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1 hr ago | Hindustan Times

Pakistani citizen killed by Indian guards at Wagah

Islamabad has ordered a probe into the alleged killing of a Pakistani national by the Indian security forces at the Wagah border crossing, a media report said Sunday.

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6 hrs ago | The News

Dictators must be punished after death: President

ISLAMABAD: The President Asif Ali Zardari has said a dictator sowed the seed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda on July 5, 1977, which played fierce havoc with the entire world in its infancy, and now it is up against Pakistan.

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10 hrs ago | Hindustan Times

UK-based extremists' group plot to overthrow Pak Govt: Report

Followers of the Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Pakistan, aim for a "bloodless military coup" and creation of the caliphate in Islamabad, The Sunday Times reported.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

South Asian Media Net

WB grants $50m IDA credit to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a $50 million IDA credit to Pakistan, designed to improve water resource management and enhance agricultural productivity in Sindh.

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Channelnewsasia.com

France urged to reveal 2002 Pakistan attack files

PARIS : Anti-terror judges leading an inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers in Pakistan have asked France's defence minister to open up classified government files, a source said Saturday.

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Daily Times

WB committed $1.7bn in FY09 for Pakistan

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The World Bank committed $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2009 to help Pakistan cope amid the global economic crisis, the institution's highest ever year-on-year support to the country.

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The Boston Globe

Officials say 16 killed in clashes in NW Pakistan

Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.

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Daily Times

Islamabad | Securing homeland

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani talks to US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napilitano who called on him at the Prime Minister's House on Friday.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Nation

UAE gives $0.5m for UN probe into BB murder

The UAE has announced a contribution of US $500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Benazir Bhutto Inquiry Commission.Presidential Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar in a statement on Friday said that the UAE Embassy in Islamabad had informed Pakistan's Foreign Office conveying the decision of the government of UAE.

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The Hindu

Suicide bomber attacks bus in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD: A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying government employees in Rawalpindi on Thursday, killing himself and leaving 25 people injured.

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AndhraNews

Pakistan says no peace without resolving Kashmir issue

Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on Kashmir.

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Daily Times

Pakistan, UK working together against terrorism, says Rehman Malik

LONDON: Pakistan and Britain are working together to deal with terrorism and other security issues for their mutual interests, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik and British Home Secretary Alan Johnson at a joint press conference.

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Karachi News.Net

War on terror cost Pak 10 billion dollars in 2008-09

Karachi News.Net Friday 3rd July, 2009 Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan has spent about 10 billion dollars in the war on terror during the financial year 2008-09, the chairman of the Panel of Economists of the Planning Commission, Hafiz Pasha has said.

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People's Daily Online

Norwegian embassy in Pakistan temporarily closed

Norway's embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan has closed for security reasons, according to local media reports on Thursday.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

India Gazette

India wants concrete anti-terror action from Pakistan before Egypt meet

Ahead of the meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders in Egypt mid-July, India Wednesday said it is not 'afraid to talk' to Pakistan but wants Islamabad to take 'concrete and visible action' against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carange before deciding on resuming the dialogue.

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Newindpress

Taliban chief Fazlullah may be dead

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed during an operation in the restive Swat Valley, a media report said Thursday.

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Newindpress

Suicide attack in Pakistan: 6 dead, 25 injured

RAWALPINDI: A suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus in this Pakistani city, killing at least six people and injuring 25.

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Clover Herald

Pakistan upping border force along Helmand stretch

Pakistan's army has deployed more troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major U.S. offensive in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday.

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Daily Times

Fazlullah seriously injured: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Fugitive Taliban leader Fazlullah has been critically injured in the ongoing military operation in Malakand Division, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Army braces for two-front battle

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