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Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri is alive: Dawn

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Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, the Al Qaeda commander who was believed to have been killed last month in a US drone attack in Pakistan, is alive, a media report said on Saturday.

Kashmiri is still active i

Minister: 70% Karachi killings by wives, girlfriends

Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik has said over 70 per cent of the people reported killed in the recent violence in Karachi were in fact murdered by their “wives and girlfriends”. “If it is reported that 100 people are killed in targeted killings, investigations later revealed that only 30 were actual victims while the remaining 70 or more died at the hands of their wives or girlfriends,” Mr Malik said. “They definitely took advantage of the situation and killed them,” said the interior minister.

Mumbai blasts conspiracy to sabotage dialogue: Pakistani papers

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The serial bomb blasts in Mumbai on Wednesday bring back disturbing memories of the 2008 terror attack and seem to have the same purpose - sabotaging the ongoing efforts of India and Pakistan to resto

Pakistan to export mangoes to US

Pakistan will export a consignment of high quality mangoes to the US after trying for a long time to tap into the American fruit market, officials said.

The Pakistan Horticulture Development and Expo

Pakistan condemns blasts Mumbai blasts

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday condemned the three bomb blasts in India's financial hub of Mumbai that killed at least 15 persons and injured ma

Accidental blast kills one at Pakistan arms depot

An explosion ripped through a Pakistani arms depot just outside the capital Islamabad on Monday, killing a soldier and bringing down the roof of a barracks, officials said.

Government focused on power to women, says Gilani

The government is focused on political and economic empowerment of women, said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Gilani said: “The empowerment of women will establish their social status and bring about a change to facilitate the process of development in the country.”

Nato artillery fires at Pak checkpost

Nato on Friday attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the tribal North Waziristan Agency, firing 15 mortar shells, officials said.

26/11 case:Prosecutors submit in court evidence given by India

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Pakistani prosecutors today submitted documentary evidence provided by India, including confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, in the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman

Pakistan's youngest `pilot' dead

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A sick 10-year-old Pakistani boy, who became a `pilot' for a day through the Make A Wish Foundation Pakistan, has died.

Muhammad Usama died Thursday morning in Karachi. He was suffering from a chroni

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