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Misbah bowlers set up 96-run win
Pakistan began their tour of England on a good note, registering a 96-run win over Scotland in the first ODI between the two sides. In Edinburgh on Friday, Pakistan successfully defended a total of 231 for 7, as Scotland went down to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan. Chasing 232, Scotland had a nervy start, losing their first wicket for no score when Neil Carter was bowled by ...
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Pakistan mosque bombs kill 13 officials
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Twin bomb attacks on Friday killed at least 13 people outside mosques in northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star Imran Khan is forming a coalition government, officials said.The blasts targeted the two mosques in the Baazdara area of northwestern Malakand region, senior local administration official Amjad Ali Khan told AFP."The two blasts killed at ...
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Law and order Karachi edition How colonial rule lurks in democratic Pakistan
Imran Khan speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Karachi on May 7, 2013. The May 11, 2013 election of the national and four provincial assemblies marked the first time a civilian government completed a full term and handed power to another, in a country that has been ruled by the military for half its existence. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty ...
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Pakistan bombings target mosques during Friday prayers killing at least 13
Two bombings outside mosques in Pakistan's northwest killed at least 13 people and injured 45 others, as the country's new government grapples with the continued presence of militant violence. The ...
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Pakistani doctor who helped get Bin Laden denied asylum report says
The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. track down Usama bin Laden was convicted by a tribal court on bogus charges, according to a classified Pakistani government report. Portions of the voluminous 357-page Abbottobad Commission Report, which has yet to be made public and were obtained exclusively by Fox News, acknowledge Dr. Shakil Afridi's conviction last year by a government-sponsored ...
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18 die as blasts hit 2 mosques in Pakistan village
By Mushtaq Yusufzai, Producer, NBC News PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- At least 18 people were killed as they prayed when explosions ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, villagers and government officials said.The blasts occurred in Bazdara, which is located in a mountainous region close to the restive Swat valley. Villagers put the death toll at 33. However, authorities said 18 people had ...
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The twice and future prime minister Nawaz Sharif garners big Pakistan vote
Pakistan went to the polls Saturday to elect candidates for the lower house of Parliament and four provincial assemblies. Mr. Sharif's party, the ...
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UK police launches investigation into Pak MQM chiefs separating Karachi comments
London, May 17 : The London police are investigating complaints against UK-based Pakistani politician, Altaf Hussain, to see if he has violated UK ...
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Indian malware campaign targeting Pakistan uncovered
RSA 2013: Aadhaar, the Indian Electronic Identity Scheme, will change lives, says RSA keynote presenter During the keynote sessions at the RSA conference in San Francisco today, Srikanth Nadhamuni, Head of Technology at UID Authority of India and CEO at Khosla Labs, presented Aadhaar, the identity scheme in ...
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Misbah takes Pakistan to 231
It was a sunny day at The Grange Club in Edinburgh which gave Scotland the chance to test some new faces against some famous ones, as they welcomed Pakistan to the capital for the first of two ODIs. The visitors won the toss and chose to bat on a decent pitch with Imran Farhat and Nasir Jamshed taking the crease. Pakistan cruised early on, playing their way in and punishing the bad balls with ...
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Pakistan mosque blasts kill eight
Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket star-turned-politician offers prayers at the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan during an election campaign in Karachi on May 7, ...
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In Pakistan Two Sentenced To 1610 Years For Terror Attacks
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A court in northwestern Pakistan has imposed one of the longest prison sentences in the country's history to two men for their part in terrorist attacks on Shi'ite Muslim mourners. Abdul Ghafoor Marwat, the deputy head of the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that Walid Akbar and Ikramullah, who uses only one name, ...
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APML to launch movement to fight against political victimisation of Musharraf
Islamabad, May 17 : Former Pakistan military chief and president, Pervez Musharraf, has decided to launch a 'peoples' movement in order to clear his name and stay politically relevant as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz comes to power next ...
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15 killed in blasts near mosques in Pakistan
In the first major militant attack after May 11 general elections in Pakistan, two powerful bomb blasts rocked near two mosques in Malakand Division's Bazdara area in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing 15 ...
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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