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Resign or be hanged: PML-N warns Zardari

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has been threatened by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to be ready to be hanged "upside down" or "resign and return looted national wealth", a

Pakistan thanks India for helping it to UNSC seat

Pakistan on Saturday said India played a major role in supporting its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

"Many of the countries that Pakistan considered frien

Anti-Taliban Pakistani beheaded

An anti-Taliban tribal has been beheaded in northwest Pakistan.

The beheaded body was found in the Bara area Thursday, Dawn reported.

Two militants had been killed Wednesday when they clashed with a

600 Pakistani police personnel fail English test

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Over 600 Pakistani police personnel failed an English language test that was conducted for deployment on UN peacekeeping missions.

They were disqualified in the test conducted by the UN Selection As

On Diwali, Zardari vows to protect minorities

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President Asif Ali Zardari used the festival of Diwali on Wednesday to promise protection to minorities in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan.

Twin drone strikes kill 11 militants in Waziristan

US drones struck twice in Pakistan's volatile Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, killing at least 11 militants, including a brother of Taliban commander Mullah Nazir.

In the first attack, a CIA-o

Dengue outbreak: Gilani allows Punjab to import drug from India

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday permitted authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province to import 5,000 bottles of an infusion from India to counter a dengue outbreak that has claimed scores

Kidnapped Swiss couple appear in new video in Pakistan

A Swiss couple, held hostage by the Taliban for the last four months, have appeared in a new video, appealing to the governments of Pakistan, Switzerland and the US to respond to their captors' demand

China seeks military bases in Pak's restive tribal region

China has expressed an interest in setting up military bases in Pakistan's volatile tribal area or the Northern Areas, close to the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang, to counter the activities of e

Lakhvi communicates with LeT cadres from prison: Report

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, has been clandestinely communicating from prison with members of his group, according to intercepts by Western intelligence agencies.

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