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Kayani reshuffles brass pack

The Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has appointed newly promoted generals to key military positions in a major reshuffle of brass.
The most significant of these appointments is Maj. Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem Ahmed being named Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO). Maj. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed cut a tall figure in his last posting as GOC, Swat, where he oversaw a critical phase of the Swat reclamation initiative.

Stay away from politics: Pakistan chief justice to military

Keep away from political activities, Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has told senior military officials.

Chaudhry said on Saturday that the armed forces oath called for true allegia

Pakistan PM to hold talks with Afghan leader

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will visit Afghanistan for weekend talks with President Hamid Karzai, Islamabad said on Thursday.

Pak refuses to comment on 'arrest' of IA hijack mastermind

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Pakistan today said it would not comment on reports that Chilean police had arrested the brother of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar who was accused of coordinating the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airli

Pakistan to free 89 Indian prisoners

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Pakistan has decided to set free 89 Indian prisoners, a move that comes less than a week after it released an Indian who had spent 27 years in a Pakistani jail.

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Pak and India cannot afford another war: Gilani

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Asserting that Pakistan and India cannot afford another war, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh is a ‘sensible and sane’ person who wants the two c

Mohali match improved Pakistan-Indian ties: Gilani

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The cricket World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan in Mohali has proved to be a catalyst for improving ties between the two countries, says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

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Saeed rubbishes Indo-Pak friendship efforts, vows 'jihad'

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JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed today made a rare public appearance here to lead the funeral prayers for Kashmiri leader Maulvi Showkat Ahmed Shah, killed in Srinagar last week, and used the occasion t

Nuclear radiation from Japan reaches Pakistan: PAEC

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Traces of airborne radioactive iodine, believed to have originated from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, have been detected in Pakistan.

26/11 case: Pak court adjourns trial of suspects

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An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks till April 16 after hearing arguments on an application filed by defence lawyers to expedite the proceedings.

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