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Pakistan faces tough questions over Bin LadenPakistan faced embarrassing questions from the United States over how Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was able to hide there in plain view before he was killed by a secret US assault team. The revelation that Bin Laden had been holed up in More… |
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Pakistan police targeted as attacks kill 29Militants launched a string of attacks in the Pakistani heartland and in the troubled northwest on Thursday, killing 29 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died. The attacks on police in Lahore, capital of Punjab More… |
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Pakistan changes chief of spy agencyPakistan has appointed a new chief for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate, months after US officials had questioned the reliability of the military's premier spy agency in the war against terrorism. A military statement More… |
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Pakistan bomb attack toll 45; 6 Saudis missingThe death toll in the truck bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday rose to 45 and the police said nearly 250 were wounded. Two charred bodies were found lying in the burnt ruins of the hotel on Sunday morning, and a sea More… |
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US commander in talks with angry PakistanisThe top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, held talks with Pakistani leaders on Wednesday aiming to patch up ties strained by a flurry of US strikes against militants in Pakistan. Mullen said this month he was not convinced Western More… |
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Pakistan troop fire turns back US helicoptersFiring by Pakistani troops forced US military helicopters to turn back to Afghanistan after they crossed into Pakistani territory early on Monday, Pakistani security officials said. The incident took place near Angor Adda, a village in the More… |
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Sharif pulls party out of coalitionFormer Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of the ruling coalition on Monday, deepening a political crisis that has diverted government attention from pressing security and economic problems. The move came just a wee More… |
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Pakistani rupee falls to record lowThe Pakistani rupee closed at a record closing low on Thursday, breaching a previous low set days after Pakistan was pitched into the centre of a global storm by al Qaeda's attacks on the United States in September 2001. The rupee closed a More… |
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Pakistan says to hold election by JanuaryPakistan said it would hold a national election by mid-January and President Pervez Musharraf pledged to quit the military after criticism from the US for imposing emergency rule. Musharraf has detained hundreds of lawyers and opposition p More… |
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Pakistan's Sharif to return home on Sept 10Exiled former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif is expected to return home on September 10 to challenge military leader President Pervez Musharraf in forthcoming elections, sources in Sharif's delegation said on Thursday. Sharif was ousted as More… |
