Indian planes intrude into Pakistan’s airspace
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Indian planes violated Pakistan’s airspace on Saturday, but fighters of the Pakistan Air Force chased them away, military as well as civilian officials confirmed late in the night....
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No move to declare Pakistan a terrorist state: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 13: The US State Department has said that neither the United States nor the United Nations have ever considered declaring Pakistan a terrorist state....
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Delhi looking for scapegoat: FM
PARIS, Dec 13: Pakistan on Saturday rejected Indian accusations that it was the “epicentre of terrorism” and accused some Indian leaders of using it as a convenient scapegoat for their own political agendas....
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‘No evidence against Dawa’
PARIS: Shah Mahmoud Qureshi said there was no evidence that Jamaatud Dawa was engaged in any acts of violence....
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Court stays bar on KSE trading till 16th
KARACHI, Dec 13: The Sindh High Court stayed the removal of the floor placed on trading in the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Aug 27 till Dec 16 when an application...
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Gilani hopeful of better India ties
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: International diplomacy was defusing tension with India after the militant attack on Mumbai, and action against militant groups should reassure New Delhi, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday....
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Nato supply terminal attacked
PESHAWAR, Dec 13: Militants attacked a cargo terminal located near Shaheedabad and destroyed 11 trucks in the small hours of Saturday in the fifth attack on Nato supplies....
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Dogar rightful CJ, says law minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Defending Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar’s legal position, Law Minister Farooq H. Naek said on Saturday he was the rightful and constitutional Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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Of hides and pledged blood
“QURBANI ki khalain un ke liye ... gin ka lahu Islam ke liye” (Hides of sacrificial animals for those who dedicate/shed their blood for Islam). So says a bold inscription on...
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Kashmiri dies in firing by Indian police
PULWAMA (Occupied Kashmir), Dec 13: One person was killed and 34 others were injured as police opened fire and used teargas to break up anti-election protests during voting in occupied Kashmir on Saturday....
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Brown asks Nato nations to share combat burden
KABUL, Dec 13: Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he spoke to troops battling the Taliban and held talks with President Hamid Karzai....
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‘We wanted to seize hostages’, make demands, says Mumbai suspect
MUMBAI, Dec 13: The gunman captured in last month’s Mumbai attacks had originally intended to seize hostages and outline demands in a series of dramatic calls to the media, according to his confession obtained on Saturday by the Associated Press....
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US, UK backing Jundullah: Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 13: Iran has documents to prove the United States and Britain back a group that killed 16 kidnapped Iranian policemen, state radio reported on Saturday....
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Legal help sought from Pakistan?
MUMBAI: Indian police said on Saturday that Kasab had also written to Pakistani officials to request legal help....
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CM recalls journalists’ struggle for democracy
RAWALPINDI, Dec 13: The Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday said the PML-N would continue its cooperation with political forces and would not let the democracy gained after great sacrifices go down the drain....
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Court rejects plea of accused in Benazir case
RAWALPINDI, Dec 13: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Saturday rejected the application of five accused, involved in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, seeking copies of certain incriminating...
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‘Pakistan committed to Saarc goals’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Pakistan was committed to achieving the Saarc Development Goals (SDGs) and even in these difficult financial circumstances, the Prime Minister had given clear instruction that public sector expenditures...
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‘Formal notification not required to proscribe Dawa’: Over 100 offices sealed, 50 leaders held
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The government has not issued any notification to formally proscribe Jamaatud Dawa more than 100 offices of which have been sealed across the country....
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