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A relief camp just for Gilani’s visit

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A relief camp was set up overnight ostensibly for those affected by the rains in Pakistan’s Sindh province so that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani could visit it to see firsthand what relief measures the government was providing, a media report said on Tuesday.

Pakistan launches website to promote history

The Pakistani government has launched a website on its 65th Independence Day on Sunday to promote the country's political and cultural history.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Firdous Ashiq Awa

Nawaz Sharif flayed for India-friendly speech

A speech by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif advocating normal relations with India 'shows a shocking disregard of the rationale for the very creation of Pakistan', a daily said on Monday.

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Pak witness: Voice that of 26/11 handler

India fall from No. 1

A prosecution witness on Saturday told the Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven suspects in the Mumbai attack case that the voice of one of the accused had matched with that of a handler who

Taliban militants target I-Day parade in Pakistan, 3 killed

Suspected Taliban militants attacked an Independence Day (ID) parade at an army camp in North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Sunday, killing three soldiers and injuring 22 more.

The attack

On Pakistan Independence Day, blasts, accidents kill 39

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At least 39 people died in tragic incidents, including bombings and bus accidents, across Pakistan on Sunday, the country's 65th independence day.

Eleven people were killed and 21 injured in a remote

Pakistan frets over burqa bombers

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Burqa-clad women suicide bombers in Pakistan have posed a potent threat to the country as it grapples to deal with the Taliban.

This has been vindicated by two recent attacks on the security forces t

Voice sample of 26/11 accused matches that of handler

A prosecution witness on Saturday told the Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven suspects in the Mumbai attack case that the voice of one of the accused had matched with that of a handler who

Downed Indian’s kin says Pak pilot’s email heals

Farida Singh, the daughter of Indian civilian aircraft pilot Jahangir Engineer, has gracefully and generously accepted the apology of a former Pakistan Air Force pilot, Qais Hussain, who shot down her

Bomb kills five in Pakistan's Peshawar

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A planted bomb targeting a police van in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar killed four policemen and a child on Thursday, officials said.

"At least four policemen and a schoolchild have been

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