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Sukhbir Badal wants a Pak consulate in Amritsar
India | Nov 02, 2012, 11:02 PM ISTChandigarh, Nov 2 : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's intervention for opening of consulates in Amritsar and Lahore respectively.In a communique sent to the Home Minister
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Pak team's brief India tour cleared by govt
Cricket | Oct 30, 2012, 08:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 30 : The Home Ministry today cleared Pakistan cricket team's tour of India for a limited-over series beginning December 25 and said that the government will provide foolproof security to the visiting
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Pak asks Afghanistan to extradite Malala attack conspirator Mullah Fazlullah
World | Oct 22, 2012, 04:54 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 22: Pakistan has sought extradition of Mullah Fazlullah, a militant commander who planned the attack on teenager Malala Yousafzai and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan.Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has demanded
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International World XI to play 2 T20 matches in Pak
Cricket | Oct 18, 2012, 04:45 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 18 : The name of an international team playing two Twenty20 matches in Pakistan this weekend was changed on Wednesday but “World XI” was retained despite an objection from the International Cricket Council.“We
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Brave Pak girl Malala sent to UK for treatment
World | Oct 15, 2012, 11:24 AM ISTIslamabad, Oct 15: Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was seriously injured in an assassination attempt by the Taliban last week, was today sent to Britain as she needs prolonged medical care, including the repair
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Haryana villagers honour Pak activist Ansar Burney for release of Indian sailors
India | Oct 15, 2012, 11:17 AM ISTJhajjar (Haryana), Oct 15: In a first of its kind of initiative, a community Khap (community council) in Haryana on Sunday honoured Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney for helping in the release of Indian
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Pak arrests 24 Indian fishermen
World | Oct 12, 2012, 08:29 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 12: Pakistani authorities today arrested 24 Indian fishermen and seized four boats for allegedly entering the country's exclusive economic zone, officials said.The fishermen were arrested by the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) and brought
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Grief and revulsion in Pak over Taliban attack on teenage girl
World | Oct 10, 2012, 08:22 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 10: People across Pakistan today reacted with grief and revulsion to an attempt by the local Taliban to assassinate a teenage rights activist, with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar saying that the incident
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Taliban attack on girl exposes extremist mindset in Pak: Kayani
World | Oct 10, 2012, 04:54 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 10: A day after a teenage rights activist was shot in the head by Taliban militants, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today condemned the attack on the girl as a “heinous
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Taliban bullet extracted from head of brave Pakistani girl
World | Oct 10, 2012, 09:24 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 10 : A bullet that pierced the head of child peace campaigner Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban, was removed in the early hours of Wednesday, a day when Pakistan Army
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Fresh war of words over Kashmir between India, Pak at UN
World | Oct 09, 2012, 03:49 PM ISTUnited Nations, Oct 9: Just a week after they sparred over Kashmir at the UN General Assembly, India and Pakistan got into a fresh verbal duel on the issue after Islamabad made “gratuitous references” to
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Pak media questions why Indian umpires were not part of India TV sting
Cricket | Oct 09, 2012, 06:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 9: Pushed to the wall over the India TV revelation about Pakistani umpires involved in matchfixing, a section of Pakistani media today questioned why Indian umpires were not part of the India
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Pak Taliban offers protection to Imran Khan
World | Oct 02, 2012, 09:32 AM ISTPeshawar, Oct 2 : Pakistan Taliban commanders have offered to provide protection to Tehreek-i-Insaaf party chief and former cricket captain Imran Khan in the lawless northwest Imran Khan has emerged as one of the leading critics
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Warm-up win against India was a morale booster, says Pak captain Hafeez
Cricket | Sep 29, 2012, 02:11 PM ISTColombo, Sep 29 : Gearing up for the high-voltage clash against arch-rivals India, Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez said his team has the edge going into tomorrow's World T20 Super Eight game after the morale-boosting win
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Nearly 200 arrested in Pak for violent protests
World | Sep 22, 2012, 10:07 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 22: Pakistani authorities have arrested nearly 200 people on charges of involvement in violent protests against an anti-Islam film even as businesses today counted the cost of a countrywide shutdown and widespread destruction
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Pak diplomat in Colombo named in espionage FIR
India | Sep 21, 2012, 02:07 PM ISTChennai, Sep 21 : A Pakistan High Commission diplomat in Sri Lanka has been named in the FIR filed by Tamil Nadu police in the suspected espionage case busted in Thanjavur district recently, a senior
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Pak to observe September 21 as 'Love the Prophet Day'
World | Sep 19, 2012, 06:35 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 19: Pakistan government today decided to observe the coming Friday as ‘Love the Prophet Day' and declared it a national holiday, condemning an anti-Islam film that has triggered violent protests across the Muslim
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Osama's doctor says, Pak ISI still backing terrorists
World | Sep 11, 2012, 07:18 PM ISTWashington, Sep 11: Dr Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped CIA hunt down Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has said, Pakistan's spy agency ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) is stull supporting militancy and regards
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British woman of Pak origin kidnapped in Lahore
World | Sep 10, 2012, 09:59 AM ISTIslamabad, Sep 10 : A British woman of Pakistani origin has been kidnapped in Lahore city, police said Sunday night.The 20-year-old Aisha Ali came to Lahore to attend a wedding ceremony and was kidnapped at
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Aspirations of Kashmiris must be accommodated, says Pak
World | Sep 08, 2012, 10:04 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 8: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Saturday that the "aspirations of the Kashmiri people must be accommodated" and they must be a part of the dialogue process.Addressing a joint press conference