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Page 1/12 US should give whereabouts of rebels in Pakistan: Minister
ISLAMABAD: The United States should provide information about top militants in Pakistan, a government minister said yesterday, as Washington stepped up pressure on Islamabad to go after
Taliban leaders.
The United States, struggling to contain rising insurgent violence in Afghanistan, says to [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Taliban still a potent threat: Experts
Islamabad: Pakistan may be buoyed by a push against the Taliban in Swat, but analysts warn the Islamist threat cannot be quashed without a determined assault against militants entrenched in the tribal belt.
Three suicide car bombings that left 28 people dead in the northwest in the past week show [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Balochistan chief minister warns against drone attacks
Islamabad: A Pakistani minister has warned the United States against launching missile strikes against the Taliban in his southwestern province, as a furore brewed over militant hideouts here.
“America will never make the mistake of drone strikes in Balochistan,” said Aslam Raisani, chief ministe [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Balochistan chief minister warns against drone attacks
Islamabad: A Pakistani minister has warned the United States against launching missile strikes against the Taliban in his southwestern province, as a furore brewed over militant hideouts here.
“America will never make the mistake of drone strikes in Balochistan,” said Aslam Raisani, chief ministe [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Video shows Karzai supporters rigging election
Kabul: The main challenger for the Afghan presidency released a video yesterday that he said showed supporters of President Hamid Karzai fraudulently marking ballots in the August 20 presidential poll.
Abdullah Abdullah, who scored 28 percent according to preliminary results, handed the video to [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Pakistan’s top court wants NRO revalidated by parliament
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court has made it mandatory for the government to get the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the law instituted by former military ruler that granted current President Asif Ali Zardari and his close aides amnesty against a slew of corruption charges, and [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Pope urges Pakistan to protect Christians
ROME: Pope Benedict urged Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday to guarantee protection of minority Christians, who have been the target of violence in the overwhelmingly Islamic country.
Zardari met the Pope at his residence south of Rome at the end of a four-day trip to Italy aimed mai [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Left backs Congress in Siliguri
Kolkata: After a long-drawn political battle over the mayor’s seat in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the Congress yesterday formed the city civic board with support from West Bengal’s ruling Left Front (LF), leaving its national alliance partner Trinamool Congress in the lurch.
Trinamool Congres [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography still a bestseller
New Delhi: It has been 140 years since the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. And his autobiography continues to be a bestseller with annual sales of 200,000 copies even in these rapidly changing times.
As India marks the Mahatma’s birth anniversary today, the Ahmedabad-based Navjivan Trust said the sales [more...]
Posted on:10/2/2009 It was incredible, say Dalit villagers of Rahul’s visit
Shravasti: He bathed in the open, drew water from a hand-pump and ate their meals. A week after his unexpected forays into Uttar Pradesh’s impoverished hinterland, Dalit villagers who saw Rahul Gandhi at their doorstep are still incredulous about it and say his visit will remain etched in their mem [more...]
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