Pakistan hopeful of policy review by Obama administration
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The government told the National Assembly on Monday it hoped for a policy review by the new US administration of President-elect Barack Obama taking office next month, while...
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Aafia unfit to stand trial, says US judge
NEW YORK, Nov 17: Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani woman suspected of links to Al Qaeda and charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan, is mentally unfit to stand trial, according to her psychiatric evaluation....
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‘Pakistan aided Isaf in attack on its soil’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Pakistan military helped the western forces based in Afghanistan attack a position in Pakistan used by militants after an Isaf post was hit by two rockets fired allegedly by militants from inside Pakistan....
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Investments, not aid, likely from ‘Friends’
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: Pakistan is not expecting pledges of financial support from a group of friendly nations that met in Abu Dhabi on Monday to consider various proposals to help revive its ailing economy....
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Economic crisis to be overcome: Gilani
QUETTA, Nov 17: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan will succeed in overcoming the current economic crisis with the help of friendly countries....
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Friends agree to cooperate in four sectors: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Acknowledging that Pakistan is facing “formidable challenges and needs a well-coordinated international cooperation”, the Friends of Pakistan forum agreed on Monday on a broad framework for cooperation with Pakistan in four major sectors....
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Iftikhar receives standing ovation
NEW YORK, Nov 17: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry received a standing ovation from a huge crowd of Pakistani-Americans in Brooklyn (New York) on Sunday evening....
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Gilani still facing two NAB cases
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is still facing two National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases about misuse of powers although the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has terminated all cases registered between 1986 and 1999....
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Industrial output down 6.2pc in first quarter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan’s industrial output declined by 6.20 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year because of the global financial crisis....
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Kashmiris vote amid boycott, detention
BANDIPORA, Nov 17: With troops patrolling shuttered streets and their leaders locked up, people in occupied Kashmir voted in a state election on Monday....
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Nato supply resumes
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 17: Security personnel escorted two convoys carrying goods and fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan to Torkham on Monday....
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‘Food worth $840,000 lost in Afghan attacks’
KABUL, Nov 17: Some 840,000 dollars’ worth of food destined for needy Afghans has been lost so far this year in attacks, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday....
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Somali pirates seize Saudi tanker
DUBAI, Nov 17: Pirates on Monday attacked and took control of the Saudi-owned very large crude carrier Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa, the US Navy said....
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No positive response from Omar: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: The White House says it has seen no positive signs of progress from Mullah Mohammad Omar and the many Taliban he leads after an offer of reconciliation made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai....
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Obama and McCain vow to work together
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: US President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain met on Monday and pledged to work together, prompting media speculations that the Republican senator may get a senior position in the Obama administration....
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Japan’s economy falls into recession
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: Japan became the latest major economy to fall into recession on Monday and Citigroup said it would cut 52,000 jobs, one of the largest layoffs in history, adding to worries the global economic slump may deepen....
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Iran seeks diplomat’s recovery
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Iran has sought immediate recovery of its diplomat who was kidnapped on Thursday in Hayatabad, Peshawar....
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Strike in Quetta against killing in ‘encounter’
QUETTA, Nov 17: People in the remote towns of Mashkey and Nal observed a complete strike on Monday in protest against the killing of a man in a reported encounter with security forces and arrest of several youths....
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