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Pak PM Sharif visits GHQ, pays tribute to martyrs
World | Nov 12, 2013, 07:03 PM ISTIslamabad: Days after the powerful Pakistan Army lashed out at the Jamaat-e-Islami for describing the slain Taliban chief as a martyr, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the military headquarters today and paid tribute to soldiers
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Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan
World | Nov 22, 2012, 12:49 PM ISTIslamabad, Nov 22: A Taliban suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting Shiites during the holiest month of the year
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Malala's condition satisfactory, vital organs intact
World | Oct 13, 2012, 06:28 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, was still on ventilator at a top army hospital, though her condition was satisfactory and her vital
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5 killed, 18 injured in blast at railway station in Balochistan
World | Jun 28, 2012, 09:33 AM ISTIslamabad, Jun 28: At least five persons were killed and 18 others injurd when a powerful bomb went off at a railway station in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today, officials said.The bomb,
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Pak PM's Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing
World | Apr 03, 2012, 05:21 PM ISTIslamabad, Apr 3: A special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and several federal ministers made an emergency landing today shortly after taking off from a military airbase in the Pakistani garrison city of
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After Pak Brigadier, A Lt Col Also Detained
World | Jun 22, 2011, 03:46 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 22 : Brigadier Ali Khan, serving as director for rules and regulations at the Pak Army GHQ in Rawalpindi has been arrested for his links with an extremist group called Hizbut Tehrir, but
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Pak Army Brigadier Detained For Suspected Terror Links
World | Jun 21, 2011, 08:46 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 21: A brigadier serving at Pakistani army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi has been taken into custody for alleged links with a banned militant group, the chief military spokesman said today.Brigadier Ali Khan, who
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28 Killed In Pak Suicide Attack
World | Oct 12, 2009, 03:55 PM ISTAt least 28 people were killed and over 40 injured on Monday in a suicide attack in a market in northwest Pakistan's restive Malakand area, the latest in a series of terror strikes that have
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Pak Army HQ Siege Over; 42 Hostages Freed
World | Oct 11, 2009, 09:29 AM ISTIn a dramatic rescue mission, Pakistani commandos Sunday stormed a building near the army headquarters in Rawalpindi to end a 20-hour siege freeing 42 hostages held by Taliban terrorists, who staged a brazen assault on