Taliban frees 2 journalists kidnapped in NW Pakistan (China Daily)

ISLAMABAD — Taliban Saturday freed two journalists held hostage in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, Taliban spokesman said. Pir Zubair Shah, a part time employee of The New York Times and Akhtar Somroo, photographer for the newspaper, were taken Friday by Taliban in Mohmand Agency.

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Pakistan: Nuke Proliferation Case “Closed” (CBS News)

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry insisted its nuclear proliferation case was closed despite the program’s architect claims that President Pervez Musharraf helped spread the technology.

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Pakistan optimistic PTA will be ratified by end of sixth summit (The New Straits Times)

Pakistan believes the Group of Eight Islamic Developing Countries (D-8) will ratify the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) by Tuesday, the final day of the summit.

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RPT-ANALYSIS-Crises surround Pakistan government’s 1st 100 days (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters (Refiles to fix spelling in headline with no changes in text) By Simon Cameron-Moore ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Reuters) - For a world hoping democracy will provide the stability nuclear-armed Pakistan …

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Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry: Khan case ‘closed’ despite claims implicating Musharraf (Philstar.com)

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry insisted its nuclear proliferation case was closed after the disgraced architect of its atomic program claimed the army under President Pervez Musharraf helped spread the technology.

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Strategy devised to avoid night time load-shedding: Pervez Ashraf

RAWALPINDI: Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday a strategy had been devised to avoid load-shedding in the night.A

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India aim to dethrone Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final

KARACHI: Defending champions Sri Lanka and a rampaging India clash in the Asia Cup final on Sunday (today) with both sides promising an explosive enco

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Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says the Khan case has been closed (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry insisted Saturday that its nuclear proliferation case was closed.

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Matric results announced in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Hyderabad, here on Saturday announced the results of science and general groups o

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Complete lockout of courts recommended

LAHOREIN a bid to boost lawyers movement, the Joint Working Committee (JWC) of all Pakistan high court bar associations has strongly recommend

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