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Ijaz won't come to Pakistan, says his lawyer

Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, one of the key figures in the memo scandal, will not come to Pakistan because he will be arrested upon his arrival, his lawyer Akram Sheikh said on Monday.

Alarming HIV/AIDS surge among Pakistan's drug addicts

There is an alarming surge in HIV/AIDS cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) says.

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Husain Haqqani for withdrawal of Ijaz's right to depose before panel

Former Pakistan's ambassador to US Husain Haqqani said on Monday that the right of Pakistani- American businessman Mansoor Ijaz to depose before a judicial panel probing the memo scandal should be wit

New electoral rolls in Pakistan by May: Election Commission

Pakistan’s Election Commission on Monday announced that new electoral rolls cannot be finalised by February 23 as mandated by the Supreme Court, saying any undue haste in preparing computerised lists

SC comes to Kayani, Pasha rescue

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has asked the government to give in writing that it will not sack Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

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Pakistan authorities arrest 31 Indian fishermen

Pakistani authorities have arrested 31 Indian fishermen and seized 14 boats for allegedly violating the country's maritime boundary, an official said on Sunday.

Pak govt trying to prevent my testimony in memo case: Ijaz

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Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has charged that Pakistan government was behind a 'massive cover-up' under which it was trying to prevent him from testifying in Islamabad nex

Won’t return to Pak riding on shoulders of ISI: Musharraf

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Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said that he would return home with the people's support and not by ‘riding on the shoulders of the Army and the ISI’.

How Pakistan helps US drone campaign

The death of a senior al Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal badlands, the first strike in almost two months, signalled that the US-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in ope

Seal Kayani’s job in ink: Pak SC

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has asked the government to submit in writing that it will not sack the Army Chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and the head of Inter-Services Intelligence, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

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