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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC again
India | May 13, 2014, 09:29 PM ISTJammu: In a bid to infiltrate more militants into Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani troops continued violation of ceasefire along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district by targetting Indian posts for seventh time in 18
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Security for Pakistan High Commission reviewed after threat letter
India | May 13, 2014, 04:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Joint Security Review (JSR) has been carried out following a complaint to External Affairs Ministry by Pakistan High Commission of receiving a letter threatening to harm Pakistani officials even as a probe
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Destroying terror havens key to Pak's ties with neighbours: US
World | May 09, 2014, 11:33 PM ISTIslamabad: US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns today asked top Pakistani leadership to destroy terrorist safe havens in the restive North Waziristan, which he said is not only in the interest of Pakistan but
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Pakistan eagerly awaiting new Govt. in India for new beginning: Basit
India | May 08, 2014, 10:17 PM ISTAmritsar: Pakistan is eagerly awaiting a new government in India for a “new beginning” in the bilateral dialogue process, its High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit Khan said today.“We are eagerly awaiting new Government
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Ajmal Kasab whom I taught is alive: Pak school teacher
World | May 08, 2014, 08:00 AM ISTLahore: A teacher, who allegedly taught the 2008 Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab, today told a Pakistani court that the Ajmal he knew is alive and was not the one hanged in India.“I taught Ajmal
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Pak did not take action against LeT in 2013; India affected: US
World | May 01, 2014, 03:56 PM ISTWashington: Slamming Pakistan for not taking action against LeT, a US report on counter-terrorism today said India remained severely affected by and vulnerable to terrorism, including from Pakistan-based groups.“The Pakistani military undertook operations against groups
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UK MPs call for cut in aid to Pak as Sharif visits London
World | Apr 30, 2014, 08:43 PM ISTLondon: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Britain was today overshadowed by the release of a report by UK lawmakers which called for a cut in aid to the country unless there is proof
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Mend your ways: BJP to Pak after attack on Modi
India | Apr 30, 2014, 09:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today slammed Pakistan for attacking Narendra Modi and asked it to “mend” its ways, saying the “manner” in which they have been functioning with India “will not work”.The opposition party, which is
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Panel formed to review Pak govt's complaint against Geo TV
World | Apr 23, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's media watchdog today formed a three-member panel to review the Defence Ministry's complaint seeking cancellation of GEO TV's license for levelling allegations against the ISI over the attempt on the life of leading
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Pak, Bangladesh set to buy submarines from China amid sub crisis in India
World | Mar 01, 2014, 02:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: At the time when the Indian Defence minister is facing questions and criticism over the weak fleet of Indian submarines after the Sindhuratna mishap at Mumbai sea coast, Pakistan and Bangladesh are looking
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Pak drops plan to send Ibne Abbas as its envoy to India
World | Dec 09, 2013, 01:17 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan has dropped plans to send Syed Ibne Abbas as the new High Commissioner to India and instead replaced him with career diplomat Abdul Basit, a top Pakistani official said today.55-year-old Basit was earlier
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Pak terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba stronger than ever: experts
World | Nov 26, 2013, 04:25 PM ISTWashington: Five years after the horrific Mumbai terror attacks, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is stronger than ever and remains the "favoured instrument" of Pakistani military and the ISI against India, US experts have said."Lashkar-e-Tayiba is stronger today
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26/11 evidence available in Pak as attack plotted there: India
India | Oct 26, 2013, 03:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today said it was incumbent on Pakistan to present the evidence in 26/11 terror attacks as the planning, training of the terrorists responsible for the strikes and also the financing was done
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No country's land should be used against neighbours: US, Pak
World | Oct 24, 2013, 10:50 AM ISTWashington : Condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, US President Barack Obama and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said that no country's territory should be used to destabilise its neighbours.During their maiden
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US asks Pak to release doctor who helped track down Osama bin Laden
World | Oct 24, 2013, 10:10 AM ISTWashington: The White House today asked Pakistan to release Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA track down Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.Afridi, who was arrested immediately after the May 2, 2011 operation
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India wants Pak to fix accountability for 26/11 terror attack
World | Sep 26, 2013, 11:45 AM ISTNew York: With the stage set for a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif here, India has said it will ask its neighbour to fix the accountability for the
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India tells Pak to make 'some beginning' on concerns
India | Sep 20, 2013, 05:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: India on asserted that there has to be “at least some beginning” by Pakistan in addressing its serious concerns including terror infrastructure, a day after Pakistan said a response was awaited from Indian
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US worried over lack of mechanism to prevent sudden use of nukes by India, Pak
World | Sep 17, 2013, 06:31 AM ISTWashington: The absence of any mechanism to prevent the use of atomic weapons by India and Pakistan worries the United States, even as their nuclear arsenals make war unthinkable, a top Pentagon official has said."Pakistan
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India, Pak agree to respect ceasefire agreement
World | Sep 14, 2013, 08:20 AM ISTBishkek, Kyrgyzstan: India and Pakistan have agreed to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement to reduce tensions, advisor to the prime minister on foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said.Speaking to the media here on Friday‚ Sartaj Aziz
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Sartaj Aziz, Khurshid to meet in Bishkek tomorrow
World | Sep 12, 2013, 04:48 PM ISTIslamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's top foreign policy aide Sartaj Aziz will meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the margins of a SCO meeting in Bishkek tomorrow to discuss bilateral relations. Aziz, Advisor to