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Pakistan jet fighters kill 20 militants

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:53 AM PST

Peshawar (Pakistan) – Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships began airstrikes in a northwestern tribal district Tuesday, killing more than 20 militants in retaliation for two recent bombings targeting the military, officials said. The bombardment came a day after a suicide attack in a market next to Pakistan’s military headquarters that killed 13 people including […]

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Gunmen kill three polio workers in Karachi

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:50 AM PST

Karachi – Gunmen killed three health workers taking part in a polio vaccination drive in Karachi on Monday, police said, in the latest blow to efforts to stamp out the disease in Pakistan. Attackers on motorbikes opened fire on polio teams in two separate incidents in the Qayyumabad neighbourhood in the east of Pakistan’s biggest […]

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Delhi minister vows to escalate police reform protest

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:48 AM PST

New Delhi  – New Delhi’s chief minister vowed to escalate his sit-in protest on Tuesday after sleeping overnight on a pavement despite warnings that he is risking the gains of his new anti-corruption party. Arvind Kejriwal, formerly a grassroots campaigner against corruption, declared himself an “anarchist” on Monday as he began a 10-day demonstration to […]

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No justice for Nepal’s slave girls

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:45 AM PST

Kathmandu  – Nine-year-old Manjita Chaudhary had never spent a night away from her parents when her father sold her to a Nepalese policeman for $25. She left her family in western Nepal and travelled some 200 kilometres (124 miles) to her employer’s home near the Indian border. Her harsh new life began at 4am, the […]

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Probe ordered into three polio workers killing

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:41 AM PST

KARACHI,  Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Tuesday directed Inspector General of Police Sindh to conduct probe into killing of three anti-polio workers in Qayumabad area of Karachi and furnish its details. The governor said that all resources should be utilized to arrest those responsible for killing of these workers.  He also directed commissioner […]

Former President Asif Ali Zardari condemns attack on polio workers in Karachi

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:39 AM PST

Islamabad ,Former President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the attack on Tuesday morning on polio workers in which three workers were gunned down including two women. In a statement the former President said that the cowardly attack on innocent polio workers displayed the intensions of terrorists who want to deprive our next generation of […]

Pakistan not to accept any US aid with strings: Ahsan Iqbal

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:39 AM PST

Islamabad,Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal emphatically states Pakistan is a sovereign country and will not accept any US aid with strings. Talking to media persons here Tuesday‚ he‚ while referring to a resolution passed by US congress linking  aid to Pakistan with the release of Shakil Afridi‚ said there should be respect for […]

Maintenance of law and order top priority of the govt,PM

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:38 AM PST

Islamabad ,Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that maintenance of law and order is the top priority of the government and we will ensure that it is maintained at all costs. A concerted effort and united stand will enable us to achieve the desired results, PM added. PM said this while talking to a […]

ajority Pakistanis (86%) believe individuals privy to and in favor of declaring emergency in the country in 2007 should be tried for treason along with Musharraf,Poll

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:37 AM PST

Islamabad ,According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, majority Pakistanis (86%) believe individuals privy to and in favor of declaring emergency in the country in 2007 should be tried for treason along with Musharraf. A nationally representative sample of men and women, from across the four provinces was asked "In […]

Bilawal’s advisor denounces killing of child

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:36 AM PST

KARACHI, Surendar Valasai, Advisor to Patron-in-Chief Pakistan People's Party on Minority Affairs has strongly condemned the killing of an innocent child of a bonded labor Bheel family in Umerkot district at the hands of a landlord and demanded immediate action against the culprits. It may be mentioned that Umerkot police had raided the agriculture farm […]

Bilawal’s advisor denounces killing of child

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:36 AM PST

LAHORE,  Surendar Valasai, Advisor to Patron-in-Chief Pakistan People's Party on Minority Affairs has strongly condemned the killing of an innocent child of a bonded labor Bheel family in Umerkot district at the hands of a landlord and demanded immediate action against the culprits. It may be mentioned that Umerkot police had raided the agriculture farm […]

Three polio workers shot dead in Karachi

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:35 AM PST

KARACHI,  Three polio workers, including two women, were killed and one other injured in an attack in Qayumabad here on Tuesday. The police said that killing of polio team workers was a bid to terrorize and stop polio teams in the city so that they abandon the polio campaign. They said four armed men riding […]

Climate change posing new challenges to people relying on oceans

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:34 AM PST

Abu Dhabi,  Major changes in how the planet’s marine resources are managed and used are needed to safeguard global food security and ensure the wellbeing of coastal and island countries, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told Blue Economy Summit held in Abu Dhabi. The summit was attended by heads of state, environment and fisheries […]

JI flays US for linking US aid with Afridi’s release

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:33 AM PST

LAHORE,  Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has flayed the USA law linking the US aid to Pakistan with the release of Shakil Afridi. In a statement, he said that the US had its agents all over the world who were working for it. Shakil Afridi was also a US agent who betrayed his country […]

Giant `nude Buddha` statues hanging off Chinese restaurant taken down after uproar

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:33 AM PST

London,  Two giant statues of `naked` Buddha have been reportedly taken down from a restaurant in Jinan, China, after onlookers expressed horror and disgust. One of the two statues, almost 50 feet in height, shows Buddha climbing the wall of the restaurant, with its bottom facing the street, while the other statue is shown waiting […]

Bangladesh opposition leader Zia demands fresh polls at rally

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:12 PM PST

Dhaka – Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia urged supporters on Monday to stage fresh protests to try to force new elections, at her first public rally since authorities eased her de facto house arrest. Zia, a two-time former premier and the arch enemy of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, branded the new government illegal after […]

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India minister’s wife died of drug overdose

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:09 PM PST

New Delhi  – The wife of Indian minister Shahshi Tharoor, found dead in a luxury hotel after accusing her husband of being unfaithful, appeared to have died of drug overdose, news agency Press Trust of India said Monday. Tharoor, 57, the junior human resources development minister, found his wife Sunanda Pushkar dead on Friday in […]

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Pakistan ‘disappointed’ as US ties aid to bin Laden doctor

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:07 PM PST

Islamabad  – Pakistan on Monday criticised the US over legislation linking $33 million in aid with the release of a doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden, saying it was “disappointed” by the move. Shakeel Afridi is awaiting retrial on a treason conviction under the country’s tribal justice system for alleged ties […]

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Nepal doctors’ strike leaves patients stranded

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:03 PM PST

Kathmandu – A doctor-led shutdown of hospitals and clinics in Nepal left thousands of patients untreated as campaigners for medical education reforms ignored a court order to resume services, the doctors’ association said Monday. Doctors were still providing emergency and intensive care but all other services have been halted indefinitely since Sunday in a strike […]

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Pakistan president defends anti-terror record

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:54 PM PST

Islamabad – Pakistan’s president said Monday it was unfair to question his country’s commitment to fighting terror at home and abroad, after Afghanistan hinted that Pakistani intelligence was behind a deadly restaurant attack. President Mamnoon Hussain, who has a largely ceremonial role, said Pakistan wanted a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. His comments came after Afghanistan’s […]

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