Sharia-based system tied to peace in Swat
 PESHAWAR, Feb 16: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti announced a sharia-based judicial system for Malakand and Kohistan on Monday, but denied that the proposed system was similar to the one introduced by Taliban in Afghanistan....
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First drone attack in Kurram kills 25
 PARACHINAR, Feb 16: US drones for the first time launched an attack in the Kurram tribal region on Monday, firing missiles on suspected hideouts of militants....
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President to sign bill only after peace is restored
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Information Minister Sherry Rehman said on Monday that President Asif Ali Zardari would approve the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Malakand only after restoration of peace in the region....
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Holbrooke says India, US equally threatened by Taliban
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: India, Pakistan and the United States face a common threat from resurgent Taliban groups, a fear underscored by the sweeping gains the militants have made in the Swat valley, a top US diplomat said here on Monday....
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PML-N, MQM renew contacts after ten years
KARACHI, Feb 16: After a decade-long break, Pakistan Muslim League-N renewed contacts with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement after party chief and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif formally called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad here on Monday....
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Mischief afoot against army, ISI, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: De-...
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FIA gets remand of Mumbai suspect
RAWALPINDI, Feb 16: The Federal Investigation Agency obtained on Monday a 15-day physical remand of a suspect of the Mumbai attacks from an anti-terrorism court set up in Adiala jail....
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Malakand accord step in right direction: PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that the accord on enforcing Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Malakand was a step in the right direction which would pave way for restoration of peace in Swat....
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Report on bridge collapse be made public: Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: President Asif Ali Zardari asked the government on Monday to make public the report of inquiry into the collapse of Karachi’s Shershah bridge....
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Corruption in Kabul stoking insurgency, says US report
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: The limited writ and perceived corruption of the Karzai government are helping sustain a Taliban insurgency and feeding pessimism about Afghanistan’s stability, says a US congressional report.The...
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India hikes defence spending by 24pc
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: India’s government abandoned fiscal caution and hiked spending to arrest an economic slowdown in a pre-election mini-budget on Monday in which it warned that the good times were over....
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Nato supplies by train from Latvia to Afghanistan
RIGA, Feb 16: A US supply train for Nato troops in Afghanistan, due to transit via Russia, was being formed in Latvia, an official from the Baltic state’s defence ministry said on Monday....
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Germany names envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
BERLIN, Feb 16: Germany on Monday followed the lead of the US and Britain in announcing the appointment of a special envoy for two countries increasingly seen as part of the same problem: Afghanistan and Pakistan....
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British, French nuclear submarines collided in Atlantic
LONDON, Feb 16: Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, authorities acknowledged on Monday — touching off new concerns about the safety of the world’s deep sea missile fleets....
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Chavez wins bid to scrap Venezuela term limits
CARACAS, Feb 16: President Hugo Chavez and his supporters celebrated victory on Monday after Venezuelans voted to scrap term limits on elected posts, paving the way for him to seek re-election in 2012 and beyond....
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Poland presses for finding victim’s body
WARSAW, Feb 16: Poland has pressed Pakistan to retrieve the body of a Polish man who was kidnapped and beheaded by militants and to track down his killers, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday....
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JuD man shifted to Lahore
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: A local amir of the banned Jamaatud Dawa was shifted to Lahore on Monday, security sources told Dawn....
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JuD man shifted to Lahore
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: A local amir of the banned Jamaatud Dawa was shifted to Lahore on Monday, security sources told Dawn.....
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