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Pakistani army dismisses WikiLeaks' Osama allegations

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Pakistani army on Tuesday denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable's allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's pr

Pak to introduce negative list for trade with India

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Pakistan Cabinet on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal to switch over to a negative list regime for trade with India and phase it out by the year end as part of measures to fully normalise b

Gilani contempt: Court summons top official

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A top Pakistani official was on Tuesday summoned by the Supreme Court which was hearing Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's contempt of court case for refusing to reopen corruption cases against Presi

Pakistan hails country's first Oscar win

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The media today joined ordinary Pakistanis in hailing the country's first Oscar win by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, saying her documentary highlighting the courage of victims of acid attacks should spur the

'Iran agrees to export 80,000 barrels of oil to Pak per year'

Pakistan, which is going ahead with a bilateral gas pipeline with Iran despite the US pressure, on Tuesday said that Tehran has agreed to provide $250 million for the project and export 80,000 barrels

Hindu girl kidnapped, forced to convert in Pak

A Hindu girl was kidnapped and allegedly forced to convert in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Monday, prompting President Asif Ali Zardari to direct authorities to investigate the incident.

Rep

Pakistani airspace never closed for NATO: Gilani

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Pakistan never closed its airspace for NATO supplies in Afghanistan and had only suspended the land route, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.

"The Defence Committee of the Cabinet had taken

Shoaib Akhtar escapes unhurt in car accident

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar escaped unhurt after his car rammed into the barricades near the Prime Minister Secretariat here Sunday.

Akhtar was returning home from a five-star hotel whe

US drone crashes in Pakistan

A US drone has crashed in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, apparently due to a technical problem, officials said on Sunday.

The CIA-operated unmanned spy plane came down in th

Pakistan won't extend ISI chief's term

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The Pakistani government has decided not to extend the tenure of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, a media report said.

Pasha, who has been the director general of t

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