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India court rejects home minister prosecution bid

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:11 +0000

An Indian court on Saturday threw out a petition to prosecute the country’s powerful home minister in a massive corruption scandal over the alleged mis-selling of mobile telephone licences. The plea “to summon Chidambaram as an accused is dismissed,” Special Judge O.P. Saini told the courtroom in a brief statement. The ruling came as a huge relief to the Congress-led coalition …

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Journalist throws shoe at Indian Home Minister Chidambaram Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday ducked a shoe...
Indian court rejects bid to prosecute Chidambaram An Indian judge on Saturday threw out a petition to...
Pakistan’s comment on dossier ‘rubbish’: India Tuesday, 10 Feb, NEW DEHLI: Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram...

‘Sorry’ Saleh says farewell to Yemen

PAK NEWS — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:25:20 +0000

SANAA – Yemen’s veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will head to the United States for medical treatment as he asked his people for forgiveness in a farewell speech released as he left Sanaa Sunday.
“I will go to the United States for treatment and will then return as head of the General People’s Congress (GPC) party,” the official Saba news agency quoted Saleh …

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Yemen’s Saleh due to sign transition deal Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh attends a rally in...
Yemen’s Saleh agrees to quit in return for immunity In this photo dated Friday, April 15, 2011, Yemeni...
Gulf states seek to broker Yemen’s Saleh exit Anti-government protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation...

Romney progresses towards Republican nomination, wins New Hampshire; Paul second

PAK NEWS — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:25:12 +0000

WASHINGTON – Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, the second state in a row he has carried in his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November elections.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a liberal, came second, while former Utah governor Jon Huntsman was third.
“Thank you New Hampshire. …

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Romney wins in Florida, turns sights on Obama TAMPA: Mitt Romney clobbered Newt Gingrich by 14 percentage points...
Gingrich wins key vote, reshapes Republican race COLUMBIA: Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich walloped rival and...
Jon Huntsman suggests faster withdrawal from Afghanistan .. .. US Republicans’ potential presidential candidate Jon Huntsman suggested...

Ten per cent of Libyan assembly seats for women: draft law

PAK NEWS — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:25:14 +0000

TRIPOLI: Ten per cent of the seats of the proposed Libyan constituent assembly will be reserved for women, a draft election law published on Monday said. “The General National Congress (constituent assembly) is to be composed of 200 members elected freely and directly. 10 per cent of the seats will be reserved for women,” said [...]

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PPP wins six out of eight AJK Assembly’s reserved seats MUZAFARABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday won six out...
23 in the run for 15 LCCI seats LAHORE, Sept 15: Twenty-three candidates are in the run for...
MQM allotted Opp seats in Sindh Assembly .. .. KARACHI – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers have...

‘Forrest Gump’ to be preserved in US film registry

PAK NEWS — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:25:16 +0000

WASHINGTON: Forrest Gump’s oft-imitated line, ”My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get’ ” will be immortalized among the U.S. treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. The Library of Congress on Wednesday announced that 1994′s smash hit ”Forrest Gump” [...]

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Stars come out to shine for Cannes film festival PARIS: With a well-received selection of films, Robert De Niro...
HK film festival opens, mood hurt by Japan crisis From left, Hon Kong actor Daniel Wu, Chinese actress...
South Africa’s first 3D animation film JOHANNESBURG: South African literary classic “Jock of the Bushveld” has...

Pakistan aid linked to efforts against terrorists

PAK NEWS — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:25:06 +0000

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The US Congress has passed a bill imposing more conditions on aid to Pakistan, especially linking it to Islamabad’s cooperation in war on terror and its efforts in curbing terrorists, including Haqqani network, a strong factions of Afghan Taliban.
The bill passed by the US House of Representatives attached condition…

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Briton killed in Pakistan linked to Faisal Shahzad DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A British man killed by an...
US attaches more strings to Pak aid .. .. WASHINGTON (Agencies) – The US House of Representatives...
Afghan Taliban hold secret talks with Hamid Karzai KABUL: Three Taliban figures met secretly with Afghanistan’s president...

Aid ‘freeze’ to Pakistan can be waived: US

PAK NEWS — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:25:07 +0000

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As the US Congress agreed to freeze close to $700 million in aid to Pakistan, the Obama administration sought to assure its estranged ally that the legislation merely includes a reporting requirement and that too could be waived.
The freeze provision is part of a giant $662 billion defence budget…

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Pak aid freeze can be waived: US .. .. WASHINGTON – Confronted with questions about the status...
US House passes bill to freeze Pakistan aid .. .. The US House of Representatives approved a billion...
Pakistan criticises ‘wrong’ US aid freeze .. .. Pakistan on Thursday angrily criticised US moves to...

Pakistan criticises ‘wrong’ US aid freeze

PAK NEWS — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:26:05 +0000

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Pakistan on Thursday angrily criticised US moves to freeze $700 million in aid, the latest sign of the fraying alliance that has been in deep crisis since Nato fire killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. “We believe that the move in the US Congress is not based on facts and takes narrow…

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Aid ‘freeze’ to Pakistan can be waived: US .. .. As the US Congress agreed to freeze close...
US must freeze aid until Pakistan helps shut down Haqqani network: Think Tank .. .. An influential American Think Tank has urged the...
Israel rules out settlement freeze .. .. Israel on Wednesday ruled out a freeze on...

No cut in $700 million civilian aid to Pakistan: US

PAK NEWS — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:25:22 +0000

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WASHINGTON DC (Agencies) – Struggling hard to restore its ties with Pakistan in the aftermath of Nato airstrike last month, the Obama administration on Tuesday said it had not cut any civilian aid to Pakistan, noting that it was an on-going move in the Congress right now.
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US stands behind Pakistan’s civilian govt The Obama administration says it hopes Pakistan will resolve a...
US stands firmly behind Pakistan’s civilian govt: Hillary WASHINGTON: The Obama administration says it hopes Pakistan will resolve...
Pakistan cross-border fire kills Afghan civilian: official Last month, Afghan and Pakistani troops exchanged fire over...

US lawmaker calls for ending ‘irrational’ ties with Pakistan

PAK NEWS — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:25:11 +0000

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NEW YORK – A US lawmaker has called Pakistan a ‘radical Islamic terrorist State’, and backed a proposal that Washington work more closely with Russia to end the conflict in Afghanistan.
In a letter published in The New York Times on Friday, Republican Congresswoman Dana Rohrabacher, who is the Chairman…

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HRW calls for ending curfew in Swat Severe shortages of essentials are creating a major humanitarian...
Harpoon modifications threatens Indo-Pak ties: US lawmaker The modifications in the anti-ship Harpoon missiles is a provocative...
US lawmaker Anthony Weiner ‘to step down’ .. .. US lawmaker Anthony Weiner has told friends that...