Archive for May 14th, 2009

Election Commission to start vote count on Saturday
Election Commission to start vote count on Saturday

NEW DELHI: After conducting the month-long Lok Sabha elections for 543 seats, the Indian Election ..Read More..

Quake-prone Kathmandu awaits the next big one

kathmandu :Walking through the maze of narrow, crowded lanes of Kathmandu’s old city is, at the best of times, a harrowing experience. ..Read More..

Dhaka, Moscow sign deal for nuclear power plants

Dhaka: Bangladesh and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate setting up nuclear power plants in Bangladesh and transfer of related technology. ..Read More..

50 killed in Sri Lankan hospital attack: doctor

COLOMBO: Shells hit the only hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone on Wednesday, killing at least 50 people in the second such attack in two days, a doctor said, as a human rights group accused the government ..Read More..

List of 140 Afghan dead includes 93 children

KABUL: Ninety-three children and 25 adult women are among a list of 140 names of Afghans who villagers say were killed in a battle and US airstrikes last week, causing a crisis between Washington and its Afghan allies. ..Read More..

Re-inventing Af-Pak

Sherry Rehman
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Malakand priorities

By I.A. Rehman
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Media besieged by Taliban

Zafar Iqbal    
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Saqlain to play his 300th match today
Saqlain to play his 300th match today

LAHORE (SANA): Pakistan Hockey Team Center half Muhammad Saqlain will play his 300th match against Malaysia, the semi ..Read More..

Three arrested for 3/3 attack
Three arrested for 3/3 attack

LAHORE (SANA): The Lahore police have arrested three key suspects involved in attack on Sri Lankan ..Read More..

India has no link with Pak-Afghan transit trade: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India has no connection with the Pakistan-Afghanistan transit trade pact. ..Read More..

CJP constitutes special bench on low price sale of state land

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has constituted three-member special bench to hear the Suo Moto case on Thursday regarding the sale of state land on low price by Evacuee Trust Property Board published in a newspaper on May 08. ..Read More..

President Zardari arrives in London

LONDON (SANA): President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday arrived in London after his visit to the United States. ..Read More..

Bannu: militants blow up girls’ school

BANNU , (SANA): Unknown militants have blown up the Government Girls’ School Munch Khel with explosives at Bannu. ..Read More..

UK pledges 12 mn pounds for Pak IDPs
UK pledges 12 mn pounds for Pak IDPs

LONDON (SANA): Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced 12 million pounds in aid for the internally displaced persons affected by the Pakistan military operation against ..Read More..

SC orders Govt to cut petroleum prices reasonably
SC orders Govt to cut petroleum prices reasonably

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Supreme Court has ordered the government to cut down the prices ..Read More..

Gen. Kayani for troops to ensure local population safety
Gen. Kayani for troops to ensure local population safety

ISLAMABAD ( SANA ): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani has instructed the ..Read More..

Gilani for comprehensive strategy to address Pak-Afghan issues
Gilani for comprehensive strategy to address Pak-Afghan issues

ISLAMABAD (SANA) Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has called for adopting a comprehensive ..Read More..

11 including key militant commander killed: ISPR

RAWALPINDI (SANA): At least 11 militants including a key rebel commander Naseeb Khan have been killed during last 24 hours of the ongoing military offensive in Swat and adjacent districts. ..Read More..


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