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Pak yet to ask Interpol for notice

Pakistani authorities were on Saturday caught on the wrong foot as an anti-terror court hearing the 26/11 case was told that Interpol was yet to be approached for a Red Corner notice for Ajmal Kasab,

US drone strikes, Pak ops kill 37 militants

At least 36 militants were killed on Saturday in Pakistan forces’ operation and US drone strikes.

Govt, SC headed for confrontation on Zardari

The Pakistani government and the Supreme Court seemed headed for a major confrontation on reopening a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari and a statute amendment that has created a commissio

‘Pakistani caterer may have met NY bomber’

A Pakistani who was detained in connection with the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square had no ties with the main suspect but may have met him, the arrested man’s father said on Saturday.

Pak suspends BlackBerry services, blocks Twitter

After banning Facebook, YouTube and scores of other websites to black out the blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, the Pakistan government on Friday put on halt BlackBerry services “until furt

‘Going back to Pak to join politics’

Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said he intends going home to enter politics, perhaps standing to become President or Prime Minister, CNN reported.

UK family is shot dead in suspected honour killing

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Five people, three of them British nationals of Pakistan origin, were shot dead in Pakistan’s Gujrat city in a suspected honour killing over their son’s marriage, the police said on Friday.

Gilani raps defence minister on Kayani

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the matter of awarding extension to the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will be looked into “when its time will come”.

Factional clashes in Karachi kill at least 25

At least 25 people, including two policemen, were killed in the incidents of target killing in various parts of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, the police said on Thursday.
Due to prevailing law and order situation, all the educational institutions in Karachi remained closed on Thursday and examinations have also been postponed. Enraged p

Court in Pak wants Prez notification

In an embarrassment for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, a Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the government to present the notification of the of remission of interior minister Rehman Malik’s jail sentence awarded by an accountability court and upheld by the superior court. The Lahore high court — that upheld the sentence

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