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It’s time US respected Pak sovereignty, says Nawaz
The News, 25 May 2013
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif on Friday told US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson that the time had come for the US to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty. Olson and Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal...
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Pakistani High Commissioner visits Sri Lanka's Eastern Province
Colombo Page, 25 May 2013
May 24, Colombo: The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Major General Qasim Qureshi visited Eastern Province of Sri Lanka recently.The visit was aimed at understanding the ground situation in the Province and to explore opportunities to further...
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China-Pakistan bond features blessing of good-neighborliness: FM
People Daily, 24 May 2013
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan is China's all-weather strategic cooperation partner, and the bilateral relationship is characterized by the blessing of good-neighborliness, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Thursday. Wang made the remarks...
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Chinese PM assures cooperation in civil nuclear technology
The News, 24 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Thursday said his country was ready to extend cooperation to Pakistan in the field of civil nuclear technology, mass transit projects like the bullet train in Pakistan, a metro bus service for big cities...
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Violence in Karachi claims six lives
Dawn, 24 May 2013
KARACHI: At least six persons, including a woman, were killed and two others were killed in various firing incidents in the city whereas three children were injured in a grenade attack on a school in Karachi’s Orangi Town area on Friday, DawnNews...
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Suicide attack in Peshawar leaves two dead
Dawn, 24 May 2013
PESHAWAR: The vehicle of the chief of an Afghan religious outfit, Jamatul Dawa Alquran and Sunnah came under a suicide bomb attack near a seminary on Pajaggi Road in the suburb's of Peshwawar killing two personsshortly after Friday prayers. A...
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Pakistan remains opposed to drones after Obama speech
Dawn, 24 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government Friday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for their use.The US president mounted a firm defence of his covert drone war as legal...
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Pak Army not interested in used US arms, says Kayani
The News, 23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said Wednesday that Pakistan is not interested in American weapons and ammunition being used in Afghanistan. Talking to journalists at the PM’s reception for visiting Chinese PM, he expressed...
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China to help end Pak energy crisis: Li
The News, 23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan should make the cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Pakistan seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill.He...
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Two soldiers killed in SWA IED blast
The News, 22 May 2013
WANA: Two paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel were killed and seven others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on their vehicle at Dargai area of South Waziristan Agency
on Tuesday, government and security...
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China asks world to support Pakistan
The News, 22 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says his country recognises the positive contribution Pakistan has made to maintain peace and stability, combat terrorism and promote development in South Asia and has urged the international community to...
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Four killed in blasts at NWA arms market
The News, 19 May 2013
MIRANSHAH: Four people were killed and seven others injured in a blast at the arms market in Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan Agency on Thursday. An official of the political administration in the
Mir Ali subdivision said a mysterious...
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PTI woman leader gunned down in Karachi
The News, 19 May 2013
Karachi: Senior Sindh Vice President of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed outside her residence by two motorcyclists here in DHA in the limits of Gizri police station on
Saturday.The murder took place on the...
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Army explains Kayani-Nawaz meeting
The News, 19 May 2013
DUBAI: The Nawaz-Kayani meeting will go a long way to ensure a smooth functioning of the democratic system, with complete focus on the domestic and regional security situation, a top military official said
on Saturday night. Speaking on condition...
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Blasts in Malakand kill 15
Dawn, 19 May 2013
PESHAWAR: Two bombs exploded near separate mosques after Friday prayers in Malakand Division’s Bazdara area killing 15 persons and injuring at least 100 others.Deputy Commissioner of Malakand
Amjad Ali confirmed that 15 persons were...
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