing most of the rapid melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, a key water source for much of
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Tight Security In Karachi For Fashion Week After Taliban Threat
World | Nov 09, 2009, 05:23 PM ISTAs surging militant violence grabs headlines around the world, Pakistan's top designers and models this week took part in the country's first-ever fashion week. The four-day event in the southern port city of Karachi was