Diplomatic moves stepped up to defuse tension
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Troops were put on alert on Saturday as a precautionary measure, while diplomatic activities gained pace to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India....
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Partial pullout from western border
TIMERGARA / TANK: The government began pulling out some troops from the western border in the wake of rising tensions with India....
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Garhi Khuda Bakhsh ready for BB remembrance
LARKANA, Dec 26: Pakistan People’s Party’s central executive committee held a meeting on the eve of the first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in Naudero on Friday....
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Long power outages continue in Karachi
KARACHI, Dec 26: Karachi’s power misery deepened on Friday as the supply in KESC’s generation system crashed to a woeful 300 megawatts. Many areas of the city went virtually without electricity...
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Terrorism a global, not bilateral, problem: Mukherjee
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee appeared to row back on Friday on his claim that New Delhi might eventually fight its own battle with the attackers of...
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India blames media for war hysteria
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday met the three armed forces chiefs for a second time in a week, but the second meeting had as much...
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White House counsels caution
WASHINGTON, Dec 26: The White House on Friday urged India and Pakistan to show restraint as Islamabad cancelled leave for operational armed forces personnel and redeployed troops along the Indian border....
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Hydel power output plunges to 350MW
LAHORE, Dec 26: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) is facing a shortfall of 6,150 megawatts because of water shortage in dams and is producing only 350MW of hydroelectric power against its capacity of 6,500MW....
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‘Imad the killer’ flees Iraq police
RAMADI (Iraq), Dec 26: A local Al Qaeda chief known as “Imad the killer” escaped in a pre-dawn breakout from an Iraqi police station on Friday, triggering a wild shootout that left 13 militants and Iraqi policemen dead....
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‘Kashmir unrest at all-time low’
SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Militant violence in occupied Kashmir has fallen to an all-time low, Indian police said on Friday, while noting that more than 800 militants were still operating in the region....
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Chinese ships out to curb piracy
GUANGZHOU (China), Dec 26: Chinese warships — armed with special forces, guided missiles and helicopters — set sail on Friday for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation...
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Bangladesh to protest over Indian survey in its waters
DHAKA, Dec 26: Bangladesh said on Friday it would protest to India about Indian ships conducting a survey in an area in the Indian Ocean Dhaka says falls in its territorial waters....
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Too many questions still unanswered: Benazir’s assassination
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: As millions of PPP supporters across the country mark the first death anniversary of their leader Benazir Bhutto on Saturday, mystery still surrounds the manner in which she...
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Five of a family killed in Gilgit attack
GILGIT, Dec 26: Five members of a family were gunned down on the outskirts of the town on Friday....
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Armed forces can defend country, says Musharraf
LAHORE, Dec 26: Making a rare public appearance after leaving the presidency, Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf said here on Friday that India would not dare cast an evil eye on Pakistan...
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British psychiatrist to get legal support
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: A group of lawyers will provide legal support to a British psychiatrist who has complained to the Pakistan Bar Council that activist Habib Wahabul Khairi has defrauded him of 2,000 pounds sterling....
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Indians told Pakistan ‘not safe’ for them
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: India responded to news of the arrest of its citizens in Pakistan with an advice on Friday that the country was not safe for Indians to travel there....
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Panel for BB murder probe soon: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 26: On the eve of the first anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s slaying, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that an independent enquiry panel to probe the assassination could be set up soon....
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