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Hillary to Pak: Prove you are against terror

US secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned top Pakistani leaders on Thursday that there was no “middle way out” in the war against terrorism, and said they needed to prove they did not have any connections with the terror networks, official sources said.

More Pak troops on Durand Line

Pakistan has deployed regular Army and additional paramilitary troops along the border with Afghanistan ostensibly to match the flood of US soldiers on the Afghan side due to fears of an attack on North Waziristan Agency targeting the Haqqani network.

‘US will install sophisticated equipment, won’t enter Waziristan’

The US troops amassed at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency will not cross into Pakistan and will only install 'sophisticated equipment' on the Afghanistan side fo

US troops mass at Pakistan border

The United States has deployed hundreds of troops along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency as fears grow of an attack on the Haqqani network, security sources said

US troops mass on Durand Line

The United States has deployed hundreds of troops along the Paki-stan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency as fears grow of an attack on the Haqqani network, security sources said.

Pakistan, US are ‘bhai-bhai’ again

After weeks of tension and exchange of hostile statements, Pakistan and the United States of America are set to forget the past and work together, officials here said citing numerous recent meetings b

Pakistan gives death term to Taseer’s killer

A Pakistani court on Saturday awarded the death sentence to Mumtaz Qadri for assassinating Pakistan Punjab governor Salman Taseer in January this year, court officials said. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi found Mumtaz Qadri, a police commando, guilty of murder.

Won’t accept pressure from America: Pak

Pakistan on Thursday said it would not accept any “dictation” from the United States regarding operations against the Haqqani network in the tribal North Waziristan Agency.

Angry Pak ready to dump US

Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistan is prepared to part ways with the United States if it does not respect the sovereignty of the South Asian nation. “If the US wants to lose Pakistan as its allied partner then we are also prepared to pay the price,” Ms Khar told the Pakistani TV channel Geo News.

Chinese must in Pak schools

Mandarin Chinese will be taught as a compulsory subject in Pakistani schools in Karachi city and other areas of Sindh province, officials said.
“Mandarin will become a compulsory part of the school curriculum in Karachi and Sindh schools,” a senior government official said, adding that the

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