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Zardari not running away, says top aide

The Presidency on Monday officially declared that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will not be running for a second term when he completes his five-year tenure in September. “President Zardari will not contest elections for a second term,” presidential spokesman Farhatull-ah Babar said.

Pak, India start Siachen talks

Pakistan and India on Monday opened two-day defence secretary-level talks seeking an end to the decade-old dispute over Siachen Glacier where more soldiers have been killed due to harsh weather than battle.

400 broken out of Pak jail

Taliban militants on Sunday attacked a jail in Pakistan’s Bannu district, freeing nearly 400 militants, including one on death row for involvement in an attempt to assassinate former military ruler Pe

UK won't extradite Pervez Musharraf

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The United Kingdom will not extradite former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf on the red warrant issued by the Pakistan government, diplomatic sources said.

“Pakistan and the UK do not have

US, Pakistan in race to capture one-eyed Mullah Omar

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Embarassed by the May 2 SEALs raid on Abbottabad, that killed Osama Bin Laden, the ISI are now scrambling resources to help the US track the one-eyed Mullah Omar - the Taliban's spiritual leader.

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‘Indian bookie said he’d kill’, says Hyder

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Pakistani wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider who ended his exile on Monday arrived here, and immediately blamed Indian bookies for his misery.

“It was an Indian who had threatened my life. He asked me

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.