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Pak briefly blocks Twitter after row over caricatures

Pakistan briefly imposed a ban on Twitter Sunday after it reportedly refused to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, before access to the social net

Iran deports 82 Pakistanis

A total of 82 Pakistani nationals have been deported by Iran for living illegally in the country, Daily Times reported on Monday.

The Pakistanis were arrested by Iranian security officials after thei

Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Chicago for NATO summit

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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Chicago to attend a key NATO summit starting on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbass Jilani are accompanyi

Pak armed forces' UAV crashes during trial flight

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Pakistani armed forces crashed near Mianwali while on a trial flight.

The UAV crashed due to a technical fault near the Muree airbase of the Pakistan Air Force

Twitter blocked in several parts of Pakistan

Pakistani authorities on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in several parts of the country despite interior minister Rehman Malik's claim that no restrictions were being imposed on the micro-blogging site.

Pakistan to test-fire n-missile

Pakistan will test fire a new nuclear-capable missile by the end of this month, a media report said on Saturday.

Geo News reported that the surface-to-surface `Nasr' missile has a 180-km range and a

Pak journalist gunned down

A journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the restive southwest Balochistan province, days after the UNESCO ranked Pakistan as 'the second most dangerous' country for reporters the world ov

Gilani's son involved in brawl on board PIA flight: Report

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A brawl occurred between Pakistan International Airlines crew members and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa on a flight from Lahore to Karachi, according to a media report on Friday.

Two Pakistani training planes crash

A pilot was killed as two training aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force crashed on Thursday, a media report said. It was not immediately clear whether there was a collision.

The aircraft crashed in Ras

Pak Taliban releases video of jailbreak

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The Pakistani Taliban have released a dramatic video of an attack by militants on a jail in the country's northwest that resulted in the escape of nearly 400 prisoners last month.

The video, parts o

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