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Gilani ‘hints at PPP-MQM reconciliation’
KARACHI, April 19: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday declared that his government would follow an integrated policy in all provinces to address problems and stressed that all political parties should play their role for progress....
3 publicly executed in Waziristan
TANK, April 19: Supporters of militant commander Baitullah Mehsud publicly executed on Saturday three people, including an Afghan national, in the Makin bazaar of South Waziristan tribal region, witnesses said....
Militants tie kidnapped envoy’s fate to Taliban leader’s
PESHAWAR, April 19: The kidnappers of Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan have come up with a demand for the release of a key Taliban leader and a few other Pakistani and Afghan colleagues, a highly placed source told Dawn on Saturday....
Azizuddin: key facts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan appeared on an Arabic television on Saturday saying he was being held by the Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands....
Ambassador to be recovered soon: govt
ISLAMABAD, April 19: The government on Saturday claimed that the missing Pakistani envoy to Kabul Tariq Azizuddin was safe and efforts were being made for his early recovery....
Afghanistan detains 68 unarmed Pakistanis
KABUL, April 19: The Afghan army detained 68 Pakistani men soon after they entered the country over suspected ties with Taliban-linked rebels, the defence ministry said on Saturday....
US keen to work with ‘all branches of Pakistan govt’
At the State Department, spokesman Sean McCormack underlined Washington’s support to the new Pakistani government, pointing out that the US “worked with Pakistan on a plan to help Pakistani civilians strengthen democratic institution,” and “to uphold the rule of law.”...
Pakistan whitewash Bangladesh
KARACHI, April 19: Opener Salman Butt smashed a record-breaking century to help Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 150 runs in the fifth and final day-night international here on Saturday for a 5-0 series whitewash....
Taliban leader Mullah Ismail ‘killed in shootout’
PESHAWAR, April 19: A Taliban commander blamed for the deadliest attack on US troops since they entered Afghanistan has been killed in a shootout with security forces in Pakistan, US and Pakistani officials said....
Aitzaz to contest polls, retain SCBA post
LAHORE, April 19: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said he had decided to contest the by-election....
Insistence on Kashmir will do Pakistan no good: Advani
NEW DELHI, April 19: Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and leader of the opposition in the Indian parliament L.K. Advani has said that Pakistan’s insistence on describing Kashmir as the core issue “would not achieve anything”....
JI asks govt to go for Musharraf’s impeachment
SUKKUR, April 19: Jamaat-i-Islami Naib Ameer Liaquat Baloch has urged the government to invoke article-6 of the Constitution to impeach President Musharraf for violating the Constitution through the extra constitutional amendments of November 3, 2007....
12 injured in clash
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 19: Twelve people, including two school teachers and some students, were injured in a clash over the use of unfair means in SSC examinations in a high school in Bhirya town on Saturday....
Tripartite summit to discuss regional peace in June
ISLAMABAD, April 19: Pakistan and Turkey agreed on Saturday to hold the second tripartite summit of Pakistani, Afghan and Turkish leaders in June to discuss peace and stability in the region....
Crew safe in off-course landing by capsule
KAZAKH STEPPE, April 19: A Russian space capsule landed about 420km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South Korea’s first astronaut and the other two crew were safe....
‘Aitzaz will not be allowed to contest polls’
ISLAMABAD, April 19: PPP Senator and member of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa said on Saturday that lawyers would not allow Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan to take part in by-elections....
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PESHAWAR, April 19: The kidnappers of Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan have come up with a demand for the release of a key Taliban leader and a few other Pakistani and Afghan colleagues, a highly placed source told Dawn on Saturday....
KAZAKH STEPPE, April 19: A Russian space capsule landed about 420km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South Korea’s first astronaut and the other two crew were safe....
