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From fog of ’65 War, Pak pilot emails kin of downed Indian

A former Pakistan Air Force pilot has expressed his condolences to the daughter of an Indian civil aircraft pilot almost half-a-century after he shot down the plane during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, a media report here said.
“Qais Hussain, a rookie Flying Officer during the 1965 war, made this moving and humane gesture via an email expressing his condolences and providing

‘I did not play foul and went by the rules of business...’

Reproduced below in full is the email from former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot Qais Hussain in which he has expressed condolences to Ms Farida Singh, the daughter of Jahangir “Jangoo” Engineer, the

India, Pak may allow bilateral investment

Pakistan and India are likely to allow investment in each other’s countries, which, till now, has not been permitted.

Rainwater enters Zardari's home, meetings cancelled

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Choked pipelines caused rainwater to enter two floors of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's official residence, causing cancellation of at least three meetings.

Zardari took serious note of rainwa

Love marriages on the rise in Pak capital

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Love marriages, though a social taboo in Pakistan, are on the rise in the country's capital with social networking sites contributing to their popularity in a big way.

About 250 court marriages were

39 held for violating Ramadan ordinance in Pakistan

The owners of 39 hotels, canteens and eateries in Pakistan's Punjab province were arrested and sent to jail for violating an ordinance that bars eating and serving food in public during the Islamic ho

‘US has plan ready to snatch Pak nukes’

The United States wants to create a crisis in Pakistan and eventually seize the county’s nuclear weapons, a media report said.

In five minutes, Pakistani bank robbed of Rs.4.6 mn

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Six robbers managed to run away with Rs.4.6 million (over $53,000) from a private bank in Pakistan's port city of Karachi in an operation that lasted just five minutes, Daily Times reported on Saturda

Crimes against women up by 18 % in Pakistan

Crimes against women, including forced marriages and sexual assaults, have risen by 18 per cent in Pakistan over a period of one year, reveals a report.

Pak navy moves away its main warships from Karachi base fearing terrorists

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Claiming there were ‘all time high security threats,’ Pakistan navy has moved away its main battleships out of its Mehran naval base in Karachi to the Makran coast in Balochistan.

The navy sent its

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