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Gilani takes dig at Sharif

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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that he cannot resign to fulfil a wish of any individual.
“Everybody has wishes and its their right. But I can’t resign to fulfill anybody’s wish or dr

Al Qaeda determined to make 'new history': Report

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A dead Osama bin Laden is as dangerous as a living one, senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir has written a year after the killing of the Al-Qaeda chief.

The article in Geo News on Monday, just days

Al-Qaeda names Farman Shinwari as its new chief in Pakistan

Al-Qaeda has named computer literate Farman Ali Shinwari, a resident of the restive Khyber tribal region and whose brothers have been associated with terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, as its new chie

‘Taliban, U.S. resume talks on afghan’

The Afghan Taliban have resumed talks with the US in Qatar to find a political solution to the decades-old conflict in Afghanistan though the two sides have been unable to make any headway in the parleys, according to a media report.

No exclusive US bounty for Hafiz Saeed: Cameron P. Munter

US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron P. Munter has blamed the Pakistani media for 'misreporting the issue of Hafiz Saeed' and said the US government did not announce any bounty 'specifically' for the Jam

Kidnapped British aid worker killed in Pakistan: Red Cross

A kidnapped British aid worker has been found dead in Quetta, Pakistan, nearly four months after his abduction in January, the Red Cross announced on Sunday.

The International Committee of the Red Cr

Only House can remove me: Gilani

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that nobody but the parliament can remove him from his office.

“I am an elected Prime Minister and only the parliament can remove me since it

Inclusion of Rushdie books spark protests at Pak university

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A Pakistani university's move to include India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie's two famous books 'Midnight's Children' and 'Shame' in additional courses for MPhil and PhD has drawn the ir

Osama planned major attacks in Pak before being killed: Report

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Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had planned to mount indiscriminate attacks on the Pakistani soil before his killing in a covert US raid in Abbottabad, the documents seized by the Americans from the

Pakistan PM dares opposition to move trust vote against him

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A day after his conviction for contempt by Pakistan's Supreme Court, a defiant Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday dared the opposition to move a vote of no-confidence against him and said onl

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