PESHAWAR, Pakistan Taliban fighters forced Pakistani soldiers to retreat from a militant stronghold near the border with Afghanistan over the weekend, after a three-day battle sent civilians fleeing from government airstrikes.
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LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Monday passed a resolution unanimously demanding President Pervez Musharraf to seek vote of confidence.A total of 321 votes supported the resolution whereas only 25 went against it.The resolution states that under the Constitution, Punjab Assembly is part of Electoral College and that the house deems Presidential election of October 2007 as un-constitutional.President Musharraf suspended the Constitution twice, violated the Constitution and overthrew democratic government.
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Pakistan’s lower house of parliament convenes Monday evening with the task of removing President Pervez Musharraf from office high on its to-do list.
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Analysts believe the revival of the Muslim separatist insurgency in Xinjiang has been aided by militants based in Pakistan
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Pakistan’s intelligence agency is helping the Taliban to pursue an insurgency in Afghanistan that has seen a 50 percent hike in attacks in some areas this year, the NATO commander here told AFP.
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Pakistan’s government has vowed to start impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf Monday, sparking concerns that a protracted constitutional crisis could distract Pakistan’s four-month-old government from urgent matters, including a mounting pro-Taliban insurgency and a tumbling economy.
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Britain scored their first Olympic men’s field hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years when they won their opening match 4-2 here on Monday.
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Britain secured their first Olympic men’s field hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years on Monday as gold medal contenders Australia and Germany made a smooth start.
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Militants beheaded two men in a Pakistani tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, accusing them of spying for the U.S. and Pakistan, a witness said Monday.
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KARACHI: Moody’’s will maintain its rating for Pakistan despite political and economic problems facing the country.Moody’’s downgraded Pakistan’’s rating to B2 from B1 in May because of growing economic imbalances and political difficulties that analysts say have plagued the government that came to power after the February elections.”B2 is a stable outlook and that’’s the way it’’s going to stay for now,” Aninda Mitra, a senior analyst with Moody’’s Sovereign Risk Unit said.Mitra said the rating adequately captured the political risk the country was facing, and while dwindling forex reserves were a matter of concern, steps were being taken to address problems.”We are also mindful of a lot of corrective measures being put together such as the reduction of fuel subsidies, the increase in GST (general sales tax) and so on, and the SBP (the State Bank of Pakistan central bank) has also tightened policy,” Mitra said.
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