Al-Qaida Claims It Attacked Denmark’s Embassy In Pakistan (CBS News)

An Al-Qaida group has purportedly claimed responsibility for the suicide attack earlier this week against Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead.

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Suhail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Akhtar back home

LAHORE: Fast bowler of the IPL winning Rajasthan Royals Suhail Tanvir and wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal arrived in Lahore while Shoaib Akhtar was present in the same flight but he proceeded to Islamabad without talking with media.Winning the best bowler of the IPL award, Suhail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal arrived in Lahore from Delhi on Wednesday.Talking with media at the Lahore airport, Suhail Tanvir said that he has learnt a lot under the captaincy of Shane Warne which will benefit him in future.He said that Paksitan team would definitely win in the tri-nation series.

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Al-Qaida claims it attacked Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)

A Web posting purportedly by al-Qaida Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead.

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Father of Pakistan’s Bomb Stands Defiant (Washington Post)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The garden is in full bloom at Abdul Qadeer Khan’s house. A lazy summer haze has settled over his manse, and at the small police substation across the way, several men chitchatted amiably on a recent day, barely glancing at the upscale villa that for the past four years has…

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Proposed changes to Pakistan constitution would clip Musharraf’s powers (International Herald Tribune)

The proposals by the Pakistan Peoples Party would curtail Musharraf’s power but validate his dismissal last year of the chief justice of the Supreme Court and other high court judges.

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Proposals would curtail power of Pakistan leader (International Herald Tribune)

The Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Asif Ali Zardari, proposed sweeping constitutional changes aimed at limiting President Pervez Musharraf’s authority.

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PML-N to finalize report on constitutional package today

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Muslim League-N committee, formed to review PPP proposed constitutional package, will prepare a final report today (Thursday).The chairman of PML-N, Raja Zafar ul Haq has said that committee has completed two-thirds of its work regarding the constitutional package presented to PML-N Head Mian Nawaz Sharif by Pakistan Peoples Party. He said deliberations would be finalized by Thursday.PML-N chairman further said that his party would not compromise over the issue of restoration of deposed judges and freedom of judiciary.

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Powerless — and outraged — in Pakistan (MSNBC)

Pakistan is experiencing its worst electricity shortages in years, and the signs are everywhere.

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Deadly blasts hit Pakistan video shops (MSNBC)

A powerful bomb ripped through a video shop in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding three, police said.

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Militants attack near Pakistan-Afghanistan border (The Christian Science Monitor)

Despite ongoing violence in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan’s new government vows to continue peace talks with the Taliban.

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