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Asif Ali Zardari leaves Pakistan, goes to Dubai

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President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Dubai, a media report said on Thursday. His departure took place amid a stand-off between the political leadership and the powerful military.

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Asif Ali Zardari leaves for Dubai amidst crisis in Pak

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday departed on a one-day private visit to Dubai amidst a standoff between the civilian government and the powerful military on the memo scandal.

US resumes drone attacks in Pakistan

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The US, which suspended drone strikes in Pakistan following last November's NATO attack that left 24 Pakistan Army soldiers dead, has now resumed drone attacks. The latest strike killed four suspected

Pakistan PM sacks defence secretary over army furore

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked his defence secretary on Wednesday for ‘gross misconduct’ in triggering a row between the army and civilian leadership, a senior government official t

Crisis escalates in Pak: PM sacks defence secretary

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today sacked defence secretary Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Naeem Lodhi, considered close to the army chief, marking an escalation in the row between the civilian government and the military over the memogate scandal.

Gilani has no plans to address nation, says his spokesperson

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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has no plans to address the nation against the backdrop of an escalation of the row between Pakistan's civilian government and the powerful military over the memo sca

Pakistan showdown as Army, govt at war

The powerful Pakistan Army on Wednesday asked the weak civilian government led by Yousaf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan People’s Party to 'shut its mouth' or face 'grievous consequences'.

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Four killed in Pakistan drone strike

At least four suspected militants were killed on Wednesday when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal area along the border with Afghanistan, a media report said.

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Ready to give up presidency: Asif Ali Zardari

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said he is ready to give up his post if his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and coalition partners so desire.

Zardari along with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilan

Osama’s Pakistan hideout to be flattened by rockets, bulldozed in ‘big event’

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The house in Pakistan where Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals will be flattened by rocket-propelled grenades and then bulldozed.

Pakistani military chiefs have planned t

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