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  Sukhbir Badal wants a Pak consulate in Amritsar

  India | November 02, 2012 23:02 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | October 30, 2012 20:45 IST

  New 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 | October 22, 2012 16:54 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 18, 2012 16:45 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 15, 2012 11:24 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 15, 2012 11:17 IST

  Jhajjar (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 | October 12, 2012 20:29 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 10, 2012 20:22 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 10, 2012 16:54 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 10, 2012 21:24 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | October 09, 2012 15:49 IST

  United 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 | October 09, 2012 18:25 IST

  New 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 | October 02, 2012 9:32 IST

  Peshawar, 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 | September 29, 2012 14:11 IST

  Colombo, 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 | September 22, 2012 22:07 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | September 21, 2012 14:07 IST

  Chennai, 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 | September 19, 2012 18:35 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | September 11, 2012 19:18 IST

  Washington, 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 | September 10, 2012 9:59 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | September 08, 2012 22:04 IST

  Islamabad, 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