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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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Blast kills 4 near Pakistan mosque
The incidents occurred in northwestern Pakistan Authorities fear an increase in the death toll Two mosques were ...
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Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 13 underlining challenge for new government
In this Monday, May 13, 2013, photo, former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N party, Nawaz Sharif, gestures while speaking to members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan°?s next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting ...
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Judge appointed to probe Sarabjits murder
Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court. However, no deadline has been given to Naqvi to complete the probe. Earlier, caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi had written a letter to the Chief Justice, asking him to appoint a judge to conduct the probe. Five to six prisoners had brutally assaulted Sarabjit in a well-coordinated attack on April 26. ...
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10 Killed in Pakistan Blast
Officials in northwest Pakistan say bombings at two mosques have killed 10 people and wounded at least 20. Authorities say the explosions happened after Friday prayers in the Malakand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Associated Press reports the roof of one of the mosques collapsed. There was no immediate claim of ...
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At Least 10 Dead In Pakistani Mosque Attacks
Bombings at two mosques in a remote valley in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 10 people. Local police officer Badshah Rehman said the blasts targeted worshippers attending Friday Prayers in Baz Darrah, a village in the Malakand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. He said the blasts wounded more than 30 people. Rahman said one explosion caused the roof of one of the ...
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Challenges to improving health care in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio is endemic LAHORE/DUBAI, 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Hamza Mazhar, a 35-year-old teacher from Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, says he never wants to see the inside of a government hospital again. "My mother was taken to the hospital with an upper respiratory tract infection in February this year and doctors said she needed care in the ...
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Pakistan to free 51 Indians as goodwill gesture
/enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - Pakistan interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds in a goodwill gesture, the prime minister's office said Friday. These prisoners have already served their sentences, the office said in a statement. The prime minister expressed the hope that the Indian government will reciprocate the ...
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Pakistan approves 100000 tonnes of wheat for Iran to pay for power
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Islamabad has authorised the export of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised by Western sanctions, to settle dues for electricity supplied to Pakistan's energy-starved border areas, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday. The shipment of 100,000 tonnes was to have been delivered to Iran in mid-February but was delayed by preparations for ...
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Bombings at mosques kill 12 in Pakistan
AT least 12 people were killed and around 22 injured in bomb attacks at two mosques during Friday prayers in Pakistan's troubled north-western region, media reports and officials said. The attacks occurred northeast of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Both of the Sunni Muslim mosques were badly damaged, and the roof of one of them collapsed, said tribal police ...
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Interview In 78 Countries Blind Hatred Persists Against Homosexuals
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty broadcasts in 28 languages. Most of our programs are available on FM and medium-wave frequencies of local radio stations in the countries of our broadcast area. If you are having problems listening to programs on the internet, please read ...
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Lahore court initiates judicial inquiry into Sarabjit Singhs murder case
Lahore, May 17 : The Lahore High Court has initiated judicial inquiry into the killing of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by his fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail and has appointed Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi as the inquiry ...
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Nawaz Sharifs PML-N all set to form govt. in Pakistan
Lahore, May 17 : The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to form government in Islamabad as it has acquired majority in the National Assembly after as many as 17 independent winners of NA seats joined the Nawaz Sharif-led ...
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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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